Monday, February 14, 2011
Stuxnet report
Kim Zetter, Wired, Threat Level, Report: Stuxnet Hit 5 Gateway Targets on Its Way to Iranian Plant, 11 Feb 2011 "Attackers behind the Stuxnet computer worm focused on targeting five organizations in Iran that they believed would get them to their final target in that country, according to a new report from security researchers."
ADACH National Library
middle-east-online.com, ADACH National Library joins World Digital Library, 14 Feb 2011 "The National Library of Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) has joined the World Digital Library (WDL), an international project that places on line important historical and cultural documents from countries around the world. 119 partner institutions from 66 countries are currently contributing to the WDL, which is being developed with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)."
Mohammed Junaid Babar
Guardian, Jihadi who helped train 7/7 bomber freed by US after just five years, 13 Feb 2011 on the front page of the Guardian print-edition today
"An American jihadist who set up the terrorist training camp where the leader of the 2005 London suicide bombers learned how to manufacture explosives, has been quietly released after serving only four and a half years of a possible 70-year sentence, a Guardian investigation has learned."
"An American jihadist who set up the terrorist training camp where the leader of the 2005 London suicide bombers learned how to manufacture explosives, has been quietly released after serving only four and a half years of a possible 70-year sentence, a Guardian investigation has learned."
US State Dept Twitter Feed
cnn, U.S. State Department starts Farsi Twitter feed, 14 Feb 2011 this follows on from the recent Arabic Twitter feed (not sure why it took so long?).
The link is here:
USAdarFarsi
The link is here:
USAdarFarsi
Saturday, February 12, 2011
'Al-Qaradawi: Freedom takes priority over Islamic law'
Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Qaradawi: Freedom takes priority over Islamic law 12 Feb 2011: "Al-Qaradawi praised independent media outlets for disclosing facts and uncovering falsehoods while criticizing government owned media outlets as misleading. He accused the later of having continued its campaign of deception up to the final moments before Mubarak’s resignation was announced."
'Social Media Sparked, Accelerated Egypt’s Revolutionary Fire'
Sam Gustin, Wired.com. Social Media Sparked, Accelerated Egypt’s Revolutionary Fire | Epicenter | 11 Feb 2011 "Did social media like Facebook and Twitter cause the revolution? No. But these tools did speed up the process by helping to organize the revolutionaries, transmit their message to the world and galvanize international support."
'How Cyber-Pragmatism Brought Down Mubarak'
Sam Graham-Felsen, The Nation, How Cyber-Pragmatism Brought Down Mubarak, 11 Feb 2011 plenty to discuss in this article
Tahrir Square Cairo, Egypt - interactive map
BBC News - Egypt: The camp that toppled a president interesting map, including pic of bloggers on site
Jihadist groups watch revolution pass them by
CNN, Jihadist groups watch revolution pass them by, 12 Feb 2011: "A consistent theme of Islamist websites is that jihadists should associate with the protest movements. 'It is a dangerous mistake for the jihadists to separate from these peoples, and we should forgive them, get closer to them and beg them to hear us,' an anonymous posting in an jihadist forum read."
The Guardian's Twitter network of Arab protests
The Guardian's Twitter network of Arab protests - interactive map, 11 Feb 2011
This works quite well - especially if you have more than one screen running (I could do with half-a-dozen)
This works quite well - especially if you have more than one screen running (I could do with half-a-dozen)
Egypt to remain committed to all treaties: army
alarabiya.net, Egypt to remain committed to all treaties: army, 12 Feb 2011: "'There are different camps. Some people are saying we should stay. Some are saying we have done our jobs, we should go home,' said Dr. Essam Shabana, who works in the United Arab Emirates.
'Some are saying we can go, but if anything happens we can come back again. We are forming a Facebook group to keep in touch, and we'll certainly be coming back and meeting here every year on January 25.'"
Have to find the URL for that one...
'Some are saying we can go, but if anything happens we can come back again. We are forming a Facebook group to keep in touch, and we'll certainly be coming back and meeting here every year on January 25.'"
