First published on January 4, 2013.
We
hear the words daily on news reports--“amateur video,” “powerful
images,” “unable to independently verify.” The caveats are required from
responsible journalistic sources, but the fact that major news
organizations use social media for important news coverage attests to
its power.
Citizen videos have been key to our
understanding of what is going on in Syria. They make it hard to ignore
the awful realities there—much harder than if they were out of sight.
That is the ultimate contribution.
It’s less easy to understand the lives of the people who take huge risks to make and upload videos. This article,
and the image of Omar Abu Al Huda and his cat in a safe house in the
small town of Idlib, Syria gives human perspective to the story. The
link is from the Global Voices site, whose newsletter is a fascinating
read. It has a link to a partner site, Syria Deeply.
Either or both are well worth following.
The Syria Deeply blog is sill active
The Global Voices Syria page
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