Blogs & Ecology

Global Voices new South Asia editor, Rezwan, from Bangladesh has been with Global Voices as a volunteer author since 2005. Memorable posts by Rezwan include a report on Twittering' an earthquake in Bangladesh, and a story of colorful but expensive Bangladeshi weddings.

This week's Blogger of the Week is none other than Global Voices Advocacy Director Sami Ben Gharbia, known for his dedication to the fight against oppression and censorship. Sami is originally from Tunisia, but has been based in The Netherlands since 1998. He blogs at fikra فكرة.

JY: Tell us about yourself.

I would like to introduce you to Leonard Chien, English-Chinese translator and interpreter from Taiwan, and a Lingua powerhouse for Global Voices. At the recent GV Summit in Budapest, Leonard famously announced that we would always know when he had a day off as he would translate more articles of Global Voices that day. In fact, when asked what he would chose for a superpower he said “May I increase my translation rates?” So what more can we learn about Leonard than his love for translating? Read more to find out.

Today's installment of the Blogger of the Week series takes us to the beautiful island of Trinidad and Tobago, home to Global Voices regional editor for the Caribbean Janine Mendes-Franco.

Today's Blogger of the Week is Lydia Beyoud - a writer and listener at heart, and a thinker, who has recently become a doer. This is how the blogger, who has five languages under her belt, describes herself. From Portland, Oregon, Lydia covers Moroccan blogs written in French. What is her relationship with blogging and Morocco? Read on to find out.

In this week's installment of the Blogger of the Week series we are travelling to Japan thanks to Hanako Tokita, is the editor of the Global Voices Lingua site in Japanese and also a GV author for Japan, where she's from.

Although today's Blogger of the Week is not technically a blogger, she's well known in the Macedonian blogosphere for her work at Global Voices Online in Macedonian, where she's a translator and also the founding editor. Moreover, she's also the editor of Global Voices in Albanian, and an avid blog reader.

Today's Blogger of the Week series takes us to the heart of the Balkans, where we chat with Global Voices author for Serbia Ljubiša Bojić (pronounced Lyu-bi-sha Bo-yich) about blogging, politics and citizen journalism in Serbia.

Aged 24 and a graduate in journalism, Ljubiša Bojić is an enthusiast of new media:

Today's Blogger of the Week series takes us to the heart of Africa, where we catch up with our Malawian blogger Victor Kaonga, who talks to us about his journey with blogging, the media and technology scene in Malawi and his special relationship with God.