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qatarperegrine) wrote2007-03-17 12:01 pm
qatarperegrine) wrote2007-03-17 12:01 pm
News roundup: RAND symposium, CMC campaigning
Apparently RAND's Initiative for Middle Eastern Youth had a symposium on "Creative Use of the Media for Tolerance and Understanding" here yesterday. It sounds like some very interesting issues were raised, including:
In more local news, there have been a spate of articles relating to the upcoming Central Municipal Council elections here in Doha. For example, two candidates have made public statements about how to solve the problem of the masses of single male workers living in Doha. (Al Emadi: Make them live elsewhere. Al Jefairi: Recruit single women expats. Al Jefairi has also publicly disavowed the face veil.)
Today's article on the election is most interesting for the subtext on the role of tribes in these elections.
- Bahrain's "muzzling" of reporters and particularly bloggers,
- Disparities in freedom between young men and women in the Gulf,
- Honor killings in Jordan, and
- The role of the Internet in exposing youth to new ideas.
In more local news, there have been a spate of articles relating to the upcoming Central Municipal Council elections here in Doha. For example, two candidates have made public statements about how to solve the problem of the masses of single male workers living in Doha. (Al Emadi: Make them live elsewhere. Al Jefairi: Recruit single women expats. Al Jefairi has also publicly disavowed the face veil.)
Today's article on the election is most interesting for the subtext on the role of tribes in these elections.