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29 August 2009

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Stories from 29 August 2009

Palestine: Waiting for the Iftar Cannon in Gaza

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

The war on Gaza has made many traditions a distant memory. Palestinian blogger Hazem [ar] laments the end of a Ramadan ritual, which his grandfather remembers and which is no more.

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Arab World: Young People Gather to Learn Social Media Tools

Written by Mohammad Azraq · Middle East & North Africa

Young people from eight Arab countries and Sweden met last May to learn certain leadership and organizational skills, and how to use the tools of social media to advance social change. Now, they are preparing to meet again in November.

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Blogging About Poverty And Development In The Arab World

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

In some Arab countries, more than half of the population lives in hunger and want. In this post we hear from bloggers writing about poverty and development around the Arab world.

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Azerbaijan: Washington DC protest for detained activist bloggers (updated)

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus, North America

With detained video bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli now facing an additional charge in their native Azerbaijan, The Collegian says that support for the two imprisoned youth activists yesterday transcended the digital world and spilled out thousands of miles away onto the streets of Washington DC.

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Updates from 29 August 2009

Russia

LJ user travel_hunter (RUS) re-posts images of Yandex.ru maps showing an impressive amount of cars forced to wait until some high-ranking Russian officials pass an intersection in Moscow. LJ user dolboeb posts these images, too, and writes (RUS): “When you just get stuck in traffic caused by the passing of the Big Bosses between Rublyovka and the Kremlin, it's hard to imagine the actual scale of the jam. Well, you've lost 40 minutes. Well, an hour… But, as the poet [Sergei Yesenin] said, “All bigger things are clearer from a distance.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

LJ user drugoi visits Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric dam, posts two photos and writes (RUS) about the colossal damage done to the facility on Aug. 17: “It seems that it's easier to build a new power plant than to clear up the huge amount of deformed metal and restore the turbine hall.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Albania

Stepping Stones describes an accidental stopover at a honey-processing place located on a beautiful lake in southern Albania.

• Veronica Khokhlova

U.S.A.

Two recent events highlighting how artists look at the hijab issue inspired bloggers. Swiss motsd'images enthuses (Fr) about a beautiful outdoor photo exhibition of African women in Seville, Spain; and updateslive gives a thorough account of “The Seen and the Hidden, (Dis)covering the Veil,” an exhibition held in New York City featuring 15 artists, 13 of them women. All are muslims, and explore the intersection of Islam, the West, and identity.

• Suzanne Lehn

History

32 years ago, on August 27, 1977, the people of Guinea first rose up against the abuses of Sékou Touré's regime. Oumar, blogging (Fr) for Konngol Afirik at maneno.org, explains the background and speaks up for the duty of memory.

• Suzanne Lehn

Hong Kong (China)

The Libertines Pub comments on a local T.V's (TVB Jade Channel) news report regarding the public consultation on review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. The writer pointed out that the news was manipulated to create panic among our parents. The T.V company has been spoofed by netizen as CCTVB resembling the CCTV in mainland China.

• Oiwan Lam

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