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The BOBs!

I would be remiss not to post about the experience of winning the BOBs.  Talk Morocco, from its inception last summer, has been an incredible experience, and has grown beyond what Hisham and I originally envisioned; I am so proud of this little project, and of its amazing contributors. We were notified of winning in [...]

25.06.2010

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Ich bin in Bonn

I stumble onto the escalator heading toward the train tracks.  I feel ill; perhaps it’s from not eating, and then eating too much, but in any case, I feel as though I’m about to faint.  I shouldn’t even be here right now,* I think to myself as I collapse onto a bench, grateful for the [...]

22.06.2010

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#NetFreedom in Syria, Between Sanctions and Censorship

This post is directly re-published from Anas Qtiesh’s blog, but I agree with it 100%. A delegation of US tech companies and policymakers are visiting Syria today and holding a meeting with President Bashar Al Assad and high-ranking officials. The tech delegation (#techdel on Twitter, and “techdel” hereafter) came after coordination on high diplomatic levels [...]

15.06.2010

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Blogoma

This month, over at Talk Morocco, Hisham and I have proposed the topic of Moroccan citizen media.  The subject has turned out a fascinating set of essays, some highlighting the history of pre-blogging citizen media, others highlighting the various blogger “coups” of the past ten years.  I’ve written (and re-written, and revised, and I’m still [...]

14.06.2010

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