http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/11/2011113123416203161.html
The Arab Spring, chronicled Tweet by Tweet
by: D. Parvaz
11/6/2011
This particular article discusses how tweeting what happened during the Arab Spring will effect how the event is remembered in history. During the Arab Spring hundreds of thousands of people were keeping recollections of what was actually happening. They called for "Tweeting of the Revolution," describing in detail threw social media about their personal events. It is said that the Arab Spring might be the first event that actually documented itself without being official documents. Of course each person takes their accounts differently, each thing someone might say could be taken completely different by another person.
The main question of the article is, will the social media postings be kept and counted towards official history, Or will only certain versions of the truth be used to tell the story? " Regardless of what history books or public records will look like in decades to come, one thing is already clear: The future of activism in the Middle East is unlikely to resemble its past." -D. Parvaz
None is sure if the tweets will someday curve how the Arab Spring will be looked at. But, they do know that it had an impact of the citizens of this country. The tweeting revolution showed the strength behind the citizens. But, it also showed their weakness in certain skills. The article states that the people of the Arab Spring still need to be educated in order to truly become activists and fight for what's right.
I completely agree with you when you say that everyone has a different version of a story and how people take that information plays a huge role. This is like the articles/stories we read in the beginning of the semester - I read the one about two people, same age, from generally the same place, one with lots of money and the other without, etc going to see Egypt. They went during the same time but both relayed an entirely different story of what they thought about the place. As you and the article mention, the people of the Spring just as people anywhere else need to be educated on what is going on. You can't just believe everything that is on the internet and fight with that.
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