Podcast: How the internet changes the relationship between Israelis and Arabs, Iranians
Israeli relationships with Arabs and Iranians online [20:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (307)In this week’s podcast I talked to Leah, an Israeli who’s using the internet to connect with Arabs and Iranians. Leah has been very active since the June 12 election in Iran, following the events in Iran and sharing the news with her fellow Israelis.
In this podcast we discussed the ways the internet and social media allow people in the region to see other perspectives and thus gain a better understanding of each other. We talked about how the relative freedom of expression online makes it harder to dismiss the “other.”
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Very interesting podcast. does Leah have a blog?
August 15th, 2009 at 4:47 pmGreat to hear that.
October 7th, 2009 at 12:36 ami live in Iran and here, the current regime is shouting about dead to Israel and that makes me really unhappy. because the new generation want’s to have Israel as a good friend and the Arabs, the new generations are the Green People
By the way, i was really unhappy about how the commentator had a bad tone to the Israeli girl. because that is not the beginning of making friends with the Israeli’s,, But it’s only my opinion.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:50 amDoes Leah have a blog??
Loved Leah. The presenter should have let her speak more and not interrupt her so much to tell us of her own opinion. This is more so as Leah had a lot of good things to say. Leah’s opinion – which was dwarfed by the interviewee un-necessarily, was an educated, democratic and objective opinion. It is extremely rare to find an Israeli with such an opinion.. though obviously the minute we do find it, we jump down its throat. Shame. A total waste of an opportunity.
If we wanted to hear what the interviewee have to say, all we have to do is read this website.
Does Leah have a blog?
October 12th, 2009 at 7:00 pmThanks for your comments and compliments.
October 25th, 2009 at 12:18 amI understand why would interpret the tone as negative, but I didn’t feel attacked at any point in the podcast. I don’t think that there are many Arabs who would be willing to listen to what an Israeli has to say in the first place, so I’m glad I got this chance to talk about my take on things. I understood that her criticism of me was never personal, but rather about the actions of my government.
I currently don’t have a blog in English.
Please work on your presenting skills.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:24 amUsing the following: pisses me off; retarded; kind of nuts; suck so much in an interview with a respectable person just makes you less credible versus making you sound “down to earth.”
Also, your slightly disgusted and scolding tone was unnecessary toward a person who is actually doing something about the situation we loathe.
Perhaps we should care more about our presentation and image, so that we can be taken seriously.
You’re more than welcome to do your own podcasts instead of incessantly complaining about others. These podcasts are conducted informally for a reason.
November 1st, 2009 at 7:16 pmDear Reem,
Me and Esra’a are friends, and that’s why the podcast was done in such an informal fashion. Think of it as a recorded conversation.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 pmI want to assure you that at no point I felt like I was personally attacked. I’m glad I was able to speak my mind about issues I’m passionate about.
Can you tell me how many other Arabs created podcasts like this with Israelis? How many welcomed the concept? Not sure why you are attacking her. This is a huge step forward and it doesn’t matter how she presented herself, all MEY podcasts are informal. This is a youthful program and not a media production company. Did you not notice the part where she thanked me for my work in a pleasant way? It is heartening. This podcast made me feel very hopeful.
Hey, nice chat of you 2
March 10th, 2010 at 1:28 pm