Global Voices · Citizen media stories from July 2010

July, 2010

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Stories from July, 2010

20 July 2010

Brazil: Daily Violence Against Women

Written by Manuela Tenreiro · Latin America

In Brazil, 10 women are assassinated everyday. The recent assassination of a woman by the alleged father of her baby, and a promising young Brazilian goalkeeper, has sparked the conversation in the blogsphere about violence against women.

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China: Unrestricted cultural imports coming soon, maybe

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia, North America

Remarkable news if it's true, that China has agreed to end restrictions on imports of entertainment products. Despite initial reports, hesitation and eager film buffs, final confirmation, however, remains to be seen.

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19 July 2010

Global Lives: Revisiting the project recording people's lives

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · East Asia, Central Asia & Caucasus

Two years ago we wrote about a project in its initial stages: Global Lives set out to record a day in the life of 10 people from all over the world. Today we revisit the project and check up on how they're coming along.

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Guinea: Awaiting the Second Round of the Elections Amidst Fraud Allegations

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

A historical presidential election is underway in Guinea as the official results of the first round [fr] are about to be made official. Despite the allegations of fraud, the overall sentiment is that of relief for the absence of turmoil and a remarkable turnout. The Guinean blogosphere was also actively involved:

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Egypt: Men and Women You Shouldn't Date

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

What started as an observation by an Egyptian blogger on Twitter on women you shouldn't date turned the microblogging site into a battlefield. Tweeps from Egypt and further afield joined the warring factions. Tarek Amr reports from the front line.

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Iran: Bazaars Closed for Business as Merchant Strikes Continue

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Merchant strikes in the main bazaar of Tehran have entered a second week in protest of higher taxes. Several citizen journalists reported this event, while official media keeps silent and tries to ignore one of the most important strikes in 30 years.

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Updates from July, 2010

28 July 2010

Russia

The Pickle Project writes about the post-Soviet ““nostalgia cuisine” and the Ukrainian Puzata Khata chain restaurant.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Serbia

NikiBGD of Life in Retro(bel)grade lists things she loves and dislikes about Belgrade: “I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – Belgrade is at least 16 cities in one.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Estonia

Itching for Eestimaa writes about the Viljandi Folk Music Festival and the Estonian “folk culture.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Poland

the POLSKI blog reports that the pastoral ministry of the southern Polish city of Nowy Sacz thinks that the city's new logo “promotes Satanism and homosexuality.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

At The Huffington Post, Simon Shuster explains Vladimir Putin's “manner of winning the public's support”: “Find an issue that annoys a lot of people, find somebody to blame for it, and lace into him, publicly and with some classic village wit. Show on state television how the problem gets fixed.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Simon Shuster writes for The Huffington Post about a summer camp for Russia's “group-think generation.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Armenia

Ianyan says that food might represent the path to peace for cultures that place such significance in it. Referring to an Armenian bakery in the U.S.-Armenian Diaspora as well as responses to a recent guest entry on Armenian-Azerbaijani relations in the context of the still unresolved conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, the blog says that dining around a full table can bring people together and help them overcome their differences.

• Onnik Krikorian