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Blog Day 2005  

Written by Haitham Sabbah on 26. August 2005, 1459hrs // Part of Haitham Sabbah's adventure in Good News, Internet 'n Computers, Sabbah // Other posts by Haitham Sabbah


An Israeli blogger, Nir Ofir has a brilliant idea:

In one long moment on August 31st, bloggers from all over the world will post a recommendation of 5 new Blogs, Preferably, Blogs different from their own culture, point of view and attitude. On this day, blog surfers will find themselves leaping and discovering new, unknown Blogs, celebrating the discovery of new people and new bloggers.

So lets celebrate it on Aug 31. Lets push bloggers to move outside of those closed networks they are living.

Following 50 (or so) are tagged to do the Blog Day post on their own blogs on or before August 31 and tell us five top blogs that they enjoy reading:

Subzero Blue
AquaCool
Abu Sinan
Desert Island Boy
Je Blog
Silly Bahraini Girl
Mahmood Al-Yousef
Manal and Alaa
The Big Pharaoh
Miss Mabrouk
Baheyaa
From Cairo With Love
The Sandmonkey
Arabist
Ethan
Farid
Baghdad Dweller
Christian Iraq
Salam Pax
OceanCreep
Mental Mayhem
And Far Away
A Kuwaiti Online
Winds of Change in the Middle East?
Abu Aardvark
Ms Levantine
Ya Rayi Our Rai
Nur al-Cubicle
Umkahlil
Peacepalestine
Angry White Kid
Rafah Pundits Radio
Bethlehem Bloggers: Voices from the Bethlehem Ghetto
Raising Yousuf: a diary of a mother under occupation
Body on the Line
International Solidarity Movement
It’s not too late at all
Israeli Watch
Rebecca MacKinnon
David Sasaki
Jeff Ooi
Karim Elsahy
Neha Viswanathan
Paul Frankenstein
Rachel Barenblat
JoWhaRaS ChAMbeR
Crossroads Arabia
Sowaleef
Trilancer
Saudi…
Jaded Saudi
The Religious Policeman
Saudi Jeans
Gemini Blues
Jewaira’s Boudoir
Mosaics
Mouse Hunter - Karim2k Blog
Quantum Thoughts
nomadica
The Beauty and the Beast
My rules, My way
UmQusai’s Thoughts ..
Renderings of Me
Adventures in Dubai
the secret blog of arabia*
Secret Dubai diary
An Emaratis Thoughts
The Emirates Economist

Did I forget anyone? I enjoy reading all above, even more. (Not necessary that I agree with them :-) )

As David said:

We at Global Voices, of course, couldn’t be more supportive of the idea. We have long encouraged bridge blogging, where a weblog serves as a bridge between two groups of people, especially from different countries and cultures. August 31st marks a day in which we can all play that role by seeking out new blogs from foreign places and introducing them to our regular readers. If you’re looking for a great place to start exploring, there�s none better than our Bridge Blog Index.

I’m sure many of the above tagged blogs will work on it. I appreciate a Trackback to this post enable that I can follow your Tags!

Have Fun :-)

Update:

What do you need to do?

1. Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting
2. Notify the 5 bloggers that you are recommending them as part of BlogDay 2005
3. Write a short description of the Blogs and place a link to the recommended Blogs
4. Post the BlogDay Post (on August 31st) and
5. Add the BlogDay tag using this link: http://technorati.com/tag/BlogDay2005 and a link to the BlogDay web site at http://www.blogday.org

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34 Responses to “Blog Day 2005”

  1. 1
    abu Sinan Says:

    Good idea Haitham. I have more than a few blogs that I certainly do not agree with, yet I read them anyway. You’ll have my submission on or before the 31st.

  2. 2
    Haitham Says:

    Good Start :-)

    Thanks, Abu Sinan :-D

    Anyone else ;-)

  3. 3
    Cairo Otaibi Says:

    good idea!

    blogged.

  4. 4
    Ibrahim Says:

    very nice idea…

  5. 5
    Mohsan Says:

    Bravo !
    Très bonne idée, very good idea !
    I totally adhere to it.

  6. 6
    thecutter Says:

    i like the idea Sabbah! Only, I am always stretched for time, and stick to blogs that share my point of view more or less, but yes, there are a few blogs which are Palestine two staters, which I read and enjoy, so yup! count me in on your game!

