CNN Arabic?

The picture is a little small unless you click it but it's a screen shot of CNN Arabic. I didn't even know CNN Arabic existed. On the CNN homepage you can click CNN International, which then brings you to a page where you can click U.S., Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and others. You can also click CNN Aarabic which brings you to the news page written in Arabic. Obviously I don't know what it says because it looks like hieroglyphics or something to me, but it's a completely new set of stories geared towards arabic readers. It's not like the Tiger Woods voicemail translated into arabic though, it appears to be focused on news stories that those people are probably concerned about.

Personally I'm impressed. I had no idea there was different versions of CNN geared towards specific regions. I commend CNN for directly battling the elctronic colonialism theory and cultural imperialism. It appears they're actually developing different stories based on region that are geared towards a specific community. This can also directly combat the agenda setting theory, as certain countries could stop being completely dependent on the U.S. for news. They may actually get better suited news. However, I don't know who is writing stories for CNN Arabic and I suppose it could still be a westerner who knows arabic or just has translating technologies. Either way, it's a step in the right direction. UNESCO would be proud. Sorta.