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Taiwan: Citizens against Gaza Conflict - 01/07/2009 09:15 PM

Two pledge and joint signature movements against Gaza conflict just started at almost the same time today in Taiwan. One is initiated (zh) by Chuiyung Cheung(張翠容), a senior HK journalist and well-known blogger (zh) who has visit Gaza and most middle-east countries for many times, and Qiu Yanliang(丘延亮), a ex-political prisoner, long-time scholar, activists, and manager [...]

Jordan: Gaza Food/Clothes Drive Ends Successfully - 01/07/2009 06:59 PM

Jordanian bloggers at 7iber express gratitude towards volunteers and private sector companies for helping in a people-driven donations campaign conducted mainly through Facebook for Gaza.

Egypt: Bloggers on the Fence - 01/07/2009 06:57 PM

Sitting on the fence requires objectivity, tolerance, and integrity. Mona Eltahawy chose to sit on the fence and Amr Gharbeia asks people to choose a solution. Marwa Rakha brings us the story from Egypt.

Syria: Gaza On Our Minds - 01/07/2009 06:52 PM

Syrian bloggers are in a frenzy since the bombing in Gaza started almost two weeks ago. To many Syrians this comes from a deep long rooted identification with the cause of the Palestinian people. But for some, there's also a very personal side to it. Yazan Badran reports.

Dominica: Protecting the Children - 01/07/2009 03:22 PM

“It is by keeping channels of communication open that we can rescue lives from being damaged before they can even bloom”: Blogging from Dominica, Caribbean Man tackles the issue of incest.

Trinidad & Tobago: Wisdom of Children - 01/07/2009 03:18 PM

Spending New Year's with friends and their children in “Babylondon” makes Trinidadian blogger Attillah Springer realise that: “I have the power to create what version of the future I want to live in.”

Jamaica: Take My Word For It - 01/07/2009 02:43 PM

Kadene Porter at Abeng News Magazine is less than impressed with the Jamaica Gleaner's New Year tradition of “publishing an exhaustive list of ‘prophetic' utterances pronounced as the ‘Word of the Lord'.”

Jamaica: Dirty Dancing - 01/07/2009 02:32 PM

A Jamaican judge and women's rights activist condemns popular dance moves as being a bad influence children, prompting Jamaica Salt to ask: “What practically can be done? It’s only a dance after all isn’t it?”

Guyana: Dreaming - 01/07/2009 02:26 PM

“At a time when some are calling for Caribbean countries to reject race-based politics, and for the removal of uncaring, destructive governments, it might be just the read that inspires, or helps galvanize action”: Signifyin' Guyana is re-reading Derek Walcott's Dream on Monkey Mountain.

Azerbaijan: Bayramlıq - 01/07/2009 01:57 PM

Sheki, Azerbaijan introduces its readers to the local custom of Bayramlıq when an engaged girl is presented with gifts during the holiday season. According to the tradition, the family of her future husband brings gifts and sweets and the blog posts photographs of some of them.

Bangla Blogs: Praying For Peace In Gaza - 01/07/2009 01:27 PM

“What's happening in Gaza is impossible to tolerate,” writes blogger Aprio, encapsulating in those few words the Bangla blogosphere's sentiments towards what most of them see as ‘Israeli aggression against Palestinian civilians'. Rakib says that the current situation in Gaza is a ‘terrible humanitarian crisis' . Ahmed Munir writes: ফিলিস্তিন জাতিকে ধ্বংস করতে বদ্ধ পরিকর ইসরাইল এবার [...]

Comparison of military strength of Israel and the Palestinians - 01/07/2009 12:13 PM

Baithak posts an extensive comparison of military strength of Israel and the Palestinians.

Bhutan: Violence Against Women - 01/07/2009 12:07 PM

Freedom in Bhutan discusses the growing menace of sexual abuses against women in Bhutan and the laws in place for such abuses.

India, Pakistan: Proofs on Mumbai Attacks - 01/07/2009 11:41 AM

India produced a dossier of evidence on the Mumbai terror attacks to Pakistan, which termed it as “insufficient”. The New Horizon takes a closer look at the evidences.

Iran: Students Protest in Shiraz - 01/07/2009 10:53 AM

Rooz-Khabar blog, an iran based blog, has published a couple of photos from a student protest demonstration in Shiraz. They ask government to release four detained students.