Category Archives: Stories

Broadband in Lebanon: No Longer a “Pipe” Dream?

Written by mike. Posted on July 8, 2011. Filed under Campaigns & Case Studies, Communities, For Press, News, Reports, Stories. Tagged , , , , , , , , . 5 Comments.
Lebanon’s woefully inadequate Internet connectivity has long been a subject of national frustration, but a recent announcement by the Lebanese Telecommunications Ministry has given Lebanese Internet users some cause for optimism. The Ministry announced on Tuesday that the IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) submarine cable, which has been operational since 2009, has finally been activated, opening [...]

Lebanon Tweets, Too

Written by mike. Posted on July 8, 2011. Filed under Arabization, News, Stories. Tagged , , , . No comments.
In response to our last blog post about Forbes Middle East‘s list of the top 100 Arab Twitter presences, we thought we’d share the Twitter Grader ranking of Lebanon’s highest graded tweeters, brought to our attention by @williamchoukrei in a recent tweet. Lebanon was conspicuously absent from Forbes’ top 100 list, despite having one of the largest [...]

We Stopped This Law (for a month)

Written by jessica. Posted on June 15, 2010. Filed under Campaigns & Case Studies, News, Stories. Tagged , , , , , . 9 Comments.
A yellow and orange tinted image that says Postpone the Vote
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 [...]