This post is contributed by Wamith Al-Kassab, a blogger at Iraqi Streets and Mideast Youth.
In the summer of 2008, I survived an assassination attempt in Iraq. My “crime” was that I am “an enemy of God,” a promoter of…
Posts Tagged ‘bloggers’
Life of an Iraqi blogger
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Guest Post: The Power (or lack thereof) of Free Speech
Sunday, March 14th, 2010“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss
After three years of being a regular blogger, I was flabbergasted when I received a comment…
Guest Post: Responsible Censorship to Tyranny
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010by Ritesh J
I’ve always been a strong supporter of censorship, primarily because people don’t understand that with freedom comes responsibility. I have also believed that censorship was created for the good of society.
But when those controlling the content…
Guest Post: Who are we? Individuals, citizens, journalists or all three?
Sunday, March 7th, 2010-Hisham Wyne-
“Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign”
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859.
But sovereign are we, over our blogs and the contents and comments therein?
We are bloggers. We want freedom. But…