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Nina C's List: MENA
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Dec 10, 09
"Human Terrain System"
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Dec 10, 09
"former Israeli intelligence officer Yigal Carmon, founder of the U.S.-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), "
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Oct 18, 09
Anas Tawileh, IGCBP 2006
ISOC Syria, Syria
Anas Tawileh works in, and carries out research on the impact of technology on society and development, particularly in developing countries. He established the GNU/Linux Syria User Group in Damascus in 2002, co-founded the Internet Society – Syria Chapter and initiated the Arab Commons Initiative. He is also involved in many free and open source software projects and advocacy groups. Anas’s areas of interest include innovation, ICT4D, information security, the collective creation of knowledge, and technology management and policy. -
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The main vehicle for this are full-service Community Access Centers (CACs), created and operated through multiple partnerships. They allow young people access to computers and to the Internet, and provide them with basic ICT and business skills training. In areas where CACs already exist, the initiative aims at using them as a base to introduce additional developmental components. In addition, where necessary and feasible, special hardware, software, and content are made available to allow access to the visually impaired.
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MYTecC sows the seeds of a socially responsible future business leadership.
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Just went to an interesting gathering of universities from around the Arab World, working on the seeds of a project (Ma3bar) to promote FOSS in the region... was a very interesting gathering, with people from Qatar, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Kuwait. Program was at Balamand University in north Lebanon, and supported by UNESCO and ICTDAR. It was a great gathering, some very bright people working on very interesting projects throughout the region. I'll add updates with more info later, but for now, some interesting resources...
http://www.iosn.net/
http://www.ictdar.org/English.htmAnd of course, we are working on organizing the OpenSesame BarCamp-Lebanon... first BarCamp in the Arab World, as far as we know... ;-)
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