I started writing from Kampala, Uganda, where Rebekah Heacock and I took a much-needed post-Summit respite. For both of us–and for many others–this was our third Global Voices summit, our third time getting together with this amazing group of human beings that has organically formed over the years from a small community of bloggers to […]
When you’re just dropping into a country, whether as a tourist or for work, it’s often difficult to get a sense of local realities and even more difficult to get to know locals. That’s why, in the city of Kampala, Uganda, I’m feeling incredibly lucky to have been invited to the local bloggers’ meetup thanks […]
This morning, I learned that a friend, Creative Commoner, and colleague–in the most congenial sense of the word–has been detained in Syria since March 15. From freebassel.org: On March 15, 2012, Bassel Khartabil was detained in a wave of arrests in the Mazzeh district of Damascus. Since then, his family has received no official explanation […]