Comments on: Why do we blog? http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/ Thinking Ahead Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:46:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Why to blog? What difference does blogging make? : crisscrossed blog http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11444 Why to blog? What difference does blogging make? : crisscrossed blog Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:07:55 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11444 [...] I find much more inspiring what Esra from Bahrain writes about: In this new age of information technology, not only are blogs used to inform, but to [...] [...] I find much more inspiring what Esra from Bahrain writes about: In this new age of information technology, not only are blogs used to inform, but to [...]

]]> By: Esra'a http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11443 Esra'a Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:45:18 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11443 Thank you Marco for making an excellent point about the importance of blogging in the English language as well, and not just in the local tongue, for reasons that include outreach... which is the most important aspect of powerful networking. Thank you Marco for making an excellent point about the importance of blogging in the English language as well, and not just in the local tongue, for reasons that include outreach… which is the most important aspect of powerful networking.

]]> By: Marco Oliveira http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11442 Marco Oliveira Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:29:48 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11442 I posted an answer <a href="http://povodebaha.blogspot.com/2007/08/why-do-we-blog.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Just my two cents... :-) I posted an answer here.
Just my two cents… :-)

]]> By: Simon Columbus http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11441 Simon Columbus Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:45:04 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11441 I'm living in Germany - and I have nearly the same motives to blog. Blogs connect people all over the world - at the moment we speak the same language nationality is no longer a barrier. I learned a lot about different cultures, different people, different social systems through blogs - I'm sure, I would have never come to this without them. At the end, a blogger is never a foreigner: We're all from that one blogosphere... I’m living in Germany – and I have nearly the same motives to blog. Blogs connect people all over the world – at the moment we speak the same language nationality is no longer a barrier. I learned a lot about different cultures, different people, different social systems through blogs – I’m sure, I would have never come to this without them.

At the end, a blogger is never a foreigner: We’re all from that one blogosphere…

]]> By: Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany) http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11440 Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany) Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:35:46 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11440 Iran is one the first countries in the world for having a great number of webblogs. For many Iranians, blog is an access to other writing material that is not spread by the state media. The regime inflicts Internet censorship regimes with the most sophisticated state-mandated filtering systems in the world to prevent people from the access to the blogs considered “non-Islamic”. Besides political reasons, Iran's filtering regime has certain hallmarks of similar motif across the Middle East region, such as a focusing to block a number of pornographic or erotic Websites. However a net increase in the amount of blocking underway in Iran shows how people, especially Iranian youth, are interested in blogging. Iran is one the first countries in the world for having a great number of webblogs. For many Iranians, blog is an access to other writing material that is not spread by the state media.

The regime inflicts Internet censorship regimes with the most sophisticated state-mandated filtering systems in the world to prevent people from the access to the blogs considered “non-Islamic”.

Besides political reasons, Iran’s filtering regime has certain hallmarks of similar motif across the Middle East region, such as a focusing to block a number of pornographic or erotic Websites. However a net increase in the amount of blocking underway in Iran shows how people, especially Iranian youth, are interested in blogging.

]]> By: Lou (Saudi Arabia) http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11439 Lou (Saudi Arabia) Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:47:37 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11439 Blogs broke the boundaries, and it needs more time to get it's true place as stand alone journalism as it should be, from one person telling others.. Not one agency telling others.. Blogs give power to the individual in making him/her be heard louder than being interviewed on a 20 minute show and stopped for commercials, but more in timeless words scripted in basic HTML.. However, as Blogs are getting popular, i think it's about time that READING in general gets popular to the average Abdullah.. Great article Esra'a, inspiring as always.. :) Blogs broke the boundaries, and it needs more time to get it’s true place as stand alone journalism as it should be, from one person telling others.. Not one agency telling others..

Blogs give power to the individual in making him/her be heard louder than being interviewed on a 20 minute show and stopped for commercials, but more in timeless words scripted in basic HTML..

However, as Blogs are getting popular, i think it’s about time that READING in general gets popular to the average Abdullah..

Great article Esra’a, inspiring as always.. :)

]]> By: PeacefulVanguard http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11438 PeacefulVanguard Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:15:58 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11438 Wtg on a great article, E. ^5 Wtg on a great article, E. ^5

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Bahrain: Why We Blog? http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11437 Global Voices Online » Bahrain: Why We Blog? Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:04:19 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11437 [...] discusses why she blogs, particularly in a volatile and restricted region like the Middle East, in this post. Share [...] [...] discusses why she blogs, particularly in a volatile and restricted region like the Middle East, in this post. Share [...]

]]> By: Grumpy (USA) http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11436 Grumpy (USA) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:44:57 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/08/13/why-do-we-blog/#comment-11436 Thank you for an excellent article, Esra'a. I would like to point out one further thing: blogging (and the internet in general) make it more difficult to spread propaganda and disinformation. When the MSM publishes a biased or incomplete article it's often the bloggers that report on the errors and provide the missing pieces. Thank you for an excellent article, Esra’a. I would like to point out one further thing: blogging (and the internet in general) make it more difficult to spread propaganda and disinformation. When the MSM publishes a biased or incomplete article it’s often the bloggers that report on the errors and provide the missing pieces.

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