Make blogs, not war

August 27, 2006 - 5:10 PM by Sarah

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Israelimom has been active in a forum for Middle East residents, and makes a request for others in the Middle East to get involved. It’s all part of the make-blogs-not-war movement, in which the “little people” are having dialogues, despite the best efforts of their governments:

I have to say, the new Middle East forums are taking up a large chunk of whatever computer time I do find. It’s quite addictive, obviously not just for me lol, we just went over 1,000 posts already in a relatively short time. I find it very interesting to view things from new perspectives. Sure, sometimes those perspectives are so foreign to mine, that it can be almost frustrating. Also, people feeding from different sources of information can be challenging. Thankfully, there are still some relatively objective resources online, for us to compare notes every now and again. I am still looking forward to getting more people from the Middle East involved. We have quite a large number of Americans, Europeans and even Australians. All are very welcome and add a lot to the discussions, but I was hoping for some direct dialogue between people from the Middle East themselves…. so, if you have some “Middle Easterners” in your contact list, please drop them a word about our new hangout – http://www.metalks.com !

I haven’t had a chance to check out the forum itself. If any of you are involved, feel free to leave comments describing your experiences there.

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