Added on 29/12/2011
Syria News Wire
Al Jazeera , Ammar Abdulhamid , Assad , Bahrain , Damascus , Democracy , Human Rights Watch , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Syria , Syrian National Council , Syrian Observatory , The Guardian , The New York Times
NEWS FROM SYRIA: The former Chairman of the Syria Computer Society, a certain Bashar Assad, had a lot of support from the blogosphere in his first decade. Not any more.
Added on 24/12/2011
Eman-Al-Nafjan
Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , Al Waleed Bin Talal , Al-Hayat , Democracy , Governor , Jeddah , Minister of Justice , Ministry of Information , Ministry of Justice , Mohammed Al Eissa , Riyadh , Salman bin Abdul Aziz , Saudi Arabia , Shura Council , Social Media , Spain , Women , Women's issues
EMAN AL NAFJAN: In September the King announced women could vote in municipal elections. Conservatives are fighting a rearguard action.
Added on 22/12/2011
Syria News Wire
Army , Bahrain , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Democracy , Egypt , Electronic Frontier Foundation , European Union , Facebook , Internet cafés , Internet users , Jillian York , Journalist , Mainstream media , Mobile Phones , President , satellite dishes , Singer , Skype , Social Media , Spy , Syria , Syrian Computer Society , Syrian government , Twitter , United States , Yahoo! , YouTube
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.
Added on 20/10/2011
Common Ground News Service
Bahrain , Democracy , Egypt , Internet access , IPad , Social Media , Tunisia , Twitter
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.
Added on 19/10/2011
Alexander McNabb
Amman , Army , Broadband , Facebook , Fatah , Jordan , Lebanese army , Lebanon , Middle East , One Voice , Social Media , Social networking , YouTube
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.
Added on 11/10/2011
Alexander McNabb
Dubai , Gitex , Middle East , Riyadh , Social Media , Technology , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: The miracle is that it’s still with us at all – all the other great horizontal computer shows barring Hanover’s CeBIT have tanked.
Added on 06/10/2011
Juan Cole
America , Apple , Barack Obama , China , Coca cola , DOS , Herman Cain , Homs , India , Mona , Operating system , Paul Jobs , Rick Perry , Rupert Murdoch , Social Media , Steve Jobs , Syria , Taliban , United States
JUAN COLE: Both the U.S President and arguably America’s most creative entrepreneur provide proof of the value of multiculturalism.
Added on 05/10/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Al Watan , Australia , Canada , Conservatives , DC , Egypt , Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood , Ehsan Ahrari , Finance , Jeddah , Journalist , Middle East , Middle East Analyst , Ministry of Education , Ministry of Higher Education , Newcastle , Prophet Muhammad , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Security Council , Social Media , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States , Washington , Washington DC
ROB L. WAGNER: A new secondary school textbook highlights the struggle between liberals and conservatives within the Saudi Ministry for Education.
Added on 30/09/2011
Common Ground News Service
Abdullah , Activist , Civil society , Facebook , Google+ , journalist and writer , Maha Akeel , Manal Al Sharif , Media outlets , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Twitter , Yahoo! , YouTube
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.
Added on 24/09/2011
James M. Dorsey
Bashar al-Assad , Democracy , East Africa , Egypt , Facebook , Indonesia , Iran , Middle East , mobile telephony , North Africa , Philippines , President , Russia , Social Media , Syria , Tunisia , Twitter , United States , Zine El Abedine Ben Ali
JAMES M. DORSEY: Autocrats – and their advisers – around the region have clearly underestimated the power of social media. But how significant has it been in effecting real change?