Have to find the URL for that one...
Revolution soundtrack? Hip-hop response
This is a useful report: also see (or - even better - listen to) Khalas Mixtape Vol. 1 which links to various FB pages of artistes and has a link to a download of the tracks on the mixtape [59 MB]. There are plenty of tracks to download on the Facebook pages, too.
Reaction to Egypt
FT.com, Crackdowns as euphoria grips region, 12 Feb 2011 ""“It is like your wedding night, your graduation night, excited and scared and hoping for the future,’’ Eman al-Nafjan, a Saudi blogger said. “I am extremely happy, this high will last me for at least six months. Egypt is very Arab and people kept saying Arabs cannot revolt, but this proved Arabs can."
#algeria
Bikya Masr, Report: Facebook being blocked in Algeria, 12 Feb 2011 "As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported around midday in the country."
al-Jazeera live blog, 12 Feb 2011 "Twitter is buzzing with reports of the role of women in today's protests in Algiers, with some saying that police are tageting and arresting women. There are several photos of female protesters being hauled off by police on the wires."
al-Jazeera live blog, 12 Feb 2011 "Twitter is buzzing with reports of the role of women in today's protests in Algiers, with some saying that police are tageting and arresting women. There are several photos of female protesters being hauled off by police on the wires."
Google Translate iPhone App Released: The Future Is Now
huffingtonpost.com, Google Translate iPhone App Released: The Future Is Now: "Google Translate for iOS also translates words or phrases into 50 languages and can read translations aloud in 23 languages. For a better look at unfamiliar words, you can view text translations in fullscreen mode."
Haven't tried this one yet.
Haven't tried this one yet.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Mehdi Karroubi
Guardian, Iranian opposition leader under house arrest after protests call | World news | guardian.co.uk, 10 Feb 2011: "The move came after thousands of Iranians sympathetic to the opposition green movement joined social networking websites to promote demonstrations on Monday in solidarity with protesters in Egypt and Tunisia."
Internet Explodes as Egypt’s Dictator Finally Quits
Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room | Wired.com, Internet Explodes as Egypt’s Dictator Finally Quits, 11 Feb 2011: "Don’t even bother to try keeping up with Egypt on Twitter right now. Using the social networking service that allowed the world to follow the uprising in real time is like drinking from a fire hose."
That just about says it all. Hundreds of new tweets every 30 seconds, Tweetdeck going into overdrive.
That just about says it all. Hundreds of new tweets every 30 seconds, Tweetdeck going into overdrive.
Saeed Malekpour
Radio Zamaneh, payvand.com, Malekpour's death sentence challenged by Iran's academic community, 11 Feb 2011 "More than 500 alumni of Sharif University and scores of other Iranian students and academics have issued an open letter protesting the death sentence of Saeed Malekpour, an Iranian web developer accused of setting up "pornographic websites.""
Also see Facebook, Free Saeed Malekpour
Also see Facebook, Free Saeed Malekpour
World Leaders Twitter Mubarak Reaction
NYTimes.com, Many World Leaders Turn to Twitter for Mubarak Reaction, 11 Feb 2011: "“Egypt takes the Arab world into a new era. Let’s make it a better one,” Bahrain’s foreign minister, Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, wrote on the social networking site. The minister appeared to have been following developments on Twitter, where he reacted swiftly, reposting and agreeing with a statement by a Dubai writer that a “strong powerful innovative Egypt is good for us all.”"
