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
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.
3 August 2011
Morocco: Activist Website Sustains DDoS Attack
The Moroccan militant website Mamfakinch! came under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack last Sunday which blocked access to its main platform for several hours. The website is now back online. What is Mamfakinch! and why has it been attacked?
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15 July 2011
Morocco: A Personal Tale of Protest
The Moroccan pro-democracy movement known as February 20, struggles to communicate with the public amid a government-led campaign to discredit it. The movement primarily uses the Internet to explain its position and ideas. But it is the personal account of its own militants that impacts the wider public more starkly. Here is the moving story of one activist, Younes Loukili.
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5 July 2011
Morocco: Reform With the Taste of an Unfinished Business
Throughout the referendum process, the Moroccan blogosphere was divided over the issue of reform. The heated debate shaking the Moroccan society was reflected in social networks. Some are willing to accept the reform proposed by the King. Others question the legitimacy of a process, they say, was marred with irregularities.
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