Comments on: HTB reduces number of episodes to 38 and looks to future http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/ A web documentary series about life in Baghdad Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:14:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Neil Hook http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2763 Neil Hook Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:40:57 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2763 I haven't commented before, but have really enjoyed (if that's the right word) watching all these videos. Yes, it's really sad if there are not going to be any more actual scenes of actual life in Baghdad. But i hope your plans to keep the information and exchanges going is successful. Good luck! I haven’t commented before, but have really enjoyed (if that’s the right word) watching all these videos. Yes, it’s really sad if there are not going to be any more actual scenes of actual life in Baghdad. But i hope your plans to keep the information and exchanges going is successful. Good luck!

]]> By: Chiara Marra http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2456 Chiara Marra Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:24:05 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2456 HB going to end? Of sure for me it has symbolize a great resource of documentation for watching beyond commons media stories... so sad that this experience of tv on the web is coming to end but I hope that soon something similar can replace this event that I follow through the videos step by step. Hold on with this kind of projects! Good luck to Saif,Ausama and Adel and all the Iraqi people! HB going to end? Of sure for me it has symbolize a great resource of documentation for watching beyond commons media stories… so sad that this experience of tv on the web is coming to end but I hope that soon something similar can replace this event that I follow through the videos step by step. Hold on with this kind of projects!

Good luck to Saif,Ausama and Adel and all the Iraqi people!

]]> By: Hometown Baghdad » Blog Archive » Schedule Change http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2381 Hometown Baghdad » Blog Archive » Schedule Change Wed, 30 May 2007 15:44:05 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2381 [...] of the final pieces and now they work a lot better. As a result, they will be a bit longer and, as previously reported, there are fewer of them. Due to these changes, we’re altering the release schedule a bit. New [...] [...] of the final pieces and now they work a lot better. As a result, they will be a bit longer and, as previously reported, there are fewer of them. Due to these changes, we’re altering the release schedule a bit. New [...]

]]> By: astrid http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2269 astrid Mon, 28 May 2007 09:55:41 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2269 Watching all of you and your incredible lives has moved me and my family and taught us more than we can say. Thanks to all of you who made this possible - great work! You all are proof to the thesis that people want peace, love and community so much more than hatred and tragedy. We of course will continue reading and watching - Love! Watching all of you and your incredible lives has moved me and my family and taught us more than we can say.

Thanks to all of you who made this possible - great work!

You all are proof to the thesis that people want peace, love and community so much more than hatred and tragedy.

We of course will continue reading and watching -

Love!

]]> By: susan http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2258 susan Mon, 28 May 2007 01:26:50 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2258 I just discovered Hometown Baghdad (saw it on CNN) and am passing it along to as many people as can be induced to look. I can't think of a more effective demonstration that there is a human family with more commonalities than differences. Decades of news coverage of the Palestinian - Israeli conflict, and more recently of the Iraq wars, have left too many Americans with a distorted view of the Islamic middle east. Even I, who often argue that point in political discussions, was startled to see a secular culture on display, and a family scene at the dinner table that mirrors the same scene in most American homes. If only more people understood how alike we are. If only more people cared to know. Thank you for this. I just discovered Hometown Baghdad (saw it on CNN) and am passing it along to as many people as can be induced to look. I can’t think of a more effective demonstration that there is a human family with more commonalities than differences. Decades of news coverage of the Palestinian - Israeli conflict, and more recently of the Iraq wars, have left too many Americans with a distorted view of the Islamic middle east. Even I, who often argue that point in political discussions, was startled to see a secular culture on display, and a family scene at the dinner table that mirrors the same scene in most American homes.

If only more people understood how alike we are. If only more people cared to know.

Thank you for this.

]]> By: mike http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 mike Sun, 27 May 2007 18:15:22 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2251 And to everyone else, there aren't really any episodes that we cut wholesale that we can post. Most of the footage from what would have been other episodes was incorporated into the remaining ones. And I'm busy investigating open-source or freeware discussion boards. And to everyone else, there aren’t really any episodes that we cut wholesale that we can post. Most of the footage from what would have been other episodes was incorporated into the remaining ones. And I’m busy investigating open-source or freeware discussion boards.