Rappers on #Egypt
LA Times, MIDDLE EAST: Rappers and musicians inspired by uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, 10 Feb 2011 "The song "#Jan25," produced by Sami Matar and featuring North American and Arab hip-hop artists Freeway, the Narcicyst, Omar Offendum, Amir Sulaiman and Ayah, has so far racked up more than 60,000 views on YouTube and injected new life into the discussion about the role of popular music in political activism."
you can download the MP3 of this from here [advertising supported download page, linked to original YouTube page for this track]
Inspired By #Egypt, GroupFlier Launches Curated Texting Groups
techcrunch.com, Inspired By #Egypt, GroupFlier Launches Curated Texting Groups, 10 Feb 2011 "GroupFlier founder and Harvard Cyber-security expert Morris Penner thought this was a good idea. Following tweets about a specific issue on your phone is super noisy, whether you’re getting tweets on SMS (even though I have no idea who does that anymore) or using an iPhone app. Penner got one of his employees to set up the group “Egypt4Peace,” which follows the tweets made by activist and Google Executive Wael Ghonim, as well as on the ground reporters Dan Nolan and Sharif Kouddous."
Memorial site remembers Egyptians killed in protests
Technolog - Memorial site remembers Egyptians killed in protests, 10 Feb 2011
See 1000memories.com/egypt
A poignant memorial site, well worth visiting
See 1000memories.com/egypt
A poignant memorial site, well worth visiting
Revolution 2.0
LA Times, Google exec Wael Ghonim in Egypt says long live the revolution 2.0, 11 Feb 2011: "He organized the revolution on Facebook and Twitter and plans to write a book about the effect of social media on political activism called 'Revolution 2.0.'"
Mubarak`s exit
sify.com, Twitter buzzes with news of Mubarak`s exit "Micro-blogging site Twitter was abuzz with congratulatory messages as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak quit Friday night. Google executive Wael Ghonim, who became the face of the uprising at Tahrir Square, also tweeted his congratulations to the country's youth."
Mubarak resigns
LA Times, Egypt and Mubarak: Mubarak resigns, 11 Feb 2011: "When Suleiman appeared on television, Wael Ghonim, the Google executive and activist who in recent days had become the face of the revolt for the young generation, watched television in a living room with friends. They all jumped out of their chairs, screaming with joy."
Thursday, February 10, 2011
(More) photos from Egypt
webDICE produces this collection of Egypt related photos, including some I haven't seen from elsewhere. I really liked this one from Ahmad Hammoud [unable to embed it, so take a look on the flickr page]
Egypt: Mubarak’s Speech Booed by Tahrir Crowds
Egypt: Mubarak’s Speech Booed by Tahrir Crowds · Global Voices includes Twitter reaction
Egypt's 'Big Switch off'
Wired.com, Report: Egypt Shut Down Net With Big Switch, Not Phone Calls | Threat Level | 10 Feb 2011: "The Egyptian government shut down most of its country’s internet not by phoning ISPs one at a time, but by simply throwing a switch in a crucial data center in Cairo."
'Egypt newspapers see a radical change in rhetoric'
alarabiya.net, Egypt newspapers see a radical change in rhetoric: "Ahmed Rijab, a prominent writer wrote in one of his columns in al-Akhbar that “Egypt has witnessed a youth revolution and a very modern one,” he wrote, continuing “the most striking character of the revolution is safety and security. It is an unprecedented in the world and history. It is the first revolution that rejected all types of violence.”
“Protesters never fired a gun, and never carried a riffle, and never thought of hurting another human being, killing is not of part of their honorable revolution. We saw them weeping for every martyred Egyptian. Tears of Wael Ghonaim are my tears, and his tears were not tears of weakness or an emotional collapse but tears of a sublime humanity.”"
“Protesters never fired a gun, and never carried a riffle, and never thought of hurting another human being, killing is not of part of their honorable revolution. We saw them weeping for every martyred Egyptian. Tears of Wael Ghonaim are my tears, and his tears were not tears of weakness or an emotional collapse but tears of a sublime humanity.”"
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Tahrir Square Cairo, Egypt
Photo: Andrew Burton, February 4, 2011 [sourced via flickr]
One of many strong photos to emerge from the demonstrations.
