Writing

A selection:

Taxi Driver: Fear and loathing in New York, Guardian Comment is Free (August 2010)

Wikileaks Breaks Down the Door, Index on Censorship (July 2010)

Paranoid Politics: The Denial of Islamophobia, Huffington Post (July 2010)

US gives Iran more net freedom — but what about Syria?, Guardian Comment is Free (June 2010)

Facebook facing a backlash, Al Jazeera English (May 2010)

Do web filters hinder free speech?, by Jillian York and Robert Faris, Al Jazeera English (April 2010)

UK study on Islamic blogs ‘flawed’, Al Jazeera English (April 2010)

USA: In Census, Only Some Races Count, Global Voices Online (March 2010)

Global Voices Authors Speak Out Against Censorship, Global Voices Online (March 2010)

Israeli media first to report Haitian organ theft rumor, Electronic Intifada (February 2010)

Making history out of footnotes, InTheFray (February 2010)

Tweeting for Gaza, Al Jazeera English (December 2009)

Leaving Meknes, InTheFray (December 2009)

Morocco silences the pens of its journalists, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Blog (December 2009)

Morocco: Four Perspectives on Sexual Harassment, UNFPA’s Conversations for a Better World (December 2009)

“Take This Hijab and Love It!” Bitch Magazine (#45, Winter 2009)

Stuff white people do: Mistake Greeks for Arabs, Arabs for Muslims, and Muslims for Terrorists, stuff white people do (November 2009)

Helping unwed mothers in Morocco through entrepreneurship, UNFPA’s Conversations for a Better World (November 2009)

Anne Applebaum: Child Rape Apologist?, Huffington Post (October 2009)

USA: Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License, Global Voices Online (October 2009)

Palestine: Travelers Say Israel is Illegally Denying Access, Global Voices Online (September 2009)

Morocco: Child Labor Under the Spotlight, Global Voices Online (September 2009)

In Morocco, 91% isn’t Good Enough, Huffington Post (August 2009)

Gender and Blogging in the Arab World, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Gender and Tech Blog (April 2009)

Contributing Editor, Fodor’s Morocco, 4th Edition (April 2009)

In Memory of Omidreza Mirsayafi, The Huffington Post (March 2009)

Geolocation Filtering: How to Alienate Business Customers Without Really Trying, The Huffington Post (March 2009)

Ridding the Internet of Child Porn: Filtering Isn’t the Answer, The Huffington Post (February 2009)

Morocco: Disappearing the Amazigh, The Huffington Post (January 2009)

Is Facebook Censoring Information on Israel and Palestine?, Global Voices Online (January 2009)

Israel: Loving and Hating Yonit Levi, Global Voices Online (January 2009)

Human rights organizations in Latin America welcome anonymous browsing, Knight Pulse (January 2009)

Blogging in Iran: A Dangerous Prospect, The Huffington Post (December 2008)

Why Browse the Internet anonymously?, Knight Pulse (November 2008)

The World is Not Undecided, The Huffington Post (November 2008)

First Look: Spot.Us For Crowd-Funded Journalism, WeMedia (November 2008)

Union for the Mediterranean: a dividing project for divided countries, ShiftMag (October 2008)

Memo to U.S.: Global bloggers speak out on elections, WeMedia (September 2008)

The View from Abroad: Michelle Obama, No Baby Mama, The Huffington Post’s OffTheBus (June 2008)

Meknes, HeyMorocco (April 2008)

Morocco: No Justice for Fouad Mourtada, Global Voices Advocacy (February 2008)

The Blogoma Strikes Again , Arabisto (March 2008)

Meknes: Morocco’s Forgotten Jewel (March 2008)

How to Alienate the Female Muslim Population, Arabisto (July 2007)

The Case of Abdel-Moumen Mahmoud, InTheFray (May 2007)

The plight of Sri Lankans in the UAE, InTheFray (April 2007)

Culture Smart! Morocco: A Guide to Customs and Culture (Random House, 2006)