Category: Facebook & Twitter

Selections of Status Updates, Notes, Comments and Tweets made since 2009, a year which coincided with the gradual discovery by Arab and Middle Eastern activists of the potential of Facebook and Twitter as tools for social and political activism.

Of Hate

  1. The only way you can stand up to hate is to resist, with all your might, the nagging temptation to hate back. Mutual hate is all consuming. 1:31 AM Jul 1st
  2. Love is not the best defense against hate, indifference is. Your indifference to the hate aimed at you is your best shield from it. 1:59 AM Jul 1st
  3. Be indifferent to those who hate you, let their hate consume them not you. Their salvation is their responsibility, you’re not their messiah 2:18 AM Jul 1st

Of Knowledge, Experience, Understanding and Wisdom

  1. How can you tell if the light over the horizon marks dawn, not dusk? That you can look forward to bathe in daylight, not wallow in the dark? 2:49 AM Jun 27th
  2. Some things are counterintuitive but you might still need to intuit what they are- Knowing and understanding are not the same. 3:19 AM Jun 27th
  3. Some things are irrational but you might still need to rationalize why they are- Knowing and understanding are not the same. 3:21 AM Jun 27th
  4. Some things are unknowable but you still have to try to uncover what they are, and why they are- Knowledge and wisdom are not the same. 3:28 AM Jun 27th
  5. Some things are ineffable but you still have to share them, to make them known- Knowledge and experience are not the same. 3:30 AM Jun 27th
  6. Some things are immutable but you still yearn to change the world- Knowledge and experience are not the same. Wisdom, understanding need both 3:33 AM Jun 27th

Tweets Of Revolutions

 

  1. Revolutions are the only option that can afford our peoples the chance to influence the decision-making processes in the region. 7:47 PM Jun 13th
  2. If you are serious about revolution, you have to be serious about organization and ready to handle the mess. It’s not enough to shout out. 7:48 PM Jun 13th
  3. Preparing for a revolution is an industrial process. Preparing a dozen revolutions is more so. But that’s exactly what we need in our region 7:53 PM Jun 13th
  4. We need to build an organized constituency and a sustained momentum for change, a single spark here and there is not enough. 7:56 PM Jun 13th
  5. We have to connect the dots, exchange expertise, fight simultaneously on different fronts, and continuously reshuffle operational priorities 7:58 PM Jun 13th Continue reading “Tweets Of Revolutions” →

Tweets Of Iranian President Elections & The Green Elections

  1. Was it fraud? Or does Ahmadinejad’s “win” reflect his ability to cast himself a champion of the poor in a state where the majority is poor? 3:51 PM Jun 13th
  2. If fraud was involved in the elections, then Ahmadinejad and clique, with Khamenei’s backing, must have already planned for a showdown. 6:06 PM Jun 13th
  3.  Should Ahmadinejad emerge emboldened and unscathed from the current showdown, then our eyes should immediately turn back to Lebanon and Gaza 6:20 PM Jun 13th
  4. Fraud or no fraud, the world now has to deal with a more defiant Ahmadinejad and a troubling N. Korea. The “Axis of Evil” is fighting back. 6:38 PM Jun 13th
  5. Terminologies notwithstanding, the current situation in Iran argues for more sustained support for democracy activists in our region. 6:42 PM Jun 13th Continue reading “Tweets Of Iranian President Elections & The Green Elections” →