The Battle for Tahrir Square
Time, Exclusive: The Battle for Tahrir Square collection of photos by Yuri Kozyrev
Ahram photos/shift
Day 15 of Egypt's 25 January Revolution - Multimedia - Ahram Online
Also see Telegraph, Egypt crisis: Hosni Mubarak loses control of state media, 8 Feb 2011, " ... Mr Mubarak was dealt a significant setback as the state-controlled Al-Ahram, Egypt's second oldest newspaper and one of the most famous media publications in the Middle East, abandoned its long-standing position of slavish support for the regime."
Also see Telegraph, Egypt crisis: Hosni Mubarak loses control of state media, 8 Feb 2011, " ... Mr Mubarak was dealt a significant setback as the state-controlled Al-Ahram, Egypt's second oldest newspaper and one of the most famous media publications in the Middle East, abandoned its long-standing position of slavish support for the regime."
Egypt's 'Youth Revolution'
Ahram Online, Egypt revolution youth form national coalition, ( Feb 2011: "According to Ahmed Ezzat, a HASHD and coalition member, the coalition is still expanding and intends to include other young and diverse political trends that have been part of Egypt's political sphere over the past few past years.
"'Although it started with only these groups we hope it expands to include all the other young activists, including young members from the Karama party, Labor party, Kifaya and all others including independent bloggers and Internet activists,” says Ezzat. "
"'Although it started with only these groups we hope it expands to include all the other young activists, including young members from the Karama party, Labor party, Kifaya and all others including independent bloggers and Internet activists,” says Ezzat. "
Syria renews direct access to Facebook, YouTube
Sydney Morning Herald, Syria renews direct access to Facebook, YouTube, 10 Feb 2011: "Al-Watan, a newspaper close to the government, quoted analysts as saying that lifting the firewall on Facebook and YouTube demonstrated 'the government's confidence in its performance and that the state did not fear any threat coming from these two sites nor others.'
"But they noted that some websites remain blocked, including selected blogs, the Arabic version of Wikipedia, and a number of foreign and Arab media.""
"But they noted that some websites remain blocked, including selected blogs, the Arabic version of Wikipedia, and a number of foreign and Arab media.""
Wael Ghonim's speech: view from the crowd
what it lacks in technical quality, it makes up for in atmosphere.
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
'Iranian Cleric Says Filtering the Web unIslamic'
AP/ABC News, Iranian Cleric Says Filtering the Web unIslamic, 8 Feb 2011: "Mehdi Hadavi Tehrani said Tuesday on the opposition web site Kalame that the web filters can also block useful scientific and Islamic sites because words such as 'sex' are flagged.
"Tehrani, who is among hundreds of clerics in the seminary city of Qom, made the remarks last week to a little-known outlet called the Quran News Agency. His opinion would carry no particular weight for authorities."
"Tehrani, who is among hundreds of clerics in the seminary city of Qom, made the remarks last week to a little-known outlet called the Quran News Agency. His opinion would carry no particular weight for authorities."
Egypt: from revolt to change
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, openDemocracy, Egypt: from revolt to change, 8 Feb 2011 "A single incident that took place in the Egyptian city of city of Alexandria on 6 June 2010 anticipates the wave of protest in the country that was to explode in January-February 2011. It involved the arrest of 28-year-old Khaled Saeed, who was detained on his way to visit an internet café in the Sidi Gaber district."
Wael Ghonim
There is very comprehensive coverage here:
Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch, Wael Ghonim’s First Interview After Jail Release [Video]
Monday, February 07, 2011
Indonesia: attacks on YouTube
Ali Kotarumalos, AP, Indonesia demands probe into attack on Muslim sect, 7 Feb 2011 "Indonesia is a secular country and has a long history of religious tolerance, but in recent years a hard-line fringe has grown louder and the government - which relies on the support of Islamic parties in Parliament - has been accused of caving in to it.
"The latest attacks on Ahmadiyah - which drew rare condemnation from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - were captured on video and circulated widely on national television and the Internet."
"The latest attacks on Ahmadiyah - which drew rare condemnation from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - were captured on video and circulated widely on national television and the Internet."
