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Five Easy Steps to Becoming a Cyberactivist
Earlier this September, Mohammed Erraji, a Moroccan blogger, was arrested following the publication of an online article criticizing the King….
Get Creative: Use Twitter with your Blog!
Dash through the Twitter/blogging experience. Armed with a phrase of 140 characters, you can use Twitter to the benefit of…
A response from Google
So this weekend I wrote Google to ask why they don’t allow computer users in Syria to download Chrome. Here’s…
A to Z of Web 2.0 for Social Change: K
K for Kiva.org: From their Website: Kiva.org (www.kiva.org) is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly…
Google doesn't allow Chrome browser in Syria?
I read in Joshua Landis’s Syria Comment today that “Google has blocked the use of its new web-browser, “Chrome”, in…
Gmail Speaks Arabic!
Remember when we used to copy and then paste Arabic paragraphs while chatting on the internet? Those days are long…
Defending Free Speech in the Arab World, and Around the World
Last month I attended a meeting of Arab bloggers, sponsored by the German Heinrich Böll Foundation, at Zico House in…