The (Moroccan) Future Will be Blogged

My friends at the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy have arranged two speaking gigs here in Rabat at which I've been able to speak with young Moroccans about the potentials and the challenges of social software and the expanding Internet. The first was in darija (Moroccan Arabic) on May 19, and the second yesterday at ISCAE, the Institut Supérieur de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises. Both are podcast, thanks to Gar Green and Stetsonville.com:

• "Blogs, podcasts, and Moroccan Youth" (darija, 5/19/06)
• "Why the Web/blogosphere/podcast? Why now? Why Morocco?" (English, 5/30/06