Obama's Cairo Speech: Receive It As A Text Message

The Obama administration is offering a service to enable people to receive parts of the president's speech in Cairo as a text message on their cell phone. You can receive the message in English, Persian, Arabic or Urdu.

This innovative service will allow interested citizens from around the world to receive speech highlights via text message... Once completed all participants will receive 'live' President Obama speech highlights.

The service is only available to people living outside the United States.

To participate, go here and fill out an online form.

This is the latest effort by the Obama administration to use text messages to reach a wider audience. The Obama campaign used texts to get out the vote and announce election results.

It's also further evidence of the administration's attempt to reach out to and repair relations with the Muslim world. Whether a text message will do that is not yet clear. One Egyptian blog, Egyptian Chronicles, is skeptical.

I believe that the speech is not enough to form an opinion, the actions are the one we are waiting for.

Meanwhile, Cairo University is busy preparing for the big speech. Watch this video from LinkTV.

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Comments

[leonardox1]

Great for the students! They can now enjoy a cleaner & prettier campus...thanks to Obama!

[Brian Ragle]

Okay, maybe this is just me, but did anyone find the US listed in the country drop down box on that linked page? I finally chose "Other" and will just hope it works.

[LarryGeater]

Would be such a burden for someone some where to post the time that this speech is going to happen.

[morefromLA]

I just asked the same question under another article.

[morefromLA]

My understanding (unverified) is that it is scheduled for 1:10 PM Cairo time which equals 6:10 AM New York time.

[Taz2]

6am Eastern - 3am Pacific - Tivo t"American Morning on CNN"