18 June 2006
Basma - Communications Officer
From: Beirut
My task mainly involves communicatijng with Arab public, particularly media. It's a new challenge. What we do is strange to the public in this region. It's based on concepts which are alien to the region - civil disobedience and peaceful protest. Even non-violence has a different interpretation. Holding a banner and standing on the street can be considered a violent or defiant approach. The rights of civil society are undervalued.
The interesting thing at this stage is that we have started to drive the public interest towards conservation issues, biodiversity issues. We're trying to get the public's interest and enthusiasm to work and to act towards defending their common resources, towards standing up for their own rights of decent living, access to resources, for their daily bread. Speaking out is something not very common in the region. Small minorities like fishermen are also under-represented. It's a highly politicised region and under that everything can pass unnoticed.
So far the response to the campaign has been good. It's a new campaign but we've managed to gain a good first interest, through the media and face to face meetings with the public. The public are curious. They don't know what's going on and that's what we're here to do - tell them what's happening, give them ways of changing things. We're here to tell them that despite the political turmoil in the region, nobody will gain if we lose the Mediterranean.
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bassoum i am really proud of finding so many sites on google with your name on.
Posted by: Bahaa at October 6, 2006 11:50 AM
hi Basma
hop you are ok...
i wll tell you who is I am,.. I had met you in Hurghada Port - Red Sea - Egypt, last June.
my name is Mostafa that person who worked as(New Marine Agent) for Esperanza...
if you ddn't remmber me plz tell me ,i wll give you more details about me.
anyway Basma....I always follow your news..because you are one of the best dealres i had met.
thanx Basma -- waiting your replay
Mostafa
Posted by: Mostafa at November 29, 2006 9:58 AM
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