First of all, I’m stoked that the New York Times indexes and semantically parses Global Voices posts within their Topics pages!! Recognizing the importance of local perspectives in this age of journalism. My most recent piece, found in a popular Israeli online forum, describes a puzzling incident which could have dire consequences for Tzipi Livni’s [...]
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Just finished watching the movie A Jihad for Love. One of the first of its kind – a documentary following the personal stories of Homosexuals in Muslim nations. A highly controversial film, highlighting these issues which most dare not talk about. It is heartbreaking to see these people’s struggle between love for their religion vs. realizing [...] I posted an article on the Global Voices Advocacy site, translating Israblog’s response to the agressive campaign against pro-ana blogs that has been taking place in the popular Hebrew portal. I’m happy with their decision against taking down these blogs, as with any form of censorship, the border between what is “kosher” and what is [...] הצעת חוק ×”×˜×•×§×‘×§×™× ×©×œ ישר×ל חסון עברה בקרי××” טרומית במלי×ת ×”×›× ×¡×ª ×œ×¤× ×™ יותר משבוע. הצעת החוק קובעת שעל כל ×תר בעל תפוצה × ×¨×—×‘×ª ×חריות מל××” לתוכן תגובות ×”×’×•×œ×©×™× ×‘×•. על פי הצעה זו, כל ×תר בעל מעל 50,000 ×›× ×™×¡×•×ª ×‘×™×•× ×™×—×©×‘ ל”עיתון”, ועורכו ומפעילו יש×ו ב×חריות × [...] Finally, a fantastic example of online collaboration bridging between languages. While the People’s Literature Publishing House is translating the new Harry Potter novel over the course of two months (down from the three months it took for the fifth volume), Harry Potter fans have been collaborating on an online translation of the book from the [...] I’ve been reading and writing about this insane law proposal for internet censorship by the ultra-orthodox Israeli party shas which passed the initial voting stages in the Israeli knesset. The proposed law requires from the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block adult content-based sites (sexual, gambling and violence) from children. The ISPs will require some [...] |
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