Comments on: We blog for Darfur http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/ Promoting a fierce but respectful dialogue among the highly diverse youth of the Middle East Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:07:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Esra'ahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7225 Esra'a Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:49:55 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7225 I wonder when his book would be released. I wonder when his book would be released.

]]> By: Howiehttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7223 Howie Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:47:01 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7223 If anybody could get permission from him...those photos were very powerful. If anybody could get permission from him…those photos were very powerful.

]]> By: Mohamed Yahyahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7219 Mohamed Yahya Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:33:39 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7219 Hi Howie,how a bout Adam Sterling at UCLA.Would you able to reach him to see if he got some of that photos..I don't have his contact now.Otherwise i would go to www.ajws.org Good luck.Mhd Hi Howie,how a bout Adam Sterling at UCLA.Would you able to reach him to see if he got some of that photos..I don’t have his contact now.Otherwise i would go to http://www.ajws.org
Good luck.Mhd

]]> By: Mohamed Yahyahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7215 Mohamed Yahya Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7215 Dear Friends,Yes,Howie is right.He means our friend and former US Marine who has served with the African Union troops in Darfur for several months.Mr.Brian Steidel.No one ever had photos like he had.He took them by hemself directly and live from the scene.But what i know for the time being is that he is working on his new book about Darfur.And it was difficult to get access to his photos before his book was published,unless he authorised that.I came to understand this when he contacted me recently.So let's to try a different source.Thanks...Mohamed. Dear Friends,

Yes,Howie is right.He means our friend and former US Marine who has served with the African Union troops in Darfur for several months.Mr.Brian Steidel.No one ever had photos like he had.He took them by hemself directly and live from the scene.But what i know for the time being is that he is working on his new book about Darfur.And it was difficult to get access to his photos before his book was published,unless he authorised that.I came to understand this when he contacted me recently.

So let’s to try a different source.

Thanks…Mohamed.

]]> By: Howiehttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7159 Howie Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:58:07 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7159 Esra'a-Wonderful and thanks Esra’a-

Wonderful and thanks

]]> By: Esra'ahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7150 Esra'a Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:27:41 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7150 Howie and Mohamed,Thanks a lot for your encouraging comments. I checked out your website and we're definitely going to link to it. :D Howie and Mohamed,

Thanks a lot for your encouraging comments. I checked out your website and we’re definitely going to link to it. :D

]]> By: Howiehttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7149 Howie Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:17:59 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7149 Guys-Another idea on pictures. Mohamed Yahya and I met a photographer at UCLA that did some amazing photo work on Darfur. A young American guy. I cannot recall his name...but maybe Mohamed will remember. Incrediable and moving pictures. The guy did a presentation the same night Mohamed spoke there last year.Mohamed can be contacted at www.damanga.orgGod blessHowie Guys-

Another idea on pictures. Mohamed Yahya and I met a photographer at UCLA that did some amazing photo work on Darfur. A young American guy. I cannot recall his name…but maybe Mohamed will remember. Incrediable and moving pictures. The guy did a presentation the same night Mohamed spoke there last year.

Mohamed can be contacted at http://www.damanga.org

God bless

Howie

]]> By: Mohamed Yahyahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7146 Mohamed Yahya Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:56:41 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-7146 Hey folks,You are really very inspiring.I was impressed by this excellent work.Please continue to keep it on.For those asking for more images,photos please visit the US Holocaust Musem page.www.ushm.org,or www.hrw.org,sudanreeves.org anetc.. Please let me know if you need more help.God bless. Mohamed. Hey folks,

You are really very inspiring.I was impressed by this excellent work.Please continue to keep it on.For those asking for more images,photos please visit the US Holocaust Musem page.www.ushm.org,or http://www.hrw.org,sudanreeves.org anetc..
Please let me know if you need more help.

God bless.
Mohamed.

