Sometimes scenes wouldnt make complete sense, with words being blanked over and scenes being cut off. It didnt bother me too much then.
After making my entrance into the world of blogging recently, I discovered that the island country expresses themselves on blogs.With the insane amount of censorship that the government puts media through, here's a medium that the Bahraini government hasnt really become savvy about yet.
Says blogger Chana'ad Bahraini:
One of the main aims of my blog has been to discuss and analyze events in Bahrain. But because of the limited amount of first-hand information available, I’ve been trying to do some pseudo-journalism myself. This means that whenever possible I try to personally attend events (especially protest demonstrations) and then write about them on my blog and provide photographs.
There are now several bloggers in Bahrain and the effect of this has been quite positive. A space has been created where a wide range of topics are discussed with honesty. I have certainly learned a great deal of information from the other Bahraini blogs that I would never have been able to learn anywhere else. And this community is not only online, as many of the Bahrain bloggers meet up once a month to discuss in person the various issues that we blog about.
For all those of you guys interested in hearing honest voices from the Middle East,
here are a few places to look:
http://chanad.weblog.us and http://hoder.com/weblog/archives/013982.shtml
Generally, bloggers in Bahrain have not faced any repercussions from the government regarding what we write, but this has been changing since the start of this year. As noted, three moderators of an online discussion forum were arrested in February for messages posted that supposedly "incited hatred towards the government". One of the moderators, Ali Abdulemam, also maintained his own blog. Also, in April, the government announced it would now oblige all website owners to register with the ministry of information or face legal action. This shows the government still does not fully understand the Internet (and blogs) and does not know how to handle the situation when it feels threatened by online writers
Till then, Bloggers, Live on!
4 comments:
hey, nice blog you have here. Even i stayed in the gulf when i was young!!
i have heard of AIESEC, do they have a chapter here in Texas, USA ?
its always nice to meet someone who has also spent some time in the gulf, can i have your email address ? mine is richard.gubb@gmail.com
Thanks and looking forward for a reply or a comment!
Richard
hey there
you didnt reply to my post ? did i offend you in anyway ?
Hey Richard,
Sorry for the late response.
AIESEC does have a chapter in the US. You can check out the local chapters at this address. (http://aiesecus.org/register/)
Curious to know what you were doing in the Middle East.
Sneha
hey i never expected that you'd reply. I just happened to check this before i slept.
ill surely check out the list you gave me of AIESEC.
i was staying in the middle east till i was 13, as my father was working there. Studied in a US school. what about you what were you doing ?
do you have an email where i can mail you about more ? this comment thing seeems a bit odd!
are you studying now ?
Richard
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