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Don’t Hide Behind Twitter Handles
Sep 30th
Something has started to really piss me off in the twittersphere lately. Lebanese tweeps are taking on tