In the Media

Upcoming Appearances:

I’ll be speaking on free speech and social activism online at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy.  Specifically, I’m speaking on two panels: Citizen media to foster human rights and freedom of speech (4/22) and media140 (4/23).

Past:

3/17/10: I was quoted by CNN discussing proposed Internet filtering in Venezuela.

3/17/10: I was quoted in Newsweek regarding Google.cn in China.

12/30/09: I was quoted in the LA Times on a story about new Arabic top-level domains.

12/17/09: My photos from the Arab Bloggers workshop were featured in Italian newspaper il sole 24.

12/1/09: I spoke to New Hampshire Public Radio about blogger reactions to the Swiss vote to ban minarets.

11/30/09: I was featured on ABC World News with Charles Gibson discussing the use of Twitter for finding retail sales.

11/18/09: Panelist at the Middle East Librarians Association annual conference, discussing Global Voices and the role of web 2.0 in Morocco.

11/13/09: Quoted by Al Majalla, discussing broadband in the Middle East.

11/2/09: Quoted by the Committee to Protect Journalists, discussing the work of the OpenNet Initiative.

9/11/09: Quoted in WAFA (Palestine News Agency), discussing Israel’s distribution of PA-only visas.

8/19/09: Quoted in New Scientist, discussing the OpenNet Initiative.

8/13/09: Quoted in The Media Line, discussing the OpenNet Initiative’s release of research on Internet filtering across the Middle East and North Africa.

8/12/09: Featured guest on World Streams Radio, discussing Morocco, Internet censorship, and digital activism.

8/8/09: Panelist at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention in Boston, on citizen journalism in Morocco and Global Voices.

8/4/09: Quoted in The Guardian on the lifting of sanctions on Syria by the United States.

7/17/09: German Gulli:news, interviewed on Internet censorship

5/15/09: Al Jazeera’s Listening Post on the release of Roxana Saberi

04/27/09: The Guardian, quoted on LinkedIn’s restriction of Syrian users

04/11/09: AP, discussing the death of Omidreza Mirsayafi

03/05/09: The Harvard Crimson, discussing Herdict Web

02/13/09: Al Jazeera’s Listening Post, on Gaza’s “Internet war”

01/10/09: Connecting Women, speaking on the attacks on Gaza

01/13/09: MidEast Youth, a podcast with Esra’a on the role of Web 2.0 and social networking in relation to the conflict in Gaza

01/09/09: BBC World’s Have Your Say, on how the conflict in Gaza is dividing public opinion

01/08/09: Washington Prism [Farsi], discussing bloggers jailed in Iran

01/03/09: Connecting Women, speaking from a Boston Stands For Gaza protest

12/30/08: Poynter Online, quoted on the use of Twitter in relation to the attacks on Gaza

12/29/08: CityNews Toronto, on the use of Twitter during the attacks on Gaza

11/20/08: Toronto Globe and Mail, on the arrest of Hossein Derakhshan in Iran

11/03/08: New Hampshire Public Radio, discussing Voices without Votes