PAKISTAN
By Mar 17
In More Ways Than One, Bollywood Dancing Creates Waves - Saleha Firdaus, a mother of two teenage children, has been moving to the Bollywood beat at a dance studio for over a year now and "loves every moment" of this personal time. For her part, 22-year-old Maheen Jafri was a "bedroom dancer" until she discovered a Bollywood and hip-hop dance studio and "shed my inhibitions totally."
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MEXICO
By Mar 14
Music and Dance Classes Foster Tolerance, Self-Esteem - Ten-year-old Jessica Algoneda leaps in the air, raising her arms and spinning around at her primary school in the Mexican capital, as if in honour of Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dance and poetry.
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BURMA
By Mar 11
Despite Loss at Oscars, Film A Testament to Courage - It may have not won an Oscar, but its having been a final contender for the prestigious statue at the U.S. Academy Awards on Mar. 7 has taken ‘Burma VJ’ to heights never achieved by previous films depicting the oppression and courage in military-ruled Burma.
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NAMIBIA
By Mar 9
Female Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Stereotypes - African hip-hop prides itself on a more positive portrayal of women, but traditional cultural attitudes towards women still dominate the industry, say Namibian female rappers.
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ECUADOR
By Mar 9
Avatar Downfall a Blow for Indigenous Communities - Science fiction blockbuster Avatar was the big loser in the Oscar awards ceremony - not only a blow for director James Cameron but also seen as a symbolic reverse in the struggle to recover Amazon rainforest areas in Ecuador from the effects of oil pollution.
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VIETNAM
By Mar 5
War Movie with Peace Theme Seeks to Heal Wounds - A Vietnamese film that is vying for an Oscar this month offers a glimpse into how Vietnam and the United States are healing decades-old war wounds, as well as how that war still generates emotional debate today.
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ZIMBABWE
By Mar 3
Constitution in the Limelight - A new play, Waiting for Constitution has generated great interest among politicians and civil society groups anxious to get consultations over drafting a new constitution under way.
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BRAZIL
By Feb 18
Carnival, a Complex Annual Revolution for Women, Gays - Fátima Oliveira, one of Brazil's few black women doctors, always goes to "the best carnival," in Sabará, a city of 130,000 people in the state of Minas Gerais, where "men dress up as women" at a celebration that is "very informal, very local, with few tourists."
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MEDIA-INDONESIA
By Feb 17
When ‘Adding a Friend’ on Facebook Can Be Risky - It is every parent’s worst nightmare in the Internet age – and for Syafei Asyhari, this happened when he found that his 16-year-old daughter, Latifa, fell into the clutches of traffickers she met online as friends.
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MIDEAST
By Feb 15
Telling Film Floats Between Art and the Actual - An Oscar nominee for best foreign-language film, Israel's 'Ajami', is a tragic, yet realistic, pointer to the multi-layered conflict of Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians.
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