Contesting identities within cultural insecurity
Currently taking a look at this interesting thesis, which draws on a number of elements associated with the study of cyber Islamic Environments. Kathleen Woodhouse-Ledermann, Contesting identities within cultural insecurity: The case of Muslim women in contemporary France (Rutgers, 2018) [PDF download]
Twitter reacts to Begum Kulsoom Nawaz’s demise
12/09/18 20:23 Filed in: Pakistan | Social Media
'The next billion users': Google targets India's lucrative mobile market
12/09/18 20:19 Filed in: Social Media | India Internet
Guardian, 'The next billion users': Google targets India's lucrative mobile market, 11 Sep 2018
"As mobile markets in developed world near saturation, Google rolls out Neighbourly, its first Indian-inspired social network"
"As mobile markets in developed world near saturation, Google rolls out Neighbourly, its first Indian-inspired social network"
Women Warriors
11/09/18 10:56 Filed in: Islam and Gender
This looks like an interesting read:
Nickolay Nickolov, Mashable, Women Warriors
"“The situation doesn’t favour women,” says Maryam Ado Haruna who works with the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), a Nigerian organisation using tech to develop good governance. Religious beliefs and cultural trends can contribute to attitudes about who can and should access the internet. “The way parents deny access deliberately and husbands deny wives a— they think our religion, Islam, means that internet is not for Nigerian women,” Ado Haruna says."
Nickolay Nickolov, Mashable, Women Warriors
"“The situation doesn’t favour women,” says Maryam Ado Haruna who works with the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), a Nigerian organisation using tech to develop good governance. Religious beliefs and cultural trends can contribute to attitudes about who can and should access the internet. “The way parents deny access deliberately and husbands deny wives a— they think our religion, Islam, means that internet is not for Nigerian women,” Ado Haruna says."
Man arrested after breakfast with woman in Saudi Arabia
11/09/18 10:28 Filed in: Social Media
BBC News, Man arrested after breakfast with woman in Saudi Arabia, 10 Sep 2018 "In the 30-second video, the man and woman briefly joke about eating their breakfast together, with nobody else invited."
Contrasting views were expressed on social media from Egypt and Saudi Arabia in relation to this incident.
Contrasting views were expressed on social media from Egypt and Saudi Arabia in relation to this incident.