]]> By: mike http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 mike Sun, 27 May 2007 18:01:45 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2249 Haha, Iza! Don't go breakin the law on our account! But if you do post or find the clip online, let me know. I think someone on our side recorded it but I kind of can't wait to watch it. New episode any minute now....It's coming a little early today.... Haha, Iza! Don’t go breakin the law on our account! But if you do post or find the clip online, let me know. I think someone on our side recorded it but I kind of can’t wait to watch it.

New episode any minute now….It’s coming a little early today….

]]> By: Thomas Nicholas Pappas, Ph.D. http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2243 Thomas Nicholas Pappas, Ph.D. Sun, 27 May 2007 13:35:34 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2243 Greetings again from THE GOLDEN GREEK, tmpappas1@yahoo.com I left a message indicating my affection for the cultural contributions of the Iraqi peoples in archeology, education, medicine, and the professionally generated fields of study and application. I learned of the prominence of Baghdad in the Medieval and Renaissance world and know that there is an outstanding realization throughout history of the innovations that derived from your land and your people. I am located in Los Angeles, California and wish you and your nation the very, very best for the future. As I indicated in my earlier message, only the iraqi peoples can resolve the issues of civil consideration and strife. I want to visit a peaceful Iraq. I would simply say Peace is an excellent alternative to Civil stife. Professor Pappas Greetings again from THE GOLDEN GREEK, tmpappas1@yahoo.com

I left a message indicating my affection for the cultural contributions of the Iraqi peoples in archeology, education, medicine, and the professionally generated fields of study and application.

I learned of the prominence of Baghdad in the Medieval and Renaissance world and know that there is an outstanding realization throughout history of the innovations that derived from your land and your people.

I am located in Los Angeles, California and wish you and your nation the very, very best for the future. As I indicated in my earlier message, only the iraqi peoples can resolve the issues of civil consideration and strife.

I want to visit a peaceful Iraq. I would simply say Peace is an excellent alternative to Civil stife.

Professor Pappas

]]> By: Thomas Nicholas Pappas, Ph.D. http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2242 Thomas Nicholas Pappas, Ph.D. Sun, 27 May 2007 13:26:24 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2242 HOMETOWN BAGHDAD is an excellent overview of the struggles that occasion the war and civil strife in a great land populated by great people. In Detroit, I was surrounded by friends who migrated to the USA from Iraq and many of my friends proceeded to professional careers in medicine, the law, and university positions. I must confess that Baghdad continues its historical position as the location of educated, professionally sensitive, and curiosity driven minds of strength. You and your country should work toward a peaceful resolution to civil strife and a sense of stability. I suspect that stablility comes from within and cannot be imposed from outside this country that houses the two greatest rivers in the world, The Tigris and Euphrates. Professor Pappas HOMETOWN BAGHDAD is an excellent overview of the struggles that occasion the war and civil strife in a great land populated by great people.

In Detroit, I was surrounded by friends who migrated to the USA from Iraq and many of my friends proceeded to professional careers in medicine, the law, and university positions.

I must confess that Baghdad continues its historical position as the location of educated, professionally sensitive, and curiosity driven minds of strength.

You and your country should work toward a peaceful resolution to civil strife and a sense of stability. I suspect that stablility comes from within and cannot be imposed from outside this country that houses the two greatest rivers in the world, The Tigris and Euphrates.

Professor Pappas

]]> By: Iza http://chattheplanet.com/blog/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2241 Iza Sun, 27 May 2007 13:21:25 +0000 http://hometownbaghdad.com/2007/05/24/htb-reduces-number-of-episodes-to-38-and-looks-to-future/#comment-2241 The Today Show clip was a good one, I hope it brings more viewers to your site. I'm going to try to post what I recorded on my other YouTube account, if they'll let me ;-) The Today Show clip was a good one, I hope it brings more viewers to your site. I’m going to try to post what I recorded on my other YouTube account, if they’ll let me ;-)

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