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Media Perspective and Place 3: Apr 25, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 3. Saturday, April 25, 2009. To tie our theme of movement/immigration to this week's reading, which traced the history women's rights from the late 19th century to today, I found some interesting news pieces about the incidence of runaway girls in Iran. Most of the articles I found were written in 2000/2001, but it is not unreasonable to think that this issue persists today. This BBC article. Was made in 2001 profiling the Reyhaneh center. Afghan Refugees in Iran. Besides the ...
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Media Perspective and Place 3: Apr 5, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 3. Sunday, April 5, 2009. In this artice http:/ migration.ucdavis.edu/MN/more.php? Id=3172 0 5 0. Saudi former detainees on the move. Starting a different strain on "the movement of people" than we have talked about, in this New York Times article. 160;from February 3rd, the author describes the influence of terrorist movement between countries, especially Saudi Arabia's own. . Could developments like this spawn a call for stricter border controls and limitations on the movem...
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Media Perspective and Place 3: Apr 11, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 3. Saturday, April 11, 2009. The article I found for this week, entitled Rot or Die: Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. The questions that arise in this situation, especially as the US is withdrawing from Iraq in the next few years is, who will take care of these people? Who is responsible for these immigrants and refugees? Is it neighboring countries, the international community, the US itself? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Media Perspective and Place 1. Media Perspective and Place 2.
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Media Perspective and Place 3: Apr 26, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 3. Sunday, April 26, 2009. A sexual revolution - women moving up in Iran. To continue the focus on women from the reading, I found this article posted on a non-profit news-source called Iran Focus. S website. The article. What is the role of the international community in such cases? 160;Is it another form of colonialism to enforce Western beliefs on an Islamic nation? 160;Is wearing a veil violation of human rights? Iran Focus is a non-profit news service provider that focu...
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Media Perspective and Place 3: Apr 12, 2009
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Media Perspective and Place 3. Sunday, April 12, 2009. The Future of 4.7 Million Iraqi Refugees. In searching what different global authorities are doing about the Iraqi Refugee crisis I find mixed messages as always. Laurie's article inspired me to compare different reactions from non-governmental organizations. Her article was from Human Rights Watch which, in principle, is a similar organization to Amnesty International (AI). When browsing their site, I found a straight forward article. Basically, the...
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Media Perspective and Place 3: Afghan Refugees in Iran
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Media Perspective and Place 3. Saturday, April 25, 2009. Afghan Refugees in Iran. I thought this story was an interesting parallel to last week’s post as it discusses Iran’s reaction to Afghan refugees within its borders. It’s called Times get tougher for Afghan immigrants in Iran. Here’s another more recent article about the forced removal of Afghan immigrants ( Iran Expels Afghan Refugees. If these migrants are truly refugees, as in they applied and received status under the 1951 Convention relating to...
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Media Perspective and Place 1: 04/23/09
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Media Perspective and Place 1. Thursday, April 23, 2009. How to Spot a Persian Prostitute. Unintentionally, I found a great article relating back to geography and space for prostitutes in Iran. Where are they? I also find it sad that since the rules are so strict and the unemployment rate reported by Iran in 2008 is 12.5% (probably higher) that women cannot find jobs. They need a means of living and have to turn to this as an option. The British Journal of Verneal Diseases. The prostitutes there are very...
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Media Perspective and Place 1: 04/25/09
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Media Perspective and Place 1. Saturday, April 25, 2009. Afghan Opium, Iranian Drug Addicts, and a Worldwide Epidemic. Though a bit dated, this Washington Post article. Provides an interesting summary of. 8217;s problem with opiates. About 60% of Afghan opium travels through. On its way to other foreign markets and. According to this Guardian article. There has been a fivefold increase. Between 2003 and 2008. In the amount of opium passing through. Although opium is not new to. Unemployment-related depre...
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Media Perspective and Place 1: ok it's Iraq but it's interesting
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Media Perspective and Place 1. Monday, April 27, 2009. Ok it's Iraq but it's interesting. Here is a link to a blog put up by Morgan on a different Blog. There are a number of entries that tie more to your topic than theirs. Enjoy. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Media Perspective and Place 3. A sexual revolution - women moving up in Iran. To continue the focus on women from the reading, I found this article posted on a non-profit news-source called Iran Focus* 's website. The article itself.
