I am so excited to announce the launch of the New York Times Middle East blog, which I participated in launching as the person in charge of Al Bawaba Blogs. The blog is in Arabic, and it features a number of New York Times articles translated into Arabic and revolving around life in the Arab region.

The purpose of creating this blog, as its description details, is to make NYT articles about the Middle East accessible to people from the region and in Arabic, and to initiate discussions about them and learn people’s opinions.

ترغب جريدة النيو يورك تايمز في معرفة ارائكم حول سلسلة مقالاتها عن الشباب المسلم في انحاء الشرق الأوسط، كل من هذه المقالات قد تم ترجمتها الى العربية وارسلت الى هذا الموقع لغرض النشر والمناقشة. إن سلسلة المقالات هذه قد رتب لها ان تنشر بصورة دورية لتستمر طوال العام ونحن نتطلع لسماع ارائكم.

It feels so good to be a partner in such a beautiful initiative, and I am ever so proud that I actually got to work with New York Times people! I read the New York Times all the time and it’s this larger-than-life idol to me in a way, so the chance to get a bit closer to it is enormously flattering.

Check out the New York Times Middle East blog and leave your input and opinions there, and I am sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed working on it.