This post is also available in:
| Français: | Damas vu par un Jordanien... |
Jordanian Ali Dahmash is back from Damascus, Syria, and shares photographs he has taken there in this post.
Start the Conversation
Recent Articles also in Middle East & North Africa
- › World AIDS Day: Fighting Discrimination Around the World
- › Morocco: Celebrating Eid in the Bled
- › Arab World: Reactions to the Swiss Ban on Minarets
- › Saudi Arabia: Citizens' Fury At Flood Deaths
- › Egypt: A fine line between patriotism and chauvinism
Recent Links also in Middle East & North Africa
Iranian students in Paris criticized Iranian government and its repression policy against Iranian students and opposition in a meeting with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian president's advisor in Paris. Here are the films [fa].
Regine, at we make money not art, introduces us to photographs by Bas Princen of Cairo's Mokattam Ridge or Garbage City (Zabbaleen) - where a community of mainly Coptic Christians live and make a living out of collecting, sorting and disposing of Cairo's waste.
Iranian authorities released Mohammad Ali Abtahi,former vice president and blogger on a $700,000 bail one week ago after his lawyer said he had been sentenced to six years in prison. Human rights activists reported [fa] that a few days ago Sasan Aghayi, a blogger and journalist got arrested in Tehran.
Funding drive
Global Voices Email Updates
Get summaries of new stories from Global Voices in your inbox daily, weekly, or just sign up for important announcements.
Our Other Sites
Special Projects
This site is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
Please read our attribution policy.
Solana Larsen102 posts 
Filip Stojanovski18 posts 
Anas Qtiesh18 posts 
Scilla Alecci115 posts 
Winglok Hung10 posts 
Vilhelm Konnander486 posts 
Faisal Kapadia7 posts 
Tharum Bun36 posts 
Roger Franchini2 posts 
Oiwan Lam3361 posts 
Abdoulaye Bah4 posts 
Juliana Rincón Parra210 posts
China: Draining the brain?
- @Ranger_lost_in_Mordor
Thank you for joining in in the conversation. It is fantastic to get ...
more »