Recently, the US Department of State implemented an Arabic-language account on Twitter, @USABilAraby. My initial reaction was one of pleasure, but after a bit of thinking, I became curious as to why State would think Twitter to be the appropriate platform for such engagement; after all, despite increasingly large numbers of Twitter users across the […]
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The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released a study on Palestinian social media entitled “P@lestinian Pulse: What Policymakers Can Learn from Palestinian Social Media.” Researchers analyzed Arabic-language blogs, news sites, forums, and other resources, the majority of which were said to have originated in Gaza and the West Bank, in an attempt to take […]
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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 […]