I’m having a very good-news Saturday here at Harvard. Jeff Jarvis says it perfectly, so I’ll just point you over to his post:

Mohammed now says: “It’s from person to person, from heart to heart. I did not have any trouble understanding people thousands of miles away from me in spite of language and distance…. We share many things. Media try to show only the differences between groups and countries but really human beings have many, many things to share…. Here in blogging, I learn from my readers…. I think through blogging we can spread love more than we can spread hate. I started blogging because I saw through the media that they just want to spread hate… I have a different story and many Iraqi people agree with me.

Asked why they called their blog Iraq The Model, they said, “Iraq will be a model for the Middle East region and the world….”

I’ve spent a fair amount of time face to face with Omar and Mohammed, and I wish that each of you could as well. They’ll be on the West Coast next week, and I’ll see if any of them are open, and will publicize them here.

UPDATE: Judith has a roundup of blog posts and news links covering Mohammed & Omar’s tour.