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A terrific article appeared in today's Al-Qabas, as translated from an even better article from The Washington Post, detailing how the SMS revolution has been used to full effect by political activists in the Gulf from both ends of the political spectrum.
For your entertainment, please read them both and then spot the bits that Al-Qabas chose not to translate!
- The Washington Post - In the Gulf, Dissidence Goes Digital
- في الـخليج لكل المهمات.. من المغازلة والنكات إلى النشاط السياسي SMS
(Hint: It's the last paragraph!!)
16 Comments:
Very intersting article , the whole thing about SMS and how it affects our lives it is so true ... no one can deny it . And yes , they omitted some of things from the original article !!!... you've got the eye !
30/3/05 10:09 AM
Actually.. I was curious to see the original article in the Wash Post, so when I got to the last paragraph I thought "No way did this make it into Al-Qabas" so I immediately went back to it and I was right!
30/3/05 10:31 AM
The article is also interesting because it is written from an outsider's viewpoint and his perpective of the way things are.
30/3/05 10:46 AM
I forgot to mention that I saw Rola Dashti with some reporter types at Al-Raya Center a while ago, on my way to late lunch at Burger Boutique (more about that later. Bo Jaij you have to try it, its awesome!).. Must've been the Wash Post reporters... Shoulda walked up and said hi, maybe they could've mentioned the Kuwaiti blog world in the article too.
Yet another in a long line of blown opportunities!
30/3/05 11:19 AM
Z
I can't believe the harassing messages she got. (Matistahlain ya bint likuwait!!!)
Dudes I found myself in the picture. Im still making headlines in DC lol
B.
30/3/05 12:55 PM
Zaydoun, this is in reference to your comment on Jewaira's Boudoir about flana bint flan is engaged to so and so.
I once got one about you... it even referred to your blog, and in English ba3ad (Ah...the sophistication!)
A total rumor, of course.
30/3/05 5:57 PM
i saw this article at work. my boss had printed it and we cracked up when we read the last line.. i'm not surprised that al-qabas deleted it, even though thye could have left it because it was a message that was already circulated
30/3/05 6:55 PM
Very powerful observation Z, I read the English version and kinda skimmed through the Arabic, but it didn?t occur to me to check; very smart.
Zaydoun if you?re still at it I can get a hold of Rulla for the connection, but do you think it?s a good idea to expose blogging to the public?
30/3/05 8:12 PM
Ayya... I don't know her that well actually, but if I had caught her eye I would've said hello
30/3/05 8:23 PM
Hey Zaydoun,
I may have missed the boat somewhat but are you aware that your blog (and that of madm2000) was quoted in the February issue of Arabies Trends? If you haven't seen it let me know and I'll scan it for you...
30/3/05 9:36 PM
ولا ننسر أن الرسائل القصيرة يمكن إستخدامها لشن هجمات إرهابية
ولاكتشاف معجزة مدونات جوجل يرجى الضغط على إسمي
30/3/05 10:05 PM
That was a fantastic article, loved the last paragraph especially, hehe...
30/3/05 10:25 PM
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31/3/05 1:16 AM
تم تعيين الدكتور انس الرشيد وزيرا للاعلام باقي الموضوع
http://www.elaph.com/Politics/2005/3/51654.htm
بو حفص مبروك على البلوغ
31/3/05 1:19 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13590-2004Oct31.html
Zaydoun, if this was the guy you saw than it was the writer of this article.. I met him, and I think he got tired of asking people whether the protests were inspired by Beirut (and thus inspired by Iraq and thus inspired by...) and getting the standard, 'no of course not, it's not the first time we have protested and more people turned up this time because of sms and blogs'..
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