February 2005

We are back!

We hope this time it will be permanent. As we write these lines, we live a dilemma: Should we stop forcing ourselves going against the mainstream of apathy, or should we continue this activity which we think is highly needed in the Arab world that is striving to regain some form of governance, national sovereignty and dignity. No matter how much this small contribution eventually contributes to improving the sociopolitical situation in the Arab world, it still faces enormous logistical difficulties.

Writing, editing, pre-press an online publishing all require allocation and commitment of considerable financial and human resources.

After a long debate, the team of this publication finally resolved that the sacrifice is worth it, that regardless of the difficulties, the apathy of contributing writers and the relatively low number of readers, Alternative should live. Therefore, this issue is the fruit of our endless effort to keep this publication going after less than one year of interruption and after little more than two years of its first appearance. At this point, two things come to mind: That the road to democratization and equality is way long, and that if there is a will, there must be a way.