Global Voices · Citizen media stories from February 2010

February, 2010

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Stories from February, 2010

27 February 2010

Qatar: Artist MF Husain trades Indian passport for Qatari one

Written by Shabina Khatri · Middle East & North Africa, South Asia

Reactions on the Internet ranged from shock, dismay and delight as MF Husain, one of India's most celebrated and reviled artists, is offered Qatari citizenship - and accepts.

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Morocco: Maghreb Bloggers Search for Common Ground

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Middle East & North Africa

A three-day workshop for bloggers from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco was held from 15 to 17 February 2010 in the Moroccan capital Rabat. Participating bloggers reported and live-tweeted the event. They shared their blogging experiences, engaged in lively debates openly confronting their views on contentious issues and were encouraged to reflect on ways to find grounds for mutual understanding.

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Voices of the Wives of China’s Prisoners of Conscience

Written by Andy Yee · East Asia

This month, on the occasion of the Spring Festival (the Chinese New Year), the most important time for family reunion in China, Duting (杜婷) interviewed the wives of China’s prisoners...

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Hungary: Students Have Had Enough of Bomb Alerts

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

There have been three bomb alerts in the three weeks of the second semester at Corvinus University of Budapest. After the third one this week, students started to campaign against the unknown person blocking the university's life with calls reporting a bomb was placed somewhere on campus.

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26 February 2010

Greece, Germany and the middle finger of Venus de Milo

Written by Asteris Masouras · Western Europe

In the continuing drama of the Greek financial crisis, a row erupted last week because of a German magazine cover that depicted ancient Greek statue Venus de Milo flipping a middle finger at the European Union.

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Silence Speaks: Multimedia storytelling in Republic of Congo

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Sub-Saharan Africa

Amy Hill, the director of Center for Digital Storytelling, describes the process and ideas behind a 4-day digital storytelling workshop in November 2009 with seven women affected by Congo-Brazzaville’s (also known as Republic of Congo) civil wars from 1997-2003.

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Ghanaian students contribute to virtual media library

Written by Gayle Pescud · Sub-Saharan Africa

We are interviewing Jonathan Thurston who carried out a book-making project with students in Elmina, in the Central Region of Ghana using simple, portable technology to inspire creativity and social media tools to network with like-minded individuals and organisations.

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Russia: Closure of Torrents.ru Makes People Suspicious of .Ru Zone

Written by Gregory Asmolov · Russia

The decision to close Torrents.ru is certainly controversial and became one of the major discussion topics in the country. Going beyond the copyright concept, bloggers wonder how safe it is to have a domain in .ru zone.

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25 February 2010

Dominican Republic: Colorful Characters of Carnival

Written by Rocio Diaz · Latin America

Carnival celebrations in the Dominican Republic begin in February and are characterized by colorful characters that are the main attraction in festivities across the island.

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Global: Concerns About Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

Written by Issa Villarreal · Latin America

The last meeting of negotiations for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has provoked the protest of online communities against both its content and the circumstances of their negotiations

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Updates from February, 2010

28 February 2010

Azerbaijan

Sheki, Azerbaijan marks the anniversary of a massacre taking place during the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh. The blog laments the loss of life during war and hopes that the victims rest in peace.

• Onnik Krikorian

27 February 2010

Nigeria

On Yar'Adua: Has God answered our prayers? Nigerian blogger Imnakoya asks in a post about the health of the Nigerian President: “First, the prayer is not for the president to just return, but be able to function fully as the president.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Zimbabwe

Top African songs played on Power FM in Zimbabwe: “Museke brings you a list of African songs that have been getting major airplay in Zimbabwe this year.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Ghana

Chale writes about nominees for Ghana Music Awards 2010: “Sarkodie, Ayigbe Edem, Wutah, 4×4, Bradez, Becca, Ohemaa Mercy and Obrafour lead the number of nominations for the Ghana Music Awards slated for April 10.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

Loomnie tries to answer controversial questions surrounding Nigeria's presidency:”…is Mrs Turai Yar’Adua, the wife of the president, really the one running the country? Did she make them release that press release in order to cover up the fact that her husband is very sick?”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Nigeria

“Nigeria's Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, is yet to have access to the cateory “A” classified Information vault located in the inner chamber of the President's office,” from Chidi Opara Reports.

• Ndesanjo Macha

26 February 2010

Russia

Vesti.ru wrote [RUS] about the visit of the U.S. “innovation delegation” [EN] led by America's Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra [EN]. The plans of the Russian-U.S. cooperation include launching e-government Web sites and visits of Twitter, Cisco and Mozilla representatives to Russia in June 2010.

• Alexey Sidorenko