Monthly Archives: March 2010

CC-Licensed Post #2: Time Travel to Jeddah, via Roba Al-Assi

Written by jessica. Posted on March 31, 2010. Filed under News. Tagged , , , , , . 1 Comment.
A family photo from the collection of Roba Al-Assi
I don’t know Roba Al-Assi, but I started hearing her voice during ArabNet. She was one of the bloggers covering the event. But I first got wind of her wit on Twitter at @robaassi, where her current avatar is a pair of red Converse sneakers, remixed to look like smiley faces. I can’t remember exactly [...]

CC-Licensed Post: Blogger Jou3an Intimidated in Lebanon, via Lebanese NightS

Written by jessica. Posted on March 30, 2010. Filed under News. Tagged , , , . No comments.
A map showing that one blogger has been threatened in Lebanon.
Today is our first post in what we hope is an ongoing series that will feature content from blogs and elsewhere licensed under Creative Commons. We tend to use CC-licensed visuals more than text, so we want to experiment with republishing posts as a way of both extending our online communities and making the process [...]

The Power of Illustration

Written by jessica. Posted on March 28, 2010. Filed under News. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
The illustration I did in Maya's workshop.
Illustration = communication = representation, says Maya Zankoul, a graphic designer who (if you don’t already know) keeps a comics blog about Lebanese daily life at Maya’s Amalgam. It’s not just for kids or a childish act, she affirms for the skeptics in the room. It requires right-brain thinking, the kind of thinking that will [...]