Global Voices · Citizen media stories from February 2009

February, 2009

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Stories from February, 2009

26 February 2009

Morocco: Simply Delicious

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

This week, the talk in the blogoma seems to be about all things edible. Moroccan cuisine, widely considered one of the most complex and best in the world, is derived...

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Taiwan: CECA, economic elixir or poison?

Written by Portnoy Zheng · East Asia

CECA? Neither a new game console from Japan nor another evil science project that is going to bring this world to an end? But according to the Government, CECA is coming to save Taiwan's economy from drowning in global financial crisis and the greatest recession in 50 years. However, most people still have no idea what CECA is, and like all the other issues, it is quickly politicized as a new media battle ground set for the continuous fight between KMT, the ruling party, and DPP, the major opposition party. Bloggers again try to ask key questions and explain the issues deeper on their own.

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Criminal Minds: The Egyptian Sexual Offender's Profile

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Will Facebook groups, anti-harassment T-shirts, posts, articles, bloggers, and activists put an end to sexual harassment in Egypt? Wandering Scarab does not think so!

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Arab Bloggers Rally Against the Judaization of Jerusalem

Written by Anas Qtiesh · Middle East & North Africa

As Israeli authorities evict Arab residents and demolish their houses in Jerusalem, Arab bloggers are set on not letting this pass unnoticed. Another blogger calls for designating a week to blog for Jerusalem.

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Pakistan: Sharif Brothers Declared Ineligible For Election Whilst Governor Rule Imposed

Written by Teeth Maestro · South Asia

The Supreme Court after prolonged hearing of Sharif brothers’ electoral eligibility case, finally declared today that the two leaders of Pakistan's most prominent political party Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz...

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25 February 2009

Singapore: Amended law to allow filming of “factual” political rallies

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Individuals who use their mobile phones to film illegal rallies can be arrested under an amended law in Singapore. Live film recordings of political events are allowed but the events being filmed must first be held in accordance with the law.

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Updates from February, 2009

27 February 2009

Kazakhstan

Ehot posts a collection of images taken in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with the legendary Lomo camera, which gave name to the whole trend in photo art called lomography.

• Adil Nurmakov

Afghanistan

Azar Balkhi reports that Fawzia Koofi, an outstanding human rights activist and the first female deputy speaker of the Afghanistan's parliament, was named “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum.

• Adil Nurmakov

China

Rebecca Mackinnon from Rconversation discusses the rise of Net power in China: “Will the Chinese people rise above cyber-vigilantism and use the Internet to build a just and fair society governed by accountable leaders?”

• Oiwan Lam

Nepal

For a country where there is an average daily power cut of 14 hours it is hard to carry on with normal life. Bibek Paudel discusses the challenges Nepal is facing and who are responsible for this.

• Rezwan

26 February 2009

Nepal

Freedom In Bhutan discusses the strike cultures of Nepal and comments:”I wonder how illogical, non sensible and irresponsible have Nepalese grown to. I pray my countrymen Bhutanese will never call strike in any circumstances to put pressure on administration.”

• Rezwan