Forty days after the death of Ali Abdallah, a homeless man in Lebanon, Karim Badra launched a social media campaign to raise awareness about homeless people in Lebanon. Ali Abdallah’s death during Lebanon’s severe January weather hit Karim Badra hard. Ali had been homeless and he died from exposure to the cold. As a response to Ali’s death, Badra created ... Read More »
Last week, the Syrian American Council (@sa_council | FB Page) hosted a Google Hangout with Syrian activists—inside and outside the country—who have been using the Internet for the revolution. A full description of the event is listed on the Social Media Week website, which provided the occasion for the event. During the hangout, most questions were directed to Osama, an activist ... Read More »
Facebook graph search has raised a lot of legitimate questions about the privacy issues of its users. Here’s one from Wamda about potential threats in the Arab region. Information you have posted publicly on Facebook will make you searchable, such as post updates, pictures, pages you have liked, etc. Electronic Frontier Foundation has just produced a guide on how to ... Read More »
At long last, today marks the day that we release the English edition of our new guide Creating Facebook Pages with Impact. The guide is similar in structure to the Arabic booklet of the same name, which we published in March, but has been thoroughly updated to reflect Facebook’s new features, new numbers, and new Page examples. As with all ... Read More »
In September, SMEX will offer two workshops on creating Facebook pages with impact. These trainings will target NGOs, activists, and civil society organizers wanting to use Facebook pages more strategically. Users will learn how to create new pages and managing existing pages, create and develop content, and promote their pages as well as how to read and use Facebook’s built-in ... Read More »
This week, we’re proudly announcing the release of our new Arabic-language guide Creating Facebook Pages with Impact (Arabic): A Guide for Arab Civil Society Organizations. The 72-page guide walks NGO communications teams through nine major steps in developing a strategy for your Facebook Page, such as selecting administrators, setting goals, and using Insights to monitor your progress. The guide also ... Read More »
We’re in the process of finalizing our second Facebook Pages guide for civil society and NGOs for the Arab region. We’re trying to find some successful Facebook Pages/Groups that tackle social, cultural, political, educational issues. Please check the Google form below and share your ideas: نحن بصدد الإنتهاء من الدليل الثاني لصفحات الفايسبوك للمنظمات و الجمعيات الغير حكومية في الدول ... Read More »
من المتوقع أن معظمكم يستخدم الفيسبوك من قبل، ولكن هل تستخدموه بأمان؟ كما كل مواقع الانترنت، يتلقى فيسبوك معلوماتكم الشخصية، و من الضروري أن تتعلّموا بعض الخطوات لتحموا أنفسكم. هناك دليل التدريب، “كيف يستخدم الفيسبوك بأمان” باللغة العربية Read More »
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, sentiment, or dream comes to ... Read More »
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 the door for broadband-speed Internet ... Read More »
SMEX: Channeling Advocacy
