Comments on: Arab Bloggers and Media

By: My ‘BBC Arabic World Service’ Interview | Sabbah's Blog

My ‘BBC Arabic World Service’ Interview | Sabbah's Blog — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:56:04 +0000

[...] means that Arab Bloggers are getting more attention now, specially that the written media already gave us some [...]

By: Fikry

Fikry — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:47:26 +0000

I think that people in the Arab world sould show interest in this new communciation tool. Arab are indeed interested. The website of Amr Khaled belongs to the most browsed personal websites in the world.
It depends on the content. Islamic websites enjoyed popularity. One reason is the language.

By: Eman

Eman — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:07:39 +0000

Enjoyed the whole post and the press article.
But I have a quick comment, I think it’s not exactly that Arabs are ages behind in internet usage, because -generally speaking- Arabs are catching up with updates as soon as they’re informed of them. The main reason that we look like we’re behind is our insistence on copying and imitating rather than being creative. Why didn’t Arabs think of Blogs? Why don’t we invent something new? we always wait for others to create, and then we use what they produce. This must change and we must become more productive.

Anyway, I think your idea of forming an “Arab Bloggers Society” is really impressive. I like it more than the M.E. Meetup because it will have great results in uniting Arab Bloggers.
It needs a lot of work, but I’m already excited and believe if we all took it serious we can make it happen.

Thanks for your ideas :)

By: Roba

Roba — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:50:04 +0000

That’s a really good post Haitham. I am one of those people who utterly despises the lack of care towards the internet in the Arab world. I would love to help in any way possible.