My very first blog

I Have been trying to start to blog ever since I heard on CNN about blogs and bloggers back in 2004. To be honest, blogger.com logo is what drew my attention at first. The more I heard about blogs the more m fascinated I got. The fact that anyone can write and publish perplexed me that I tried to stay out of the blogging magnetic field. (everyone is a publisher and can reach a wide range of recipients) internationally…

My reluctance to blogging stems from the effusion of blogs that confounded the good with the bad with frenzy. Torrent of blogs and its comments concealed valubale blogs. However new tools were created, such as Digg.com and Technorati, have rerouted the good blogs and gave it a deserved exposure.

The unprecedented flow of information without any restrain empowered regular people with no affiliation , activist or even minorities to spread and promote their cause around the world freely. Everybody now can take the initiative to bring an interesting matter to the spot light, blogging have removed virtually all barriers that prohibited publication by the masses.

Some years ago Few had the chance to publish or to express their opinion since the channel for that were limited , you had to be at least a journalist with a platform to be able to do so ….but with the emergence of blogsphere many are really utilizing the right of free speech to the fullest…it eluded dictatorships by bypassing all filters and screening process usually exerted by the media institution and later by the government.

For intance,in the recent incidents that took place in Gaza, I was ramaging on the net ,for other sources of news, till I stumbled upon quite a lot of articles written by Gaza activists who knew whatembargo, sanction and death meant. The reality of situation in Gaza was greatly obscured , the mass only had one side of the story all the time…the imbalance of western media news coverage was pretty obvious …a great deal of blogs owners availed themselves the opportunity to show their support to Gaza and shed light on the blackout fact about the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Blogging, Not only served as an alternative to mainstream media outlet ;that favors its banefactore, but also contested it on presenting the truth from the realible sources. The impact of some material on the social and political scene has gain the blogs great credibility . Several news agency has resorted to blogs in acquiring the news. Some blogs owner rendered their blogs as a source of news that contributed to shaping the news and forming the public opinion .


The scope of the internet gives me a glimps of hope as a middle eastern, Hoping that I can help reducing stereotype threat confronting my people.

If writing a blog will assist me in this endeavor, so let it be