Recommended reading:
The Foreign Songs They Used to Play on TVM
The Laadheenee Digest #2
My archive of concert photos from Male' City from 2007 to 2009
The Laadheenee Among Us
Chapter 03 of my work in progress book "Sinking Streets".
Chapter 01 - The Male’ City Swimming Track
Chapter 02 - Doorways to the Sea
Three Classic Maldivian Music Videos That Totally Don't Normalise Street Harassment
Street harassment is a huge issue in the Maldives. Many women share stories about how they get harassed almost every single day while just walking to work. This has led to many social movements, such as #Nufoshey (don't harass).
The Maldivian entertainment industry has historically led the charge against harassment, responding to this atmosphere of fear by creating some groundbreaking music videos that both shocked and enlightened, dramatically reducing the incidence of street harassment in their wake. Here are three shining examples.
Maldives twitter last week #1
Here are some interesting things Maldivians talked about on twitter last week.
Ahannakee dhivésséh (I am an Islander)
A POLICY OF DESTRUCTION - From 'The Maldive Islanders' by Xavier Romero-Frias
This is the final chapter of Xavier Romero-Frias' "The Maldive Islanders". With the direction the Maldives appears to be heading in, it is perhaps even more relevant now than when it was first written. If you wanted to know why so little is done to preserve Maldivian culture and heritage, this is why.
Athireege' Thaana 0.1
One Year On - Celebrate Moyameeha's life by reading some of his earliest works #FindMoyameehaa
A year has passed and Ahmed Rilwan AKA @moyameeha is still missing. Much has happened since in the Maldivian political spectrum, but absolutely no real progress seems to have been made on his whereabouts or the people behind his abduction. The Maldivian Police remains silent, and the government even more so.
The Evolution of Maldivian Democracy
