http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/23/this-week-in-palestinian-blogs-heres-tomorrow/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:21:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/23/this-week-in-palestinian-blogs-heres-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-24853 Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Our Dogs Only Bark! Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:36:55 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=5786#comment-24853 [...] There is no place for comparison between Arab and Muslim world, and the West. We just bark (excuse my French), unfortunately, no body listens. We bark in anon language called Arabic, but don’t expect the West to learn our language to understand what we are saying. Instead, be up to it. Be the Citizen Media. If your local/government media is deaf, blind and can’t sniff, don’t bark with them. Write, maybe a blog. That’s the least that you can do. And guess what? People will listen to what you have to say. Slowly they well. And this is not a dream. Global Voices is one of the best examples for this. I admire the Global Voices slogan; “The world is talking, are you listening?” Not to forget Arab bloggers who write to Western media; or you didn’t hear of Laila coverage of Palestine elections for the Guardian? And you didn’t hear of the four Iraqi bloggers who now write for the NY Times? [...] [...] There is no place for comparison between Arab and Muslim world, and the West. We just bark (excuse my French), unfortunately, no body listens. We bark in anon language called Arabic, but don’t expect the West to learn our language to understand what we are saying. Instead, be up to it. Be the Citizen Media. If your local/government media is deaf, blind and can’t sniff, don’t bark with them. Write, maybe a blog. That’s the least that you can do. And guess what? People will listen to what you have to say. Slowly they well. And this is not a dream. Global Voices is one of the best examples for this. I admire the Global Voices slogan; “The world is talking, are you listening?” Not to forget Arab bloggers who write to Western media; or you didn’t hear of Laila coverage of Palestine elections for the Guardian? And you didn’t hear of the four Iraqi bloggers who now write for the NY Times? [...]

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