"Live from Lebanon" - offering accounts from Beirut and other cities under bombardment, Electronic Lebanon, accessible at: http://electronicLebanon.net.
July 18, 2006 (Press Release) --
Electronic Lebanon has finally been incorporated as a special section of the Electronic Intifada website, accessible at: http://electronicLebanon.net
Our diary section, "Live from Lebanon", has been extremely popular, offering accounts from Beirut and other cities under bombardment in Lebanon. There has been a lot of media interest in these diaries, and many U.S. news networks are offering reports about voices from the ground and blogs to varying degrees in their reporting.
Some networks have been reporting that the phenomenon of blogging from warzones is "new". This is not the case. Members of the Electronic Intifada team have been pioneering alternative media reporting from Middle Eastern warzones for over 10 years.
EI's Nigel Parry headed the Birzeit University team that published the first alternative news website from within a warzone, from the Palestinian West Bank town of Ramallah during the September 1996 Clashes.
During Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield" in March/April 2002, the Electronic Intifada team presented the only reports from residents within Ramallah when it was put under Israeli closure, even to the press. CNN's Michael Holmes was literally the only mainstream journalist inside the town during its closure, making EI's contribution unique.
And finally — in the alternative news moonshot — EI launched Electronic Iraq in February 2003 at http://electroniciraq.net to offer reports from peace activists and independent journalists in Baghdad reporting through a satellite modem during Shock and Awe.
In 2003, the ADC (the "NAACP for arabs") "Voices for Peace" award was presented to EI and eIraq "in recognition of its commitment to bringing the concerns, voices, and experiences of the Iraqi and Palestinian peoples to audiences the world over via the Internet."
Today, via Electronic Lebanon, available at http://electronicLebanon.net, the team continues its work.
Visit Electronic Lebanon at http://electronicLebanon.net to hear voices from on the ground.
ABOUT EI
The Electronic Intifada (EI) is a not-for-profit, independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the economic, political, legal, and human dimensions of Israel's 39-year occupation of Palestinian territories. EI provides a needed supplement to mainstream commercial media representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Visit EI at http://electronicIntifada.net
"The Palestinian CNN" - The Jerusalem Post
"[EI is]... something quite spectacular ...a highly professional site." -- David Bowden, The Financial Times (U.K.)
"The Electronic Intifada is trusted" -- Alexander Cockburn, The Nation (U.S.)
"[EI is] a democratic bombshell, a fascinating look between and behind the lines." -- The Web Review, ITV (UK)
"Making the pro-Palestinian cause more prominent with the media in recent years." -- Newsday (U.S.)
"Intended as a news source, the site has slowly been transforming into a work of art..." -- The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Our diary section, "Live from Lebanon", has been extremely popular, offering accounts from Beirut and other cities under bombardment in Lebanon. There has been a lot of media interest in these diaries, and many U.S. news networks are offering reports about voices from the ground and blogs to varying degrees in their reporting.
Some networks have been reporting that the phenomenon of blogging from warzones is "new". This is not the case. Members of the Electronic Intifada team have been pioneering alternative media reporting from Middle Eastern warzones for over 10 years.
EI's Nigel Parry headed the Birzeit University team that published the first alternative news website from within a warzone, from the Palestinian West Bank town of Ramallah during the September 1996 Clashes.
During Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield" in March/April 2002, the Electronic Intifada team presented the only reports from residents within Ramallah when it was put under Israeli closure, even to the press. CNN's Michael Holmes was literally the only mainstream journalist inside the town during its closure, making EI's contribution unique.
And finally — in the alternative news moonshot — EI launched Electronic Iraq in February 2003 at http://electroniciraq.net to offer reports from peace activists and independent journalists in Baghdad reporting through a satellite modem during Shock and Awe.
In 2003, the ADC (the "NAACP for arabs") "Voices for Peace" award was presented to EI and eIraq "in recognition of its commitment to bringing the concerns, voices, and experiences of the Iraqi and Palestinian peoples to audiences the world over via the Internet."
Today, via Electronic Lebanon, available at http://electronicLebanon.net, the team continues its work.
Visit Electronic Lebanon at http://electronicLebanon.net to hear voices from on the ground.
ABOUT EI
The Electronic Intifada (EI) is a not-for-profit, independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the economic, political, legal, and human dimensions of Israel's 39-year occupation of Palestinian territories. EI provides a needed supplement to mainstream commercial media representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Visit EI at http://electronicIntifada.net
"The Palestinian CNN" - The Jerusalem Post
"[EI is]... something quite spectacular ...a highly professional site." -- David Bowden, The Financial Times (U.K.)
"The Electronic Intifada is trusted" -- Alexander Cockburn, The Nation (U.S.)
"[EI is] a democratic bombshell, a fascinating look between and behind the lines." -- The Web Review, ITV (UK)
"Making the pro-Palestinian cause more prominent with the media in recent years." -- Newsday (U.S.)
"Intended as a news source, the site has slowly been transforming into a work of art..." -- The Daily Star (Lebanon)
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