Global Voices · Citizen media stories from August 2011

August, 2011

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Stories from August, 2011

1 August 2011

Ramadan Recipes: Feasting After Fasting

Written by Maria Grabowski · Middle East & North Africa, East Asia

As the month of Ramadan begins, Maria Grabowski has started a list of blog links to some wonderful Iftar recipes. Please do share your favorites, too!

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Global Voices Podcast 2: Speaking Our Language

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

In this edition of the Global Voices podcast we talk all about language and the internet. The way we speak, write, gesture, code and communicate is such a rich topic for discussion. It was hard to pick what to go for!

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France: The Forgotten Tunisian Refugees of #Botzaris36

Written by Anna Gueye · Translated by Laura Venables · Middle East & North Africa, Western Europe

After several months of wandering, 30 Tunisian migrants are currently sleeping rough in a park in Paris. #Botzaris36 is the hashtag launched on Twitter to help them out both financially and legally, in what is a complicated legal and political situation involving France and Tunisia. Anna Gueye reports.

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Bangladesh: 40th Anniversary of The Concert For Bangladesh

Written by Rezwan · South Asia, North America

The 'Concert For Bangladesh', a benefit concert organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar on August 1, 1971, is not widely known. Bangladeshi bloggers celebrate the 40th anniversary of the epic event and tell the world why it matters for Bangladesh.

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Caribbean: Online Reactions to Guyana Plane Crash

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

When news broke early on Saturday that a Caribbean Airlines flight had crash landed at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana, the regional blogosphere sat up and took notice. In its 71-year history, the airline had boasted an unblemished safety record until the incident.

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Global Voices in Aymara: Preserving Indigenous Language Online

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

One of the newest Global Voices Lingua sites is also its first in an indigenous language, Aymara. This native language is spoken by more than 2 million people across the Andes, especially in Bolivia and Peru, where it is among the official languages.

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Updates from August, 2011

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