Comments on: Bahraini Blogwars http://mahmood.tv/2007/05/19/bahraini-blogwars/ An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while. Thu, 24 May 2012 09:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: milter http://mahmood.tv/2007/05/19/bahraini-blogwars/comment-page-1/#comment-90103 milter Mon, 28 May 2007 23:06:05 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/2007/05/19/bahraini-blogwars/#comment-90103 It's good to see that the "official" news media are keeping an eye on the local blogs. I've been advocating the importance of local bloggers in The Middle East in my own country several times in blogs here in Denmark. I see it as a very important way to break the monopoly on news and opinions that at the moment lies in the hands of other people. In Ireland that monopoly was to a great extent broken by radio shows where hosts introduced aspects of Irish life that would not normally be touched by anybody else. It made a lot of people realize that they were not alone in their doubts about the version of the "truth" they had been presented to until then. It’s good to see that the “official” news media are keeping an eye on the local blogs.

I’ve been advocating the importance of local bloggers in The Middle East in my own country several times in blogs here in Denmark. I see it as a very important way to break the monopoly on news and opinions that at the moment lies in the hands of other people.

In Ireland that monopoly was to a great extent broken by radio shows where hosts introduced aspects of Irish life that would not normally be touched by anybody else. It made a lot of people realize that they were not alone in their doubts about the version of the “truth” they had been presented to until then.

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]]> By: Global Voices Online » Bahrain: The ‘two seas’ are now a concrete jungle http://mahmood.tv/2007/05/19/bahraini-blogwars/comment-page-1/#comment-90090 Global Voices Online » Bahrain: The ‘two seas’ are now a concrete jungle Mon, 28 May 2007 17:59:16 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/2007/05/19/bahraini-blogwars/#comment-90090 [...] week we start with Mahmood Al Yousif who mentions an article in Al Wasat newspaper by Adel Marzooq which analyses the state of the [...] [...] week we start with Mahmood Al Yousif who mentions an article in Al Wasat newspaper by Adel Marzooq which analyses the state of the [...]

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