]]> By: Jinahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6525 Jina Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:14:47 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6525 yarrr Esra'a... let me know if you guys need any more banners in different sizes. State the banner size and me make banner. Me very lazy to make bunch and put them anyways but me might when me not feeling lazy sometimes soon. yarrr Esra’a… let me know if you guys need any more banners in different sizes. State the banner size and me make banner. Me very lazy to make bunch and put them anyways but me might when me not feeling lazy sometimes soon.

]]> By: Esra'ahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6518 Esra'a Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:48:38 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6518 Update your banners, the suggestions have been forwarded to Sankar and it's all been fixed. Update your banners, the suggestions have been forwarded to Sankar and it’s all been fixed.

]]> By: Esra'ahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6503 Esra'a Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:59:45 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6503 I don't think he'll have a problem with it. If I tell him what needs to be done in terms of design his reaction would be "yaaaar. oro." That's Sankar language for "yes."Great guy to work with. :) I don’t think he’ll have a problem with it. If I tell him what needs to be done in terms of design his reaction would be “yaaaar. oro.” That’s Sankar language for “yes.”

Great guy to work with. :)

]]> By: Drimahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6495 Drima Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:12:12 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6495 I had the same concerns Yael... I hope Sankar will settle it soon. Damn is he one active helpful guy. I had the same concerns Yael… I hope Sankar will settle it soon. Damn is he one active helpful guy.

]]> By: Yaelhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6488 Yael Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:03:29 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6488 Thanks Esra'a :) Yep Drima should get final word here. Thanks Esra’a :) Yep Drima should get final word here.

]]> By: Esra'ahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6484 Esra'a Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:38:07 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6484 Indeed there are a lot of concerns. We are working on something less sensitive. I'll leave it up to Drima to decide. Indeed there are a lot of concerns. We are working on something less sensitive. I’ll leave it up to Drima to decide.

]]> By: Yaelhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6479 Yael Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:02:57 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6479 Hey guys I have a comment or maybe suggestion that, given that is coming from an Israeli will hopefully not be taken as criticism. Is the slogan on the big banner at the top noting that 400,000 Sudanese victims matters almost as much as 5,000 Palestinians (militants included) really the message to lead with as a rallying cry? I guess that the phrasing makes it seem sort of like a competition for suffering and whose is greater, and a sense of denigrating the feelings of grief and suffering that the families of those 5,000 palestinians (and even militants have families) feel.I understand that the point is that the media gives attention out of proportion to anything that occurs in the West Bank and in Gaza that is Israeli-perpetrated in comparison to everything else that happens in the world. As an Israeli I find it upsetting, infuriating and unfair especially when something occurs like the kidnapping and murder of a 17 years old Israeli settler kid on his way to school doesn't even get a mention in the international media while on the same day the five palestinians who were injured but not killed made front page news on the BBC.So I do understand. But maybe there is a better way to get the point across that the media is unfairly not covering this without making it at the expense of the grief of the palestinians who have lost loved ones. And I guess I'm thinking about how our Ramzi over at GN must feel to see that. Hey guys I have a comment or maybe suggestion that, given that is coming from an Israeli will hopefully not be taken as criticism. Is the slogan on the big banner at the top noting that 400,000 Sudanese victims matters almost as much as 5,000 Palestinians (militants included) really the message to lead with as a rallying cry? I guess that the phrasing makes it seem sort of like a competition for suffering and whose is greater, and a sense of denigrating the feelings of grief and suffering that the families of those 5,000 palestinians (and even militants have families) feel.

I understand that the point is that the media gives attention out of proportion to anything that occurs in the West Bank and in Gaza that is Israeli-perpetrated in comparison to everything else that happens in the world. As an Israeli I find it upsetting, infuriating and unfair especially when something occurs like the kidnapping and murder of a 17 years old Israeli settler kid on his way to school doesn’t even get a mention in the international media while on the same day the five palestinians who were injured but not killed made front page news on the BBC.

