Hisham Almiraat
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Hisham is a Moroccan doctor and blogger. He is passionate about citizen media and writes about good governance, human rights, online activism and anything else related to Morocco and the Middle East. He is co-founder of TalkMorocco.net , an online forum advocating free speech and cultural dialog. He also co-founded Mamfakinch.com, a Moroccan citizen media portal.
He blogs at the Mirror| المرآة and can be followed on Twitter at @__Hisham
Latest posts by Hisham Almiraat
28 November 2011
21 November 2011
Morocco: Online Debates Rage Days Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
Moroccan are using the Internet extensively to discuss the upcoming legislative elections. Part of the discussion is revolving around the electoral programs of the competing parties, the question of whether to boycott or participate in the poll and the role played by the pro-democracy youth movement, February 20.
1 October 2011
13 September 2011
Morocco: Multiple Arrests Against Activists
There has been a sudden surge in arrests among pro-democracy activists and online campaigners in Morocco in recent days. Three have occurred in the past week alone. Little has been reported in the press and it took bloggers to report on the arrests for the mainstream media in Morocco to pick up on the stories.
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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.
8 September 2011
Morocco: The Twitter Opposition Party
On Monday, the Moroccan government launched a campaign to showcase its "achievements" since attaining power. A website was created to spearhead the campaign which comes only two months before a much expected parliamentary election later this year. Moroccan Twitter users used the platform to mock their government's claims.
Next time we will be there again :)