about 4 months ago - 4 comments
The 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting is currently being held in Tunis, Tunisia. The meeting gathers around 100 bloggers, journalists, techies, and experts from the Arab world and international organizations. You can learn more on the Arab Bloggers website and follow the live tweeting on the #AB11 hashtag. Here’s a list of the Arab blogger tweeps
about 7 months ago - 4 comments
Activists in Egypt launched a campaign to blog and tweet about sexual harassment on Monday, June 20. The team behind the Adventures of Salwa joined the campaign as well with a parallel blogging day in Lebanon. Please join this very important cause – you can make a difference by adding your voice to ours on
about 1 year ago - No comments
This post was originally published on the Young Feminist Wire here. I spent the last weekend at an inspiring feminist retreat here in Lebanon where a group of 15 young feminists got together to evaluate and strategize their collective work. The group was diverse in its age range from early 20s to early 30s, in
about 1 year ago - 4 comments
Labor Day is coming up, 3eed Al 3ommal, on May 1st, and we are recognizing on this day the illegal, outrageous, and unethical working conditions of migrant work in Lebanon – and across the Arab world. The campaign initiated by @simby is called Twenty-Four-Seven and it highlights the fact that domestic migrant workers in Lebanon
about 1 year ago - 21 comments
*This post was wishful thinking* Good morning, Lebanon! And Happy International Women’s Day! I am writing from New York city, where I have been attending sessions at the 54th Commission for the Status of Women. Rumors had been going around since last week that the Lebanese government is going to pass the amendment to the
about 2 years ago - 3 comments
Because, in a nut-shell, we’re in the trickiest line of work there is, and what we need by our sides are friends – not colleagues. I never liked the term “professional” – even less so when I moved to social justice work. What does it mean when an activist is “professional”? Does it mean she
about 2 years ago - 6 comments
We are scared of politicians and men of power. We don’t want to piss them off. We want to ask them kindly for our rights.
about 1 year ago
don’t laugh :
there is always many ideas in mind, so the time i try to win is while in traffic / bus / waiting
about 1 year ago
lol.. the home page is a funny trick
I go on an article reading adventure.. usually one thing leads to another!
about 1 year ago
lol.. the home page is a funny trick
I go on an article reading adventure.. usually one thing leads to another!
about 1 year ago
Great idea, I just added a Blogger Post gadget to my iGoogle home page. That may just do the trick to generate AdSense revenue: Blog often; write article-submission-web sites articles that link back to your blog; link to other expert articles from your blog; correct AdSense placement.