Global Voices Digest

Egypt: Blogger Blocks Nawara’s Blog

It seems that it is not only third world regimes who block people’s blogs. Apparently, Google’s Blogspot has decided to join the bandwagon, and has blocked Nawara Negm’s Blog (Tahyees [Ar]), without specifying any reasons. Ahmed Shokeir writes here about the incident in Arabic.

Korea: Why are you still single?

Autumn… fallen leaves and colorful trees, and a romantic season. Autumn is regarded as a season when you feel lonely, you feel a good appetite, and feel a strong reading desire. And winter is coming. Cold season and white snow. This is the moment that people strongly feel lonely if they’re single. Nobody is next you who can warm you physically and mentally. Every year around this time, netizens share information and opinions on how you can remove the stigma of being ‘single.’

The Egyptian Hospital in Bagram

Egypt operates a small military hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan. The Press has just got wind of it – and a blogger wonders why such inspirational stories take a while for mainstream media to report on.

Brazil: Flash mob protest against Digital Crimes Bill

Brazilian bloggers and netizens took to the streets of São Paulo to protest against the Digital Crimes Bill which typifies the cyber-crimes punishable by law and stipulates penalties accordingly, but might end up considering trivial conduct when surfing the Internet as a crime. At a public hearing held in the parliament, the project supporters “ended up sounding silly and unprepared”.

Rising Voices is a nominee for the Best of the Blogs!

As you may know, Rising Voices has recently been nominated for a “best of the blogs” award in the category “best weblog”. At the moment we are trailing behind almost ALL the other nominees in spite of having such a big, powerful, and active community.You don’t need to vote in all the categories to have your vote recorded. Just click on the project you would like to vote for, enter your name and email – and click send.

Roundups

Get the blog buzz from the world over in the Global Roundups, where today you can find high commidity price complaints in Brunei, toilets in Thailand, Iran as seen through the eyes of an Italian traveler, and much much more!