Speak2Tweet detailed profile
AP/NPR, How Google Removed The Muzzle On Twitter In Egypt, 4 Feb 2011 "The service has been used to express outrage, indignation, fear, exhilaration and pleas for help in the fight to oust Mubarak. "This corrupt regime must be eliminated," said one of the translated tweets on AliveInEgypt. Another said: "For all our Arab Brothers, for all the men in Tahrir Square. Please help us, stand with us, if you abandon us we will die.""
Useful article
Useful article
Wael Ghonim
The Nationial, Egypt to release UAE Google boss, 7 Feb 2011 "Friends of Mr Ghonim online have urged people not to rest until Mr Ghonim is out of custody and back with his family.
"“Just because we get promises Wael Ghonim will be released soon doesn’t mean we should relax, until he is among us we campaign,” Alaa Abd el Fattah tweeted today."
Also picked up this:
LA Times, Footage allegedly shows Google exec being detained, 5 Feb 2011
"“Just because we get promises Wael Ghonim will be released soon doesn’t mean we should relax, until he is among us we campaign,” Alaa Abd el Fattah tweeted today."
Also picked up this:
LA Times, Footage allegedly shows Google exec being detained, 5 Feb 2011
SayNow profile
VOA, Egyptians Gain a Voice With Social Media Service Used by Stars, 6 Feb 2011
"Ujjwal Singh and AbdelKarim Mardini launched SayNow as an American-based company in two thousand five. Thousands of celebrities use the service to connect with their fans. Google purchased SayNow at the end of January, just days before teaming with Twitter to create the new speak2tweet service."
"Ujjwal Singh and AbdelKarim Mardini launched SayNow as an American-based company in two thousand five. Thousands of celebrities use the service to connect with their fans. Google purchased SayNow at the end of January, just days before teaming with Twitter to create the new speak2tweet service."
Egypt net shutdown
Patrick Thibodeau and Juan Carlos Perez, computerworld.com, Egypt's 'Net shutdown provides a wake-up call for CIOs, 7 Feb 2011
"Analysts say any government could shut down Internet access in a national emergency, so IT execs need a plan of action."
"Analysts say any government could shut down Internet access in a national emergency, so IT execs need a plan of action."
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Egypt action may spread Internet kill switch idea
Evgeny Morozov, SFGate, Egypt action may spread Internet kill switch idea, 6 Feb 2011: "The lesson for American politicians is obvious: The project of promoting Internet freedom abroad will count for little if it's not attuned to the gloomy realities of domestic Internet politics in the United States itself. Urging other governments to respect Internet freedom while developing a sophisticated kill switch of its own is only likely to make America look hypocritical while forcing other governments to develop their own kill switches."
Khaled Said
Jennifer Preston, NYTimes.com, Facebook and YouTube Fuel the Egyptian Protests, 5 Feb 2011 "It became and remains the biggest dissident Facebook page in Egypt, even as protests continue to sweep the country, with more than 473,000 users, and it has helped spread the word about the demonstrations in Egypt, which were ignited after a revolt in neighboring Tunisia toppled the government there."
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Wael Ghonim
Los Angeles Times, EGYPT: Missing Google executive Wael Ghonim named symbolic spokesman of opposition group | Babylon & Beyond | 4 Feb 2011 "A 30-year-old Egyptian Google executive who disappeared after participating in opposition protests last week was named the symbolic spokesman for the April 6 youth opposition group Friday, CBS News reported."
'@Sandmonkey' attacked: identity revealed
alarming story: if your net connection is slow (like mine is today, must be the gales in west Wales!) then read the associated transcript, in which 'Sandmonkey' (a.k.a. Mahmoud Salem) states:
"Here's what's happening. This is not a revolution that actually required a leader. This was something that a call on Facebook launched and people managed to do themselves. People who took a very practical demands (INAUDIBLE) ideological. Their simple demands -- demanding accountability and democracy and rights for the people.
"So, this is an interesting revolution because everybody who's there is not there following someone. They are there on their own accord. This is a revolution of 2 million, 3 million individuals making the decision to brave unbelievable pressures in order to have a better future for their children ..."
