By Afef Abrougui *This article was published on The Dissident Blog on May 6 2014. Tunisia is in 133rd place out of 180 in the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index 2014. The journalist and human rights activist Afef Abrougui writes here about the phenomenon Ammar 404, which is the error message displayed on screen to Tunisians when.

By Dena Qaddumi A little over a year ago I was in the midst of packing to move to Bethlehem in order to coordinate the program ‘Campus in Camps’ for Al Quds-Bard, a partnership between Al Quds University and Bard College. The decision to move and change jobs was one that required little deliberation; as.

By Reem AlMasri *The English text of the law draft was translated from the Arabic by Yazan Al Ashqar and Reem AlMasri.  You might not need to commit an act that will “involve serious damage to a property or a person”, or pose a “risk to the public safety” or “national security”, or “use firearms.

By Tim Rollins *This article was originally posted on 24 April 2014 at Index on Censorship While Egypt’s hugely controversial Al-Jazeera trial has been grabbing international attention, the recent death of 22-year-old reporter Mayada Ashraf – allegedly at the hands of the police – appears to have left more of a lasting impact on Egyptian.

Sara Obeidat At a time where the sociopolitical discourse in the Middle East steers away from pluralism and the political street becomes barricaded with censorship, the notion of the public space in its purest form- a space genuinely owned by the people for the people -has become almost obsolete. The need for authorization, proposals, and.

By Hiba Zayadin ** This article was published on IFEX.org on 28 March 2014, based on IFEX member reports from Maharat Foundation , Reporters Without Borders ,and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. The graphic image is created by the Maharat Foundation as part of its “Express Freely” competition, launched to encourage university students to support press freedom in Lebanon.   After.

Digital Citizen is a monthly review of news, policy, and research on human rights and technology in the Arab World. Tunisia In Tunisia, as military and security forces continue to hunt for armed groups in different regions of the country, the Interior Ministry has reiterated its calls for the filtering of “terrorist” web pages. In.

(This piece is republished from Mada Masr) By Naira Antoun “I am not interested in electoral programs,” declares Mazen Khaled, a 23-year old volunteer in the Kammel Gemeelak (Fulfil Your Promise) campaign. “It’s the CV, what has the person done.” It has become a truism to say that many Egyptians would struggle to remember the name of.

by Ramsey George Chris Dercon is known for the high-energy, establishment-shaking personality that has built his reputation in the art scene. Joining the Tate Modern as director in 2011, he now resides in the seat of authority he once sought to overhaul. Despite this, he sets out to connect opposites and build a “smaller” Tate.

*Interview by Mia Jankowicz. Photographs by Virginie Nguyen. **This post originally appeared on ArtTerritories. Mada Masr is an online bilingual Egyptian newspaper founded by Lina Attalah and a team of journalists in June 2013. Its origins lie in the major Egyptian Arabic language newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm (AMAY)’s English language edition, Egypt Independent (EI) and its short-lived print edition..