  7. 7
    Haitham Says:

    Great… It’s just getting better and better :-)

  8. 8
    Arabian Princess Says:

    Thanx Haitham for tagging me .. and inshallah I will celebrate the blog day :)

  9. 9
    beauty Says:

    Hey thanx for tagging me ,,. but am kinda slow in getting this ? what exactly we need to do ? LOL

  10. 10
    umkahlil Says:

    Thanks, Haitham. I will be happy to participate. umkahlil

  11. 11
    Haitham Says:

    You all are welcome :-)

    beauty, here is what you have to do, in Arabic and in English

  12. 12
    Eman Says:

    Thanks for tagging me, 31st August it is!

    I just love the idea :)

  13. 13
    Farid Zadi Says:

    Thank you for tagging me. I will try to get others involved as well.

  14. 14
    Hiba Says:

    hi thanks for tagging me, inshalla il have it done, do i have to do it ON or by 31st and another thing do i just have to write about 3 blogs I enjoy reading or what? sorry i dont have time to read this complete post lol

  15. 15
    Amir Meshkin Says:

    I find your site through someone else and must say enjoy it much.

    IRAN AZADI

  16. 16
    Haitham Says:

    Hiba,

    simple steps:

    1. Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting
    2. Notify the 5 bloggers that you are recommending them as part of BlogDay 2005
    3. Write a short description of the Blogs and place a link to the recommended Blogs
    4. Post the BlogDay Post (on August 31st) and
    5. Add the BlogDay tag using this link: http://technorati.com/tag/BlogDay2005 and a link to the BlogDay web site at http://www.blogday.org

    That’s all!

  17. 17
    Karim2k Says:

    Yo sabbah sounds really great !

  18. 18
    hatem Says:

    waw great event :D

  19. 19
    nomadica Says:

    cool! i’m looking forward to this - thanks for tagging me!

  20. 20
    Rachel Says:

    Thanks for the reminder, Haitham! I will definitely participate, and I’m looking forward to seeing what you post on World Blog Day, too.

  21. 21
    Jewaira Says:

    Thank you for tagging me. Looking forward to Blog Day :)

  22. 22
    Wicked Says:

    great to see everyone working together to make blogging even more interesting to read and fun.

    happy blog day!

  23. 23
    pf.org Says:

    World Blog Day (or, Tag, You’re It)

    So I’ve been tagged by Haitham to do BlogDay 2005. What is it? Well, most of the world writes dates day/month, rather than the way it’s done in the US with month/day; an enterprising Israeli blogger noticed that 31/08—August 31—…

  24. 24
    abu sinan Says:

    I have finished mine Haitham. Not sure blogspot has the tagback/ping technology.

  25. 25
    thecutter Says:

    http://peacepalestine.blogspot.com/2005/08/blogger-day-yo-sabbah.html

    There’s mine Sabbah!

  26. 26
    BlogDay2005 is here! Says:

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  27. 27
    Haitham Says:

    Thanks, I saw it and mentioned it in my new BlogDay2005 post :-)

  28. 28
    OceanCreep Says:

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  29. 29
    Israeli Watch | Analysing The Moral Bankruptcy of the Zionist State » Blog Archive » Blog Day 2005 Says:

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  30. 30
    Marcy Newman Says:

    I suppose better late than never? I have 5 Blogs listed here for you, some of them from my students and the others are fellow ISMers and others people can find listed on my Blog if they want more new blogs to read:

    http://freckle.blogs.com/ The Soul Unfolds Itself
    http://obscure-persona.blogspot.com/ The Indecisive Blogger
    http://adifferentvision.blogspot.com/ A Different Vision
    http://thismuchicansayistrue.blogspot.com/ This Much I Can Say Is True
    http://davereed.org/ American Jewish Radical

    Thanks for tagging me and letting me know about this. It has really enabled me to see so many other Blogs out there that I didn’t know about!

    Salam,
    Marcy

  31. 31
    iamnasra Says:

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  32. 32
    umkahlil: International Blog Day Says:

    [...] >  International Blog Day Thanks to the incredible Haitham Sabbah of Sabbah’s Blog and Palestine Blogs for tagging me to post blogs that are not mirrors of ou [...]

  33. 33
    pf.org: Blogosphere Archives Says:

    [...] So I’ve been tagged by Haitham to do BlogDay 2005. What is it? Well, most of the world writes dates d [...]

  34. 34
    BlogDay2005 is here! | Sabbah's Blog Says:

    [...] is the DAY! Here is my the result of my quest in random order: 1. From Mauritian: The Carine’s Page, [...]

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