" ... So, during this week I got beaten up by batons, I got tear-gassed, I got live ammunition shot at me. You know, and then I got attacked and almost lynched by angry mobs.
"So, I don't know what else I can be scared of. I think they could like throw me in jail or something. But I don't know. There is nothing left anymore."
Some good coverage on CNN at the moment
Tahrir Square Cairo, Egypt |
Tahrir Square Cairo, Egypt | Flickr - Photo Sharing!: "a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoeyesatelliteimagery/5416898778/' title='Tahrir Square Cairo, Egypt by GeoEye Web Master, on Flickr'>
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This was taken on 29 Jan - interesting, but I'd like to see later pix
"This was taken on 29 Jan - interesting, but I'd like to see later pix
Friday, February 04, 2011
Brian Whitaker on blogs in Egypt
Guardian - Brian's starred items Brian Whitaker is pointing to significant Egypt related blogs in the Guardian; click on the right hand panel for updates.
Gaza bloggers
CNN.com, Gaza bloggers build bridges to outside world, 4 Feb 2011 I write about this in iMuslims
Protest pictures
see more Political Pictures
I previously linked to this on Facebook, and would like to locate the original source. Any clues appreciated.
Egypt: Rapping the Revolution
Egypt: Rapping the Revolution · Global Voices: Arabian Knightz rap, available to download. Recommended
E-Government report
Arab Advisors Group, AMEinfo.com, E-Government portals are available in 15 Arab countries, 3 Feb 2011: "A new report from Arab Advisors Group analyzes and profiles the Arab e-Government Initiatives. The report covers 19 countries in the Arab World: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen."
Quite expensive (for academics) - $950 for the 46 page report ...
Quite expensive (for academics) - $950 for the 46 page report ...
Thursday, February 03, 2011
In Iran, Internet surfers battle cyber police
AFP: In Iran, Internet surfers battle cyber police, 3 Feb 2011 "Western sanctions have done little to stop the flow of computers and software to Iran, where the real challenge for cyber surfers is getting around local censors who block thousands of websites, including Facebook and YouTube."
Archive issues
I've been working on archiving issues, trying out SocialSafe - which archives personal FB pages. Otherwise archiving other people/pages on FB is a laborious task. Of course, the situation with Twitter has improved via Google's Realtime, but it still requires substantial management given the number of posts per minute (i.e. on #egypt). I'm writing about this issue: thoughts of others appreciated.
Egyptian Activist: Internet Shutdown Backfired
PCWorld Business Center, Egyptian Activist: Internet Shutdown Backfired, 3 Feb 2011: "While the Egyptian government believed that shutting down the Internet would quiet the protests, the exact opposite happened, said Tarek Amr, an Egyptian blogger and computer programmer. 'The protests became bigger and bigger without the Internet,' Amr said during a webcast hosted by Access, a nonprofit digital rights advocacy group."
"The Battle For The Soul Of Egypt"
Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish, "The Battle For The Soul Of Egypt", 3 Feb 2011: "Sand Monkey, an Egyptian blogger, had his website suspended. Totten, who knows the blogger, put up the activist's most recent post."
Hackers Take Down Government Websites in Egypt and Yemen
Mashable, Hackers Take Down Government Websites in Egypt and Yemen, 3 Feb 2011 "In a protest against Internet censorship in Egypt, hacker group Anonymous took down the sites of the Ministry of Information and President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party on Wednesday. The National Democratic Party’s site is still offline."
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Using Crowds to Find the Missing
Nour Malas, WSJ, Using Crowds to Find the Missing - Dispatch, 1 Feb 2011 "Amid Egypt’s mass protests and the government crackdown on communication, a handful of Twitter users have joined forces to track and hopefully find people reported as missing by their families and friends."
A New Arab Street?
