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Tag Archives: Arabic
Yamli’s Dynamic Translator Project
Yamli has launched a tool that lets you edit the machine translation almost as you type. Based on Google’s translation API and consisting of a simple set up of two side-by-side boxes, users type in the original language in the left-hand box and watch as the machine translation is generated in real time on the [...]
What’s Your Tactic for Creating Change in Lebanon?
Yesterday, after Martyrs’ Square cleared out and before Valentines dates began, 10 activists and social media enthusiasts gathered at the SMEX offices in Badaro to watch the new video documentary 10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action (2009) and talk about the potential for using digital and social media for positive social change in Lebanon. [...]
A List Apart, in Arabic: Q&A with the Creators
This week saw the launch of Arabic A List Apart, an official version of the standard-setting A List Apart Magazine, which has been exploring “the design, development, and meaning of web content” for more than a decade. The Arabic version was spearheaded by the team of Mohammad Saleh Kayali (editor), Beshr Kayali (web development and [...]
Guides to Twitter Activism and Cross-Posting Now Available in Arabic
Today, SMEX is ecstatic to be releasing the Arabic translations of two excellent social media guides for activism.
The first guide is Cross-Posting for Advocacy, developed by Sami ben Gharbia from Global Voices. The guide is a six-page overview of the utility of cross-posting and instructions on how to cross-post between some of the most common [...]






Stop the New Internet Law in Lebanon