At about 7:00 CST this morning, I could not get the English edition of Al-Jazeera. The progress bar would only go partway and the pages loaded indicator said "Contacting http://english.aljazeera.net" and nothing more. If I did nothing, my browser said it was unable to contact the site.
I did find aljazeera.com, a magazine, but it didn't have he details of aljazeera.net.
Finally at about 8:30 I was able to get aljazeera.net.
My guess is that many people on the East Coast were online before going to work or just as they got to their offices.
Today's blog offered hope that the thugs had been pushed back, then it mentions that the army had left one bridge, and finally that thugs crashed through a group of supporters.
Showing posts with label Al-Jazeera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Al-Jazeera. Show all posts
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Keeping up with events in Egypt
If you are a news freak who couldn't get enough news about Iran in 2009, your best source on Egypt is Al-Jazeera. The English version on the web is at
http://english.aljazeera.net/
For the latest, check out the blogs. There is also plenty of commentary from many sources and perspectives. One I found particular interesting is "The triviality of US Mideast policy" by Robert Grenier, a former director of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center. He relates how the headmaster of his school was unknowingly made irrelevant by an anti-Vietnam War protest. Similarly, events have made most of U.S. Mideast policy irrelevant and outdated.
P.S. Cairo time is 8 hours ahead of Central Standard Time.
http://english.aljazeera.net/
For the latest, check out the blogs. There is also plenty of commentary from many sources and perspectives. One I found particular interesting is "The triviality of US Mideast policy" by Robert Grenier, a former director of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center. He relates how the headmaster of his school was unknowingly made irrelevant by an anti-Vietnam War protest. Similarly, events have made most of U.S. Mideast policy irrelevant and outdated.
P.S. Cairo time is 8 hours ahead of Central Standard Time.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Al-Jazeera more liberal than many think
Because Al-Jazeera broadcasts videos and other press releases from the likes of Al Qaeda, many Americans think of Al-Jazeera as nothing more than a mouthpiece for terrorists.
However, if you actually visit Al-Jazeera's web site you will find a much broader reportage. For example, see "Iranian writer on poll result", an interview with Azar Nafisi, author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran". Afisi doesn't pull any punches on what she thinks of the regime in Iran and of reactions to it. For example, "The US government is sometimes silly in its response to Iran."
Because I don't know Arabic, I can't say if this interview was also posted in Arabic. I can say if you click "Arabic" in the sidebar on the left, you will find many of the popular photos from Iran, including a demonstrator holding up a sign, "Where is my vote?"
I probably will not live to see it, but the 22nd century may see no dictatorships. Optimistic? Consider that in the 1950's Western Europe had Franco in power in Spain and Salazar in Portugal.
However, if you actually visit Al-Jazeera's web site you will find a much broader reportage. For example, see "Iranian writer on poll result", an interview with Azar Nafisi, author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran". Afisi doesn't pull any punches on what she thinks of the regime in Iran and of reactions to it. For example, "The US government is sometimes silly in its response to Iran."
Because I don't know Arabic, I can't say if this interview was also posted in Arabic. I can say if you click "Arabic" in the sidebar on the left, you will find many of the popular photos from Iran, including a demonstrator holding up a sign, "Where is my vote?"
I probably will not live to see it, but the 22nd century may see no dictatorships. Optimistic? Consider that in the 1950's Western Europe had Franco in power in Spain and Salazar in Portugal.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)