A youth stands on a a whale shark towed by fishermen along the coast of Surabaya in eastern Java island on October 22, 2013, to be sold to prospective buyers after getting entangled in a fishing net.(Photo: AFP - Juni Kriswanto)
I'm a global citizen, educator, and former union leader; with an academic background in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Cities around the world feel like my home. I'm a professional Educator. I believe in Solidarity, wherever I am. Notes from my travels, research, and encounters tend to end up here.
A youth stands on a a whale shark towed by fishermen along the coast of Surabaya in eastern Java island on October 22, 2013, to be sold to prospective buyers after getting entangled in a fishing net.(Photo: AFP - Juni Kriswanto)
This picture is very, very Indonesia to me. I love the color of the house and the way it feels like if you turn your back for a second, nature is going to take over entirely. And then of course, a sprinkling of omnipresent motorbikes.
The news coming out of one of my favorite countries (at the most populous muslim one) continues to alarm me
Ugh. Surprise?
socialuprooting:
from Deep Green Resistance News Service
I’ve never been a huge Hawaii fan (it feels a bit like a less authentic, ethnically cleansed Indo, which in some ways it is) but this is a wicked shot.
(by Royce Bair)
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Every year, thousands of the maids run away from their employers in Saudi Arabia.
Often physically or mentally scarred, they find themselves in a legal limbo. In Saudi Arabia, the consent of employers or “sponsors” is needed before any worker can leave the country.
Last week the Observer was able to visit a secret shelter in Jeddah – there are others elsewhere in Saudi Arabia – where 50 women are being looked after by well-wishers. The shelter is tolerated by local authorities, but the women who stay there, often for months on end, are not allowed to leave once they have entered and cannot use mobile phones. Sixteen sleep in a single room.
”– http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/25/saudi-arabia-migrant-mistreatment
Moratorium from August 1 reflects Jakarta’s anger over maid’s execution in kingdom last week.
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An Indonesian pop star who rocked the predominantly Muslim nation after several home-made sex tapes found their way onto the internet has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail.
The trial of Nazril “Ariel” Irham’s has made headlines and dominated chatter on social networking sites for more than three months.
Fans insist he did nothing wrong, making the tapes in the privacy of his own home. But Islamic hardliners warned that his actions had contributed to the country’s moral decline.
“To me, pornography is even more dangerous than drugs. Just think of the schoolboys watching those videos,” she said. “Next thing you know, they’ll be imagining their female teachers naked!” said Kurnia Maryati, a 33-year-old pharmacist
”– http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/31/indonesian-singer-jailed-sex-tapes
“Indonesia plans to class large areas of its remaining natural forests as “degraded” land in order to cut them down and receive nearly $1bn of climate aid for replanting them with palm trees and biofuel crops, according to Greenpeace International.”