Monday, November 2, 2009

I found this article interesting became it is part of a relatively new trend that's emerging in the more conservative Arab world: demanding free speech, and finally revealing dismay at its suppression.

This ties in nicely with the recent example of the man who was sentenced to jail and lashes for boasting of premarital sex and exhibiting sex toys on an Arabic, Lebanon-based channel. It also follows an article published roughly one month ago, about media censorship in Saudi Arabia, and how the internet is proving a harder medium to censor than expected, offering many otherwise silenced Saudis with a chance to disseminate their thoughts and ideas without fear of rebuke of punishment (well, at least when pseudonyms are used).

I would liked to have seen more interviews, heard personal accounts of censorship, heard from senior officials on why they believe banning certain content to be legitimate.

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