Spent a weekend in Amman--more on that and pictures later--and will be heading to Jerusalem/Tel Aviv starting tomorrow evening. Probably off the reservation for 5 days or so...
"Is it good to consider blogging a function of alternative media alone?...the speech we find in the official media is different from that of the independent media, and both are different from the speech contained in blogs...In the end, blogging paves the way for underground or forbidden culture to organize itself in the Arab world. For this, the blogging space is critical. But, this doesn’t mean that blogging alone can orchestrate change in the world. This was evident with the demonstrations in Egypt and Jordan this year which were crushed by the authorities after organizers relied too much on the virtual world for their physical support."
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