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Twitter Makes a Good Call: No Boycott Needed
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Twitter's new censorship policy has turned up a hornet's nest of ire throughout the social media world. But have they done the right thing? …
Edit, Delete, Context: My Five Tips for Happy Tweeting
ALEXANDER MCNABB: You may note a reference or two to my novel but, hey, there's a price to pay for free consultancy! …
Israeli Police Target Prominent Blogger for ‘Incitement’
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: There’s a new environment in Israel 2.0, which many of us have come to detest. It’s characterized by fear, intimidation, hatred...…
Saudi Arabia: “The Female Body is a Battleground in the War to Stem Reform”
ROB L. WAGNER: An online battle between conservatives and reformers following the Saudi Intellectual Forum illuminates their diverging opinions...…
ISyria’s ‘e-Revolution’: It’s A Constant Game of ‘Cat and Mouse’
NEWS FROM SYRIA: At first the authorities in Syria were caught unawares at how 'new technology' was used against them. But they caught on quickly. …
Twitter and Mothers: Breaking Saudi Tradition
CROSSROADS ARABIA: This is how customs change: People simply refuse to honor them. Women not driving will go in the same way...…
How I’ve Been Inspired by the ‘Arab Revolutions’
SAMAH HUSSAIN, CGNEWS: Social media has been credited with playing a major role in the revolutions of the last nine months but it's had a huge impact on my political involvement during that time. …
Internet: The Ramification Beyond Connections
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Mai and I were so busy examining the implications for the broadband market we missed the wider implications... This had the ability to bring down governments.…
Saudi Women: The Power & Limitation of Social Media
MAHA AKEEL, CGNEWS: It's clearly enabled women in the Middle East in particular to express their views more vocally but there are limits to what social media can achieve in effecting real change. …
People, Not Technology, are Agents for Change
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: Let’s not diminish the creativity and courage of the Arab Spring by attributing great sacrifice to amorphous, faceless technology.…
TweetNadwa: 140 Seconds to Say It As You See It
MEHRUNISA QAYYUM, CGNEWS: Inspired by Twitter a grassroots Egyptian organisation has set up an online forum that limits participants to 140 seconds air time. …
Lebanon: Yesterday’s Technology, Today
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The image above is from the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications website.These are the people responsible for the Internet in Lebanon...…