Category Archives: Stories & Case Studies

Arab Women Technologists Start Rewiring the World in Zouk Mikael

Written by jessica. Posted on May 11, 2010. Filed under SMEX News, SMEX Training & Events, Stories & Case Studies, Tech & the Arabic Language. 7 Comments.
About 35 women from 12 countries throughout the Arab region gather to talk about technology and empowerment this week in Zouk Mikael.
SMEX and Arab Techies have spent the past couple of months organizing a meetup of about 34 women from ten Arab countries to talk about technology, empowerment, entrepreneurship, development, and whatever else they want to put on the table. Participants are programmers, web developers, artists, teachers, professors, PhD students, bloggers, social media experts, activists, NGO [...]

Mapping The Arabic Blogosphere – Study

Written by jessica. Posted on June 25, 2009. Filed under Participatory Media Literacy, Stories & Case Studies, Youth & Participatory Media. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
We have recently come across a study, conducted by the Berkman Research Center for Internet and Society and titled: Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere (pdf), by Bruce Elting, John Kelly, Robert Faris and John Palfrey. This study came after another study on the Iranian Blogosphere in April 2008, titled: Mapping Iran’s Online Public: Politics and Culture [...]

Bareed Mista3jil: A Case Study

Written by jessica. Posted on June 4, 2009. Filed under Stories & Case Studies. Tagged , , , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
Social Media is cool. We all know that it’s easy and cheap so we all want to use it to advance our cause. But when asked about Social Media tools (be it blogging, facebook for activism, twitter etc.) my answer is always the same: Social Media is like having a baby, anyone can do it, [...]