SMEX • 18 Jan 2023

Update to Press Release on Saudi Government Infiltration of Wikipedia, Sentencing Independent Administrators to Prison

(January 18, 2023 – Washington, DC and Beirut): On January 5, 2023, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and…

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Wikimedia
  • Wikipedia
SMEX • 06 Jan 2023

Saudi Arabia: Government Agents Infiltrate Wikipedia, Sentence Independent Admins to Prison

Internal Wikimedia Investigation Results in Termination of Entire Saudi-Based Team of Administrators (January 5, 2023 – New York and Beirut):…

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Wikimedia
  • Wikipedia
Majd Al-Shihabi • 15 Jan 2022

Arabic Wikipedia, we love you, but…

At SMEX, one of the core pillars of our mission is free knowledge. This is why we have been a…

  • Arabic Wikipedia
  • Open Knowledge
  • Open source
Mohamed Taher • 15 Jan 2021

Wikipedia: The Everlasting Project

Wikipedia: a long history of collaborative knowledge production and free access, and some bots too.

  • Arabic Web Content
  • Bot
  • Content Moderation
smexadmin • 15 Nov 2017

Feminist Editathon Rewrites Women’s Role in History on Wikipedia

   Women’s innumerable contributions to society have long been sidelined. In a move to document and make these achievements accessible…

  • Feminists
  • Smex
  • Wikipedia