A Living-Room Crusade via Blogging

New York Times by Robert F. Worth | May. 20, 2008 (News Report)

Jane Novak, a 46-year-old stay-at-home mother of two in New Jersey, has never been to Yemen. She speaks no Arabic, and freely admits that until a few years ago, she knew nothing about that strife-torn south Arabian country.
And yet Ms. Novak has become so well known in Yemen that newspaper editors say they sell more copies if her photograph -- blond and smiling -- is on the cover. Her blog, an outspoken news bulletin on Yemeni affairs, is banned there. ... Full Story »

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 by Andy Brandt - Oct. 1, 2008

This is not exactly good and unbiased journalism because there is an underlying assumption, namely that the cause Ms. Novak and Mr. Khaiwani stand for is good and just. While this very well might be true and while her effort - and its repercussions - are certainly newsworthy I didn't learn much from this article about the background on situation in Yemen, about Mr. Khaiwani background, there is no other side - Yemeni govmnt. - at all. So this whole article boils down to "how good American housewife helps spread freedom and justice in bad Yemen".

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More balanced background on the situation in Yemen, more background on Mr. Khaiwani

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