For those interested, 7iber and AmmanNet have joined forces to translate all the Wikileaks Cables related to Jordan, in to Arabic. It is an attempt to release this valuable information, which has obviously garnered global attention recently, unto the Jordanian public and audience at large. The translations focus on cables that are either about Jordan specifically or mention Jordan by name. With the US embassy in Amman being the fifth biggest source/origin of the cables worldwide, it goes without saying that Jordan will likely play a significant role in this ongoing information saga.
The project aims to provide translation (based on voluntary efforts of the online community) in to Arabic, in an unbiased and neutral manner. How that information is then used by various entities, is really up to them. It will be interesting to watch and see if something evolves organically from this project, but at the end of the day – information is power.
If you’ve got some translation skills and would like to contribute them to this project, go ahead and contact 7iber.
Wow. This is a great effort!
Love 7iber, good job.
Where can one access the cables related to Jordan? The wikileaks and newspaper websites have only released 4 of the documents from Amman so far.
@7aki: thanks a bunch..it’s a group effort!
@Hamzeh: here’s one link (explore it): http://213.251.145.96/origin/116_0.html
Thanks Naseem, but sorry I should have been clearer in my question. I meant to ask where to find the FULL cables from Amman (all 4000+ of them, maybe in raw format). I’ve already been to the link you sent and as you can see it only has 3 cables from Amman. It’s been like that for 3 weeks now.
That is unless I don’t know how to use their site 😀
@Hamzeh: i believe only 0.7% of the total cables have been released. there are still thousands to be released in the coming weeks and months.
I will go to the public library, sign in my internet name “ugly hooker” and start reading and reading and reading….