As our attention is focused on the power of cyberspace in shaking up regimes and ousting others, we tend not only to marginalize the power of resistance forces that have been fighting hard against corruption and abuse of power, but also the power of early movements and intellectual achievements in the media that could have been no less significant had they made use of the present cyber activism. While gathering information on the interchangeable space, private and public, in Arab intellectual life, I was struck by the powerful messaging in Mayy Ziyadah's short articles, articles that may fit the blog space and deserve to be central to forums of discussion. Monopolizing the public sphere of her time, including the post, the press, the lecture hall, and the telephone, along with her salon, Mayy Ziyadah was able to forge an impressive discourse. But, one may ask: how far could she make use of the internet had she been with us today? How pleased she would be by the growth in tact and sacrifice among youth versus cronies' greed? What would she have done had she been using facebook, twitter, and text messaging?