Added on 11/09/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Activist , ARAMCO , ASBAR Center for Studies , Bahrain , Board of Grievances , Cairo , communication technology , Dammam , Egypt , Emir , European Union , Facebook , Fahd , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Grievances , Hamas , Hatton Al-Fassi , Holy Qur'an , Islam , Islamic Ennahda Party , Jeddah , John F Kennedy , Journalist , King Abdullah , King Saud University , King Saud University in Riyadh , Libya , London School of Economics , Madinah , Makkah , Middle East , Mohammed Fahad Al-Qahtani , Morocco , MTV , Muslim Brotherhood , Nadia Bakhurji , News media , Nora bint Abdullah Al-Fayez , North Africa , oil industry , Prophet Muhammad , Richard Nixon , Riyadh , Saud bin Abdul Aziz , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Council of Engineers , Saudi government , Shoura Council , Social Media , Syria , Tabuk , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , Tunisian government , Twitter , United States , Women's Rights , Yemen
ROB L. WAGNER: There has been a lot of criticism of Saudi Arabia’s upcoming municipal elections. Some groups, however, know how best to work the system.
Added on 17/08/2011
Common Ground News Service
Canada , Democracy , Dubai School , Egypt , Facebook , Fatah , International Monetary Fund , Muslim Brotherhood , Social Media , Tunisia , Twitter , United Arab Emirates , United States
MEHRUNISA QAYYUM, CGNEWS: Inspired by Twitter a grassroots Egyptian organisation has set up an online forum that limits participants to 140 seconds air time.
Added on 04/08/2011
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Al-Hayat , Amnesty , Crown Prince , London , Mohammed Fahad Al-Qahtani , proposed law , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association , Saudi embassy in London , Shoura Council , Social Media , Twitter
AHMED AL-OMRAN: A leaked draft of a proposed, new anti-terror law has been leaked to Amnesty International. A predictable storm has erupted.
Added on 19/07/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al-Hayat , Beirut , Cairo , Facebook , Hanan al-Shaykh , Ibrahim Aslan , Journalist , Kindle , Lebanon , Literature , London , Middle East , Morocco , Muslim Brotherhood , Peter Theroux , Raja Alem , Riyadh , School of Oriental and African Studies , Social Media , The Maghreb , The Yacoubian Building , Twitter
M. LYNX-QUALEY: In a wide-ranging discussion at the Shubbak festival Hassan Daoud, the Lebanese novelist and journalist, had much to say…
Added on 15/07/2011
Alexander McNabb
Facebook , Geekfest , Google+ , Oil , Public Relations , Social Media , Social networking , Twitter
ALEXANDER MCNABB: With “too many streams of information to be comfortable” , could Google+ assault on Facebook be too much, too late?
Added on 13/07/2011
Common Ground News Service
Gaza , Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Israel , Jerusalem , long-term solution , Media pundits , Middle East , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , President , Social Media , Watan Student Movement
ZIAD KHALIL ABU ZAYYAD, CGNEWS: I felt the need to do something that could contribute more substantially to end the suffering of my people and reach peace with our neighbours.
Added on 10/07/2011
American Bedu
Facebook , Imam University , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Twitter
AMERICAN BEDU: Unfettered by the restrictions applying to mainstream Saudi media the ultra-conservative community are going online.
Added on 23/06/2011
Common Ground News Service
Middle East , Social Media , Women
NADA AKL, CGNEWS: The ‘Gay Girl in Damascus’ hoax reveals much about Western perceptions of the Middle East.
Added on 13/06/2011
Mondoweiss
Ali Abunimah , Damascus , Gay Girl , Social Media , Syria
ELEANOR K, MONDOWEISS: Finally we know the truth. Not Syrian, not female, not gay but a middle-aged American living in Scotland. There are consequences which the hoaxer, it appears, hasn’t considered.
Added on 09/06/2011
Alexander McNabb
Adnoc , Enoc , EPPCO , Gulf News , Jebel Ali port , Middle East , Oil producer , petrol , Social Media , The National , UAE , UAE newspapers , United Arab Emirates
ALEXANDER MCNABB: It’s yet more bad publicity for the country (the oil producer that ran out of fuel – wait for the internationals to pick that one up).