blogging
Activists call for blogging on Ettihadeya detainees
Egypt
December 27, 2014
Activists call for blogging on Ettihadeya detainees
A number of activists and members of the "Al-Horreya Lel Gedaan" (Freedom for the Brave) group called upon social media…
Blogger put on trial for insulting religion
Egypt
September 24, 2012
Blogger put on trial for insulting religion
Blogger Albert Saber Ayyad was referred on Monday to the Marg Misdemeanor Court on charges of defamation of religion. His…
Profile: Ghada Khalifa challenges convention in her poems
Books
May 10, 2012
Profile: Ghada Khalifa challenges convention in her poems
Ghada Khalifa began as an amateur poet. “I first made an exhibition of my paintings. I wrote some text for…
Middle East blog competition winners announced
Egypt
May 7, 2012
Middle East blog competition winners announced
Two major blogging competitions, the international competition “The Bobs” and the Arabic award “Arabisk,” announced their winners on 2 May.…
Maikel Nabil recounts his prison experience
Egypt
January 28, 2012
Maikel Nabil recounts his prison experience
In his first public appearance after being pardoned from his two-year prison sentence, blogger Maikel Nabil said he was drugged…
Family of blogger on hunger strike demand his release from prison
Egypt
September 27, 2011
Family of blogger on hunger strike demand his release from prison
The family of imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil is requesting the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to free their…
The Sexual Harassment File: Harassment debate lights up blogosphere
Life & Style
June 22, 2011
The Sexual Harassment File: Harassment debate lights up blogosphere
“So I play a little game in my head. It’s like walking through a videogame scene, where every man is…
Literature in the age of social media
Books
May 28, 2011
Literature in the age of social media
Last March, the New York based OR Books published the first Twitter book ever, Tweets from Tahrir: Egypt’s revolution as…
Internet activists stage online day of protest against military council
Egypt
May 23, 2011
Internet activists stage online day of protest against military council
The Twitter updates kept on coming, sometimes at a rate of ten a minute. “The sheer spite they had for…
Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future
Egypt
March 1, 2011
Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future
Ali Abdulemam is a prominent digital activist in Bahrain, recently released from prison in a move the government hopes will…