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Digital Storytelling and Women
Since 2004, social media has grown to become a determining factor in the reporting of any story we come across. Without it, one wonders what might have happened over the last 16 months in the MENA region, or if the Arab Spring would have occurred at all.
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, Reddit, Digg – social media is what brings many of us together. And despite the sweeping changes taking place in the Middle East, one thing remains the same: there are not as many women using social media tools as men.
Al-Assad Forces on Facebook
As expatriated Syrian activists use Facebook and other social networking sites to express their thoughts and keep in touch with Syrians on the ground, the Assad regime continues to harass them both in real life and online.
iPhone App Helps Fight the Assad Regime
Sourla Wa Bas is an iPhone and iPad app that gives users accurate information about activities of the Syrian opposition.
Facebook campaign calls for men to wear a hijab in support of women’s rights
Aliaa El Mahdy, an Egyptian university student, has created a facebook page called “Resounding Cries,” which asks Egyptian men to post photos of themselves donning the hijab (Muslim veil). Mahdy feels that it is unjust that only women are required to wear the hijab, which reflects the unequal status of women in Islam.
Movements.org chats with Israeli and Palestinian youth from B’tselem and OneVoice
Movements.org hosted two livechats with Israeli and Palestinian activists from B'tselem and OneVoice. We took questions from Facebook and Twitter from our viewers about activism, non-violent protest, and how YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are impacting their activities. Check out the videos and let us know if you have more questions for any of the participants- we'll put you in touch!
Video from the Syrian Revolution
We want to create a comprehensive library of all video documenting protests and violence agaisnt civilians in Syria. Check out what we already have, and send us what we are missing.
#ArabSpring Weekly Update from Cyberdissidents.org
Updates on Bahrian, Syria, Iran, Egypt, and Yemen From CyberDissidents.org
Interview with admins of ‘We are all Khaled Said’ Facebook page
Anver M. Emon, Ellen Lust, and Audrey Macklin interview Ahmed Saleh in Cairo and Nadine Wahab in Washington, D.C. about their experience as admins of the Facebook page which served as an information hub during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
“After Egypt’s revolution, I never expected to be back in Mubarak’s jails” #FreeAlaa
"I have been locked up, again on a set of flimsy charges, five years after imprisonment for supporting the judiciary" says Alaa Abd El Fattah. The Guardian has published a letter Alaa snuck out of his prision cell to his pregnant wife and we've republished it here.
Pakistanis are using Protest4 to discuss democracy and freedom
Protest4, an app designed to allow non-violent protestors to connect and organize, launched last week and has already acquired a significant user base amongst political activists in Pakistan.
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