The Arab Media Response to the Wikileaks - Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey

Middle East • November 2010 • Views: 1,402

I joked today on Twitter that I believe the world will probably deal with this the same way regular people deal with post-one-night-stand-hook-up awkwardness: Everyone had their fun but seen each other naked and now they just wanna do their walk of shame and pretend it never happened.I have been monitoring media websites the entire day waiting to see how the different arab medias will cover the subject , betting that they will either ignore it completely or focus on what was said in the name of the leaders of the other arab countries instead of their own. It seems that the media honchos decided that they couldn’t ignore the news completely, so they went with option #2. Here is the breakdown:

Also an interesting read: Sandmonkey’s “The Glorious Wikileaks”

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5 comments

researchok Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:13:36am

Good reading.

TY.

jaunte Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:35:34am

He seems both exhilarated and grim about what the Wikileaks document spill might bring. From "The Glorious Wikileaks" link:

As for Iran, this only reinforces their rhetoric that everyone conspires against them and that they are isolated due to evil USA and their arab agent-states, and will give their government reasons to solidify their power against those mounting numbers of enemies all around it, both foreign or domestic.
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Fun times. Call me when WWIII breaks out. The Popcorn is on me.

reine.de.tout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:51:08am

re: #2 jaunte

He seems both exhilarated and grim about what the Wikileaks document spill might bring. From "The Glorious Wikileaks" link:

Hm.
I've been reading his blog for several years now, but lately he posts sporadically. His point of view is always interesting and he often makes points I haven't seen made elsewhere.
Here's how he describes himself:

Be forewarned: The writer of this blog is an extremely cynical, snarky, pro-US, secular, libertarian, disgruntled sandmonkey. If this is your cup of tea, please enjoy your stay here. If not, please sod off.

I don't think he's really thinking this is the beginning of WWIII. I do think he's expecting quite a bit of fallout in his region of the world from this, and possibly some ignoring of that fallout from western media. Here's a recent post of his on the future of Egypt. A very interesting read, IMO.

jaunte Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:55:31am

re: #3 reine.de.tout

Thanks, good link. He's probably exaggerating the risk of war (forgetting the /) but he makes a good point about the Iranian government using the leaks as another reason to crack down internally.

(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Tue, Nov 30, 2010 12:18:25am

re: #2 jaunte