Fouad Released, Andrew Mwenda Jailed

Saudi blogger Fuad alFarhan has finally been released after spending 137 days in jail for simply speaking his mind politely and eloquently. Meanwhile, the Saudi government has no problem whatsoever allowing the shouts and rants of many preachers of death.
Lovely!
And now for the bad news, Andrew Mwenda, a fearless and inspiring Ugandan journalist I have […]

Bob Marley - Africa Unite

It’s time to light up your bongs.
Kidding.

MLK

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968)

Volunteers for Darfur-Awareness

Dear readers familiar with Darfur,
anybody interested in posting once in a while over at Darfur-Awareness? A reader emailed me in today expressing disappoint over the lack of updates there. She’s right and I take full responsibility for that. I’ve gotten awfully busy lately and the frequency of posts is far from enough. I can hardly […]

In Support of Tibet

And why not. Like I said, the upcoming Beijing Olympics are already tainted and this latest unrest is just going to stain things more.
The reactions in the Chinese blogosphere are here.

Yaay to These Saudi Women

RESPECT! Thumbs up for them.

Irshad Manji to Host Prof. An-Na’im

… and the launching of his new book “Islam and the Secular State“, one I’ve been anxiously looking forward to.
The event will take place at the first of several “Conversations with Champions of Moral Courage“, a project by Irshad Manji. It’s happening in NYU’s Graduate School of Public Service.
You can read more about Irshad’s […]

Spielberg Says No Thanks To Beijing 2008!

Ahahahahaha! It’s true!
Check out AK’s post for more. Like I said, the coming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are already too tainted.
Seriously, let’s move the games to Taiwan.

YouBama

The Citizen Generated Campaign. Nice! I love the internet and clearly so do Obama supporters. They sure do know how to use it creatively.

Fouad Farhan: Why We Blog

Whops, I just realized I’m supposed to be silent today in order to express solidarity for Fouad Farhan, a fellow blogger who got jailed by the Saudi authorities.
Better late than never.
I never knew Fouad before the news of his arrest made it all over the media. Today for the first time I checked out some […]

Alex De Waal Vs John Prendergast

It’s a pretty good debate and both of them make great points but I tend to agree with De Waal on more though.

Save Darfur Coalition Pissed Off Aid Groups

I cannot believe I missed this five months old New York Times article. Remember the open letter I wrote to the Save Darfur Coalition criticizing their strategies (while praising their efforts to raise awareness)? (They haven’t replied by the way). Or how about this and this? Well, let’s have a look at the article:
Even as […]

Sudanese Refugees Missing Since Deported By Israel

What the…
Haaretz reporter Ben Lynfield says:
48 African refugees missing since deported by IDF
Concern is growing about the well-being of the 48 African refugees, most of them Sudanese, who have been unaccounted for since they were detained by Egyptian security forces more than two months ago after being deported by the IDF to Sinai.
WHAT? Did he […]

OneVoice: Naive or Useful?

I’m guessing by now most of you have heard about the OneVoice initiative to collect a million Palestinian and Israeli signatures (or something like that) and then hopefully bring peace between the two sides by mobilizing the moderates.
My first reaction was “awww, how wonderful. Yes, and meanwhile my grandmother and I will go plant some […]

Support Burma

Global Voices Online has been doing a great job covering the events. The whole episode is a perfect example of the power of new media at informing and leaking “forbidden” news.

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