So I do understand. But maybe there is a better way to get the point across that the media is unfairly not covering this without making it at the expense of the grief of the palestinians who have lost loved ones. And I guess I’m thinking about how our Ramzi over at GN must feel to see that.

]]> By: Aliyah! Step-by-Step: Making a Life in Israel » Get your own, make a differencehttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6471 Aliyah! Step-by-Step: Making a Life in Israel » Get your own, make a difference Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:17:41 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6471 [...] Good Neighbors and Mideast Youth have joined together to bring the world’s attention to the genocide that is going on in Darfur since the mainstream media is ignoring it. [...] [...] Good Neighbors and Mideast Youth have joined together to bring the world’s attention to the genocide that is going on in Darfur since the mainstream media is ignoring it. [...]

]]> By: We blog for Darfur at Good Neighbourshttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6469 We blog for Darfur at Good Neighbours Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:53:53 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6469 [...] The folks over at Mideast Youth have done an amazing job creating a website for our first (of hopefully many!) joint project: We Blog for Darfur. Literally over-night from the time the idea was born they’ve created a website , banners such as the one you see in the sidebar here and that we hope people with blogs will put on their own sites, link to the website, and join the We Blog for Darfur campaign. They’ve even made up t-shirts that you can buy to wear and get the word out. [...] [...] The folks over at Mideast Youth have done an amazing job creating a website for our first (of hopefully many!) joint project: We Blog for Darfur. Literally over-night from the time the idea was born they’ve created a website , banners such as the one you see in the sidebar here and that we hope people with blogs will put on their own sites, link to the website, and join the We Blog for Darfur campaign. They’ve even made up t-shirts that you can buy to wear and get the word out. [...]

]]> By: Yaelhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6468 Yael Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:22:26 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6468 Beautiful website!!! You guys are amazing. Beautiful website!!! You guys are amazing.

]]> By: The Sudanese Thinker » A Campaign is in the Workshttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6447 The Sudanese Thinker » A Campaign is in the Works Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:42:09 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6447 [...] The previous article got me seriously disgusted and depressed. I felt so damn helpless but I don’t anymore. While discussing the Darfur situation on Mideast Youth, an important realization was made. If we were all truly aware of what’s going on, this will not happen, or it will at least not be as bad as we allow it to be. The problem is that most people are too occupied with other news. In the Western media not enough deserving attention is given to Darfur. Don’t even get me started on the Arab media though. It’s far worse. [...] [...] The previous article got me seriously disgusted and depressed. I felt so damn helpless but I don’t anymore. While discussing the Darfur situation on Mideast Youth, an important realization was made. If we were all truly aware of what’s going on, this will not happen, or it will at least not be as bad as we allow it to be. The problem is that most people are too occupied with other news. In the Western media not enough deserving attention is given to Darfur. Don’t even get me started on the Arab media though. It’s far worse. [...]

]]> By: Drimahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6442 Drima Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:58:53 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6442 BTW Edo, I think I might just start gathering pictures to put up in one place so they can become easily accessed. BTW Edo, I think I might just start gathering pictures to put up in one place so they can become easily accessed.

]]> By: Drimahttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6435 Drima Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:16:28 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6435 Edo River, I'm afraid there isn't a single place to find many pictures but you can surely try flickr.com and search for Darfur. Edo River, I’m afraid there isn’t a single place to find many pictures but you can surely try flickr.com and search for Darfur.

]]> By: Edo Riverhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6432 Edo River Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:47:21 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2006/11/20/we-blog-for-darfur/#comment-6432 I have decided to get my students doing some research on this topic beginning this week. I have read the articles from　the New York Times and I kept thinking the US government would do something. It seems it is up to us to get more people talking about this topic. One thing I need are a single place to find alot of pictures. Do you know of a source? I have decided to get my students doing some research on this topic beginning this week. I have read the articles from　the New York Times and I kept thinking the US government would do something.
It seems it is up to us to get more people talking about this topic. One thing I need are a single place to find alot of pictures. Do you know of a source?

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