In an open letter, blogger Rita khoury shares her ennui with the Lebanese Blogosphere. In an nutshel: It’s boring, repetitive, monotone and non specialized.

While I agree with some of her points (yes, dry spells are dry), I have a nagging feeling that she’s not aware of many of the fabulous blogs out there: For example we have at least 4 fantastic Lebanese food bloggers. 

There’s also, in my opinion, an inherent flaw in her argument. She makes the point that if she’s not aware of your specialized blog, it means you’re not doing a good job with the SEO:

I’m pretty sure there will be tons of comments telling me that one of these blogs already exist. Sure, but do I know about it? No. Was I able to find it on Google? No

But here’s the problem with this logic: If you have a micro-niche blog (which Rita seems to be advocating), only people with similar micro-niche interests will find you on Google because they know what to search for. Niche blogs, by definition, have a niche audience. 

Young:

even in their most obdurate mood Palestinian nationalists recognized that there were Jews in Palestine long before the creation of Israel, something Thomas failed to admit. [..]

The worst thing that could happen is for Thomas’ fate to feed into a new Arab tale of victimhood. Siding with crackpot conclusions like hers only discredits Arabs, especially at a time when the onus is on Israel to explain precisely what it intends to do with the Palestinians it has dispossessed, occupied, and mistreated for several generations

I agree. Unfortunately I know too many people who have her exact same opinion.
 
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