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An Arabic Guide to Twitter, from Yemen
An Arabic guide to Twitter called “Twitter Guide for All Users” was recently produced by the House of Light Foundation, a non-profit organization in Yemen that works for positive social change. This guide encompasses simple definitions of what Twitter is, information about its growth, the users’ reflections about Twitter and the hurdles faced by this [...]
Follow-Up on the E-Transactions Law
It’s been a while since we’ve posted about the E-transactions law, but this doesn’t mean that we’ve lost interest. In fact, just the opposite. We’ve been laying the groundwork to bring civil society organizations into the review process (see below), and today were pleased to see Roula Mikhael’s article (Arabic) in An Nahar that explains [...]
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المقالة باللغة الإنكليزية
الخلفية:
نهار الأحد (13 حزيران 2010)، إلتقى 10 أشخاص لمناقشة قانون حديث حول تكنولوجيا المعلومات يتيح في فقراته الـ 69 الأولى بنقل لبنان إلى مصافي الدول المتقدمة في مجال الخدمات المصرفية الإلكترونية، ويهدد في مواده الـ 22 المتبقية “بإعادة البلد إلى الخلف، عشرة وعشرين أو حتى ثلاثين عاماً”، كما صرح غابريال ديك، رئيس [...]
We Stopped This Law (for a month)
The picture says it all, but the post must go on. (Follow the conversation on Twitter.)
Yesterday was a busy day. And now we wait. While you scan your Tweetdecks and iPhones, we want to report back to you on what’s happened so far, how you’ve responded, and what we might have achieved.
The Background
On [...]






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