"Excuse me, is any marriage taking place at your home? If so, please complete the formalities and register with us for smooth and timely conduct of nikah sermons by a qualified qazi." He is not a sales representative or door-to-door campaigner but a qazi. Qazis, marriage priests, are visiting households to book for marriages thanks […]
Afghanistan: First blogging workshop in Kabul
by Hamid Tehrani The Afghan Association of Blog Writers (Afghan Penlog) overcame financial difficulty and obstacles like electricity shortages to organize the first blogging workshop in their history. The workshop was held in Kabul on April 3-4, in association with Nasim Fekrat and Masoumeh Ebrahimi [Fa], two active Afghan bloggers. At the end of the […]
Church pampers misdeeds of corrupt officials
Everytime I come across Church leaders soften their stance against corrupt governance, I feel so frustrated. How can the country’s corrupt officials reform if some members of the Church hierarchy continue to pamper their bad deeds. The Church is for the people, if I’m not mistaken. But how come it continues to tolerate what these […]
Blogging for democracy around the world
by Hamid Tehrani Antony Loewenstein is a Sydney-based freelance journalist, author and blogger. He is currently writing a book on “Democracy and Blogging” and recently traveled to Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and China to meet with bloggers. Q: Would you introduce yourself and your new book project? As a journalist and author in Australia, I […]
How Web 2.0 is Making Life Easier For China’s Sex Tourists
People come to China for all sorts of reasons. Some come because they love Chinese language and culture. Others come to get rich, others for that noble expat goal of “finding oneself.” Then there is Clandestine782, a “reasonably well-endowed” senior member on the International Sex Guide forums. He came to China for another reason entirely. […]
Home-Based Business Ideas
Say good-bye to the Dilbert cartoons pinned up on your corporate cubicle wall … to a commute that stretches out longer than it takes an astronaut to orbit the earth … to one more day stuck at the freeway ramp behind 55 other nail-biting commuters. Say hello—with several million other Americans—to your own home-based business! […]