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Hometown Baghdad gets nominated for a Webby Award

April 29th, 2008Esra'a (Bahrain)

And we have to ensure their success! Currently they are in the lead for “Public Service and Activism,” so at least be sure to vote for them in this category where their win might be guaranteed.

Dear Friends and Family,

Hometown Baghdad was recently nominated for four Webby Awards! The Webby Awards are the highest honors of the internet; past recipients to accept awards include Al Gore, Prince, Beastie Boys, founders of You Tube, MySpace, etc.

While the official awards are chosen by the likes of David Bowie and various industry leaders, a People’s Voice Award is given out in each category and anyone can vote! We need just a minute of your time– Please vote now!

- Go to http://pv.webbyawards.com
- Register (only takes a few seconds)
- Check your email for confirmation
- Click on the “online film and video” section
- Vote for us in each of the following categories:

  • News and Politics Series
  • Public Service and Activism (they are in the lead for this one; make sure you vote for them here first)
  • Reality
  • Editing

    • If we win, it would be an incredible honor for everyone involved with Hometown Baghdad and would lead to great opportunities for us all. We are up against some strong competition including Discovery, National Geographic, and the NY Times. So we need your help. Please pass this along to your network of friends!
    Thank you for your votes and continued support of our work.

    All the Best,

    The Chat the Planet Team

    Like I said, they are in the lead for this category:

    Let’s make sure they win.

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    5 Responses to “Hometown Baghdad gets nominated for a Webby Award”

    1. #1 Mohammad Memarian (Iran) - April 29th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

      registered. now, when I click on “Public Service and Activism” nothing happens, maybe due to a problem in my browser. what should I do?

    2. #2 Nadia - April 30th, 2008 at 6:05 am

      Are you affiliated with them? This is the first I think I’ve seen of them on this website.

    3. #3 Esra'a (Bahrain) - April 30th, 2008 at 6:13 am

      Mohammad: Maybe try another browser? On FireFox it works fine.

      Nadia: No I’m not. But someone has written about them here before-

      http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/03/19/hometown-baghdad/

    4. #4 Tonto (USA) - May 1st, 2008 at 6:32 pm

      Wow, neat! Thanks Esra’a (never seen a name with an apostrophe before)! Checkin’ out that site now…looks good and interesting.

    5. #5 Hometown Baghdad wins 3 webby awards - Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead - May 6th, 2008 at 2:37 am

      [...] wins 3 webby awards Author: Esra’a (Bahrain) – May 6, 2008 I had previously written about this here. The results were finally out today, and Hometown Baghdad wins 3 of its 4 nominated awards for the [...]

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