Source: Kuwait TimesSept.新蒲崗迷你倉 07--How powerful is media in our life today? Is media responsible for all wars and conflicts or do we owe the media for the way we think and act today? Why is media more powerful than leaders today? The Middle East is an easy target for conflicts. We are a moving time-bomb filled with contradictions between the richest and the poorest. There are those who start their day with caviar on the table and those who can't afford a piece of bread.There are those who spend millions on their birthday parties and weddings and millions of young men who can't even afford the idea because they can barely afford their daily meal. There are some who think life is heaven on earth and only meant to indulge their own lusts and there are others who kill innocent people thinking that they will go to heaven because of their acts. The Middle East is just a name and not middle or moderate. It is a land of ups and downs and filled with extremists. Is media solely responsible for the collapse and rise and fall of the Middle East? Media and education have spoiled the lives of many youth through misunderstanding and misusing their stance. Media shapes and reshapes our ideas and life's decisions. I know that some would say that politicians and the world is responsible for what happens in our life and media is just a tool because it is people who take decisions which could make our life better or worse. But who controls media? It's obviously us and not aliens from outer space! For instance, it was the media which fueled the idea of Arab Spring and made people rebel against the leaders. It was the media that made people stanmini storage up for millions of hungry people and unemployed youth. It triggered hatred for the leaders and paved the way for them to either end up in jail or die.Think of Libya. Think of Egypt falling into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. Think of Iraq and Syria and the endless list. I think for many years, we have missed the basic point that we need to blame education in the Arab world for failing us in building a new generation by promoting technology and science. We need scientists and not murderers. Education in the Middle East has no future plans for the youth and no vision to perceive the future. It 's lef t at the mercy of conservatives, governments, and religious people who take the decisions.During Saddam Hussein's rule, education didn't mention a single negative word against him or his ruling and judgments. This is why many intellectuals and scientists left Iraq and moved to the West, seeking peace of mind and a better life. The West benefited from them, but did we? We tend to blame the satellite TV channels but not the school book in the hands of the youth. No one calls for a rebel in the education system. Why not? It is a stronger tool than the media to filter the news we hear and see, which might be fake or photo-shopped. We need to rethink our ideas and the only way ahead is through a better education that matches our needs better. The would save the Middle East from more conflicts and maybe help us realize that not every news story is a call for war.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Kuwait Times (Safat, Kuwait) Visit the Kuwait Times (Safat, Kuwait) at .kuwaittimes.net/ Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage
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