This month, SMEX was invited to speak at PICNIC ’09, a three-day event in Amsterdam where media people, arts and architecture people, entertainment people, journalists, science folks, and a whole lot of others get together to push the edges of new ideas. Below is Mohamad’s presentation about The Arab Social Web, a panel convened by Creative Commons Arab World representative Donatella della Ratta, that also included Al Jazeera’s head of New Media, Moeed Ahmad. Note: This is a revision of the initial post, which can be viewed here.
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