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Egypt: Youth using social media to close the gap
Written on 25 Jul, 2010 at 21:03 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed 561 times
“Closing The Gap” project consisted of three phases which took place in a partnership between The Egyptian Life Center for Creativity and Culture jointly with the American Freedom House organization. Its primary phase included an intensive workshop that took place... (Continue reading)
Egypt: And the First Arabic Domain goes to … President Mubarak
Written on 21 Jun, 2010 at 4:53 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed 727 times
Egyptian President, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak registered the first Arabic domain in Egypt:مبارك.مصر ... (Continue reading)
Egypt: Campaign Against Abusive Publishers
Written on 17 Oct, 2009 at 1:51 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed 7,370 times
A handful of publishers have monopolized the book market in Egypt until a fresher generation of young entrepreneurs introduced readers to new titles by authors who were rejected by the publishing tycoons. Bloggers books took the Cairo International Book Fair... (Continue reading)
Egypt: Court bans Porn Sites
Written on 15 May, 2009 at 22:50 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed 30,072 times
Lawyer Nizar Ghorab (Ghorab translates to Crow in Arabic) filed a lawsuit calling for banning porn sites because they destroy the core values of the Egyptian society. The Administrative Court in Cairo ruled in his favor. Between anger and sarcasm,... (Continue reading)
Egypt: Wandering Internet Trolls
Written on 28 Apr, 2009 at 22:38 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed 294 times
Wandering Scarab posted an interesting note on the four types of Internet trolls... (Continue reading)
Marwa Rakha on Al Jazeera International
Written on 16 Mar, 2009 at 22:01 in OTHER SHOWS, Shows.برامج | viewed 2,393 times
I was pleasantly surprised when Sarah El Ansary of Al Jazeera International invited me as a guest on their Inside Story to talk about the internet, blogging, online activism, and freedom of speech in Egypt.... (Continue reading)
Egypt: 89% of Youth Support Internet Censorship Law
Written on 26 Nov, 2008 at 3:51 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed 1,078 times
Eighty-nine per cent of Egyptian young men and women surveyed recently stated that they are in favour of an Internet censorship law. Bloggers Times shares the most recent statistics on Egyptian internet users in this post, translated by Marwa Rakha... (Continue reading)