Asef Bayat, Middle East Channel, A New Arab Street?, 26 Jan 2011 " ... [But] there is more happening here than only information technology. The social structure throughout the region is changing rapidly. There is an explosion of mass educational institutions which produce higher levelsof literacy and education, thus enhancing the class of educated populace.At the same time, these societies are rapidly becoming urban. By far more people live in the cities than in rural areas (just below Central and Eastern Europe). A creeping urbanity is permeating into the traditional rural societies-- there are modern divisions of labor, modern schools, expanding serviceworks, electrification, and especially a modern communications system (phone lines, cars, roads, and minibuses) which generate time-space compression between the ‘urban' and ‘urban' worlds. The boundary between ‘urban' and ‘rural' is becoming increasingly blurred and ‘rural' populations are no longer rural in the traditional sense."
The full article is worth reading: it helps place issues in perspective. Also check out Linda Herrera and Asef Bayat, Being Young and Muslim, New Cultural Politics in the Global South and North (OUP) - which I have a copy of, but haven't fully read yet!
The full article is worth reading: it helps place issues in perspective. Also check out Linda Herrera and Asef Bayat, Being Young and Muslim, New Cultural Politics in the Global South and North (OUP) - which I have a copy of, but haven't fully read yet!
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
World Web War I:
Techland - TIME.com, World Web War I: Why Egypt’s Digital Uprising is Different - expect a rash of editorials on this subject
egypt.alive.in
egypt.alive.in contains links to a variety of tweets and audio content - makes it easier to access
Syrians call for protests on Facebook and Twitter
Elizabeth A. Kennedy, AP, Arab News, Syrians call for protests on Facebook and Twitter, 1 Feb 2011 "Syrians are organizing campaigns on Facebook and Twitter that call for a “day of rage” in Damascus this week, taking inspiration from Egypt and Tunisia in using social networking sites to rally their followers for sweeping political reforms."
'Jihad Jane'
FoxNews.com, 'Jihad Jane' Terror Suspect to Appear for Change-of-Plea Hearing, 1 Feb 2011: "'A Pennsylvania woman who allegedly supported a global terror plot while using the online moniker "Jihad Jane" is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing on Tuesday.
Iran: prosecutions re net content
Payvand Iran News, Iranian judiciary issues five new death sentences, 1 Feb 2011
"Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, Iran's prosecutor general told ISNA that two people identified and arrested by the Revolutionary Guards for involvement in "obscene" websites have been recognized as "corruptors of the earth" and sentenced to death in the preliminary court."
"Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, Iran's prosecutor general told ISNA that two people identified and arrested by the Revolutionary Guards for involvement in "obscene" websites have been recognized as "corruptors of the earth" and sentenced to death in the preliminary court."
KSA: bloggers fight radicalization
NYTimes.com, Governments Go Online to Fight Terrorism, 1 Feb 2011: "... here in Saudi Arabia, a government-supported program has enlisted hundreds of Islamic scholars turned bloggers to fight online radicalization by challenging the interpretations of the Koran posted on extremist social networking forums."
Nazril Irham in Prison
WSJ.com, Pop Star Nazril Irham's Sex Video Lands Him in Prison - 1 Feb 2011 "The case became a sensation in Indonesia and underscored the continuing tension between its many moderate Muslim residents and an influential core of conservative residents who feel the country is becoming too secular, especially with the spread of the Internet."
Speak-to-Tweet II
Speak2Tweet
I wanted to embed a sound clip, but can't seem to get that going at present (seems sticky in copying over url), so take a listen instead to Voice of Egypt
Speak-to-Tweet
Google Blog, Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard, 31 Jan 2011 "It’s already live and anyone can tweet by simply leaving a voicemail on one of these international phone numbers (+16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855) and the service will instantly tweet the message using the hashtag #egypt. No Internet connection is required. People can listen to the messages by dialing the same phone numbers or going to twitter.com/speak2tweet.'
CNN.com, Google, Twitter help give voice to Egyptians, 1 Feb 2011
Great idea. Hopefully the tweets will be archived!
CNN.com, Google, Twitter help give voice to Egyptians, 1 Feb 2011
Great idea. Hopefully the tweets will be archived!
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