Tag Archives: egypt

Where’s All the English-Language Coverage about Wael?

Written by jessica. Posted on January 29, 2010. Filed under Reflections. Tagged , , , , , , , . 3 Comments.
Egyptian blogger and filmmaker Wael Abbas
Last week, the Egyptian blogger and filmmaker Wael Abbas, who has used online video to expose police brutality and other human rights abuses in Egypt, was sentenced to six months in prison for a misdemeanor charge of damaging his neighbor’s internet cable. This week, his appeal was set for February 18. Most of the time, Abbas [...]

Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon, Oh My! Digital and Social Media Training in the Arab World

Written by jessica. Posted on May 18, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
We can’t keep up. It seems like every time we open our inbox, another digital media training is taking place in the Arab world, in Jordan or Egypt (update May 19: we learned about another training in Egypt from ifikra)—or, of course, at the end of this month in Lebanon, as we initiate our own [...]

Numbers: An accounting of the Egyptian blogosphere

Written by jessica. Posted on August 5, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
Our good friend Magda Abu-Fadil, the director of the Journalism Training Program at the American University of Beirut, shares a link from startuparabia to a recently released report called “Egyptian Blogs: New Social Space.” The report, issued by the Egyptian Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), is available in Arabic. I’m wondering how the release [...]

Global Voices Summit 2008

Written by jessica. Posted on June 27, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
You can access the live webcast to see what’s being talked about in Budapest. The day started with Ethan Zuckerman and Rebecca MacKinnon, cofounders of Global Voices, talking a bit about the history of GV and the many offshoots that have followed, including Lingua for tanslation, Rising Voices to bring blogging to beyond the Internet [...]