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6 February 2012

Tunisia: Politicians and Deputies Opt for Open Governance Through Social Media

Written by Ahmed Medien · Middle East & North Africa

The toppling of the Ben Ali regime last January paved the way for a growth in the use of social media across Tunisia. Today, politicians are using the same tools repressed by the state to get their messages across to the people. Ahmed Medien takes us behind the scenes.

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3 February 2012

Bahrain: Celebration and Criticism Greet “Manama, Capital of Arab Culture 2012″

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

February 2 saw the official launch of Manama, Capital of Arab Culture 2012, which has been both welcomed and criticised by Bahrain's netizens. As the celebration was taking place, opposition protests were broken up elsewhere in the capital.

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29 January 2012

Saudi Arabia: A Family Living in a Cemetery

Written by Haifa Alrasheed · Middle East & North Africa

A Saudi family has been saved from homelessness and destitution thanks to a three-minute movie shot by young Saudi film maker Bader AlHomoud. Haifa Al Rasheed tells us how in this touching post.

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18 January 2012

Sudan: Sudanese Activist, Alim Boushi, Freed from Prison

Written by SudaneseDrima · Sub-Saharan Africa

A case that Sudanese bloggers have been highlighting in recent days, indicating the current repressive state of affairs in Sudan, is the arrest of the Sudanese political activist and engineer Mohamed Hassan Alim, nicknamed Boushi.

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15 January 2012

Video Highlights: Activism, Freedom of Speech, Identity and Culture

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

A selection of Global Voices' recent and interesting stories including video from Middle East and North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, Western, Eastern and Central Europe, East Asia and Latin America, selected by Juliana Rincón Parra.

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12 January 2012

Yemen: January 12, a Day Without Qat

Written by Noon Arabia · Middle East & North Africa

Today has been declared a 'No Qat Day' by Yemeni netizens, who hope their call will deter their countrymen and women from chewing Qat, an addictive narcotic leaf, chewed by the majority of Yemeni men and women. Noon Arabia sums up online reactions to the day in this post.

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Updates about Arabic

15 November 2011

Syria

On Twitter, Syrian blogger Anas reports [ar]: “The Internet has been unbeliveably slow for a few days in Syria. I think it is something done on purpose and not just a technical issue.”

• Amira Al Hussaini

26 October 2011

Syria

Prominent Syrian blogger and activist Hussein Gharir, has been missing since yesterday and is presumed to have been arrested by Syrian authorities. A #FreeHussein campaign has been launched on Twitter and Facebook, and a statement [AR] has been issued in the name of Syrian bloggers calling for his release.

• Yazan Badran

23 October 2011

Tunisia

The Independent Tunisian electoral commission has set up a crowdmap to monitor the voting process in Tunisia, in French and Arabic. Citizens are encouraged to report irregularities they may witness during the October 23 constituent elections. The crowdmap is also accessible from the official homepage of the electoral commission.

• Claire Ulrich

20 October 2011

Saudi Arabia

Two Saudi men were arrested last Sunday October 16th in what seems to be a reaction to a video posted on their YouTube channel showing poverty in Riyadh. Through microblogging platforms, people have shown their support for the two videographers. A subtitled version of the video can be viewed here. (via BoingBoing)

• Juliana Rincón Parra

12 October 2011

Tunisia

Moroccan blogger Hisham Almiraat shares a video with a message to the February 20 Movement. Watch how bloggers from around the world tell them - Mamfakinch, which means don't give up the fight, in the Moroccan dialect. The video was shot during the Third Arab Bloggers meeting, which ended in Tunisia recently.

• Amira Al Hussaini

9 September 2011

Morocco

According to activists, Moroccan blogger and web programmer Mohamed Douas was arrested on Monday morning in the city of Fnidaq. His supporters say the arrest is related to Wikileaks Fnidaq, a website Mohamed helped create and in which documents intended to expose corruption within the local administration were published.

• Hisham Almiraat

7 September 2011

Libya

Libyan blogger and programmer Abderrazak al Dokaly Assary (better known as Jad) has been missing since mid-August. According to the blog Made in Libya [Ar], Jad may have been executed or kidnapped by forces loyal to Gaddafi in the city of Zlitan before the fall of the city in the hands of the rebels whom the blogger joined earlier this year.

• Hisham Almiraat

Comments on "Arabic"

Morocco: Busted for Posting Caricatures of the King on Facebook

@ Munir, can't say this about the kid! I'm moroccan and never understood why moroccans always attack anybody who aspires...
this guy should be sent to prison for a long time...we need to reform and create jobs for our people...