Category Archives: Stories

Introducing AltCity

Written by mike. Posted on July 28, 2011. Filed under Communities, For Local NGOs, News, Stories. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
Participants at the Digital Media workshop
“We’ve never seen something like this,“ states Munir Nabti, co-founder of AltCity, a nascent but innovative event space overlooking bustling Hamra Street in Beirut. That’s not hard to believe for anyone who has visited the space, which promises to be everything from a media café for citizen journalism to an alternative conference venue for high-end [...]

‘Better Lebanon’ Concept Has New Virtual Home

Written by mike. Posted on July 21, 2011. Filed under Communities, News, Stories. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
The original wall (Photo: lebanonbetter.com)
This past March, a pair of idealistic Beirutis installed the ‘Lebanon Would Be Better If’ Wall on Rue Bliss, just past the American University of Beirut’s main gate. The wall invites passers-by to respond to the prompt, “Lebanon would be better if” by filling in the blank at the end of each line with whatever idea, [...]

يهدف الإتحاد العراقي إلى الدفاع عن حقوق المدونين

Written by mike. Posted on July 18, 2011. Filed under Campaigns & Case Studies, News, Stories. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
هذا الفيديو مقابلة مع حيدر حمزوز، نائب رئيس إتحاد المدونين العراقيين، من  العراق الآن، برنامج خاص على قناة الآن.  تحدث حمزوز عن ولادة الإتحاد إضافة إلى دوره في تعزيز حرية التعبير وحقوق الإنسان في البلد. حمزوز مدون وناشط مشهور في العراق ومشارك صوتي في المظاهرات الآخيرة التي تعتبّر جزء من “الربيع العربي” في هذا العام. [...]