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Ali , Esraa , Shiva and Khaled all deserved what they got. Do they think we're complete idiots?
Are we idiots? Are we, citizens of the Arab World (and Iran), idiots? Have we time and time again proven to our governments that we are morons who cannot draw simple conclusions?
Governments and government-affiliated media will claim that things are done and people are arrested for certain reasons, and these reasons tend to be insulting to our intelligence. | Read More »
Lebanese Blogger Imad Bazzi, AKA Trella: Blogging has proven to be "the most influential form of activism in Lebanon."
The Aswat team recently had the pleasure of interviewing Imad Bazzi, also know by his Twitter name as TrellaLB. Imad is a Lebanese journalist, blogger, and activist who co-founded the League of Lebanese Bloggers and writes about Lebanese politics and society. His blog, Trella.org, is very popular in Lebanon. Below is the transcript of the interview.
| Brookings' Essay Contest for Arab Youth
Recognizing the importance of youth, especially in the Arab world where they comprise upwards of 60% of the population, the Brookings Doha Center, a project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, has launched an essay contest for young Arabs. Here are the details:
-- You must be between 20-30 years-old to apply.
-- You must be a citizen of, and reside in, one of the 22 nations of the Arab League. | Read More »
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Is it safe to withdraw from Iraq today?
WASHINGTON – Nearly eight years after he denounced what he called a “dumb war” in Iraq and nearly two years after he won the White House promising to end it, P | Read More »
Algerian Political Activist and Blogger Abdelkader Benkaled : “Electronic Activism” to Support Democracy
1. Thank you Mr. Benkhaled for granting us this interview. First, would you please introduce yourself?
I am director of the website of the Movement for a Society of Peace [2] (MSP) in Algeria. I manage a certain number of online media projects. Currently, I’m working to launch a website “Dzayn.com” to assist Internet users in overcoming the failures that they face in their work. I am a specialist in new media, the first such expert on the subject in Algeria. | Read More »
Stop the Saudi Arabia Analogy Already
If you’ve been following the debate over the building of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City, you most likely will have heard a thing or two about Saudi Arabia’s intolerance of non-Muslims. | Read More »
The Late Nasr Abu Zayd on Challenging Islamists
Nasr Abu Zayd, the liberal Egyptian scholar whose marriage was annulled against his (and his wife’s) wishes 15 years ago, passed away last week. Abu Zayd’s “crime” had been calling for an interpretation of the Qu’ran in its historical and cultural context. This outraged intolerant Islamists, who brought a lawsuit against him on the grounds that he is an apostate and therefore cannot remain married to a Muslim woman. The court agreed, causing Abu Zayd to flee to Europe. The rest is, sadly, history. | Read More »
The Aswat Team Holds New Media Trainings in Kuwait, Jordan, and Lebanon
A recent report released by Spot On Public Relations, a Dubai-based marketing company, found that the number of Facebook accounts in the Middle East and North Africa has grown to about 15 million, one million more than the copies of newspapers printed daily in the region. Indeed, citizens in the MENA region are increasingly turning to new media tools like Facebook to not only network with | Read More »