Comments on: Arab PR http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/03/arab-pr/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:43:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: marguerittte http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/03/arab-pr/#comment-373141 marguerittte Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:57:09 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/03/arab-pr/#comment-373141 there are certain criticisms that could be found here: IS youtube.com the or an ideal or useful platform for dialogue? b/c this isn't dialogue. many Middle Easterners, royal and unroyal, have powerful impressions and deep understandings, not of a cultural divide or need for a cultural bridge, between American culture and their own culture but having lived, experienced and struggled through both, can paint an accurate picture, which we in the West don't get, and we certainly have never have tried. before 2001 or after. it is overdue for Americans to listen to the Arab Middle East, in particular, and the first step is through those who speak both cultures, live both cultures and are in conflict of both cultures. maybe youtube.com is a first rung method: Americans need to open their own eyes. Hearing an articulate woman speak is also a first step; the stories of all Arabs that need to be heard and understood, but most importantly, it is the CONTEXT that must be examined. there are certain criticisms that could be found here: IS youtube.com the or an ideal or useful platform for dialogue? b/c this isn’t dialogue. many Middle Easterners, royal and unroyal, have powerful impressions and deep understandings, not of a cultural divide or need for a cultural bridge, between American culture and their own culture but having lived, experienced and struggled through both, can paint an accurate picture, which we in the West don’t get, and we certainly have never have tried. before 2001 or after.

it is overdue for Americans to listen to the Arab Middle East, in particular, and the first step is through those who speak both cultures, live both cultures and are in conflict of both cultures. maybe youtube.com is a first rung method: Americans need to open their own eyes. Hearing an articulate woman speak is also a first step; the stories of all Arabs that need to be heard and understood, but most importantly, it is the CONTEXT that must be examined.

]]> By: Rex Hammock http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/03/arab-pr/#comment-372734 Rex Hammock Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:17:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/03/arab-pr/#comment-372734 I have heard her husband speak and am now equally impressed with the queen. Jordon is not a perfect state -- there are certain civil liberties we take for granted that are not provided there. However, its King -- who spent his middle and high school years in U.S. schools -- and queen are providing a needed cultural bridge between the West (especially the U.S.) and the Arab Middle East. I have heard her husband speak and am now equally impressed with the queen. Jordon is not a perfect state — there are certain civil liberties we take for granted that are not provided there. However, its King — who spent his middle and high school years in U.S. schools — and queen are providing a needed cultural bridge between the West (especially the U.S.) and the Arab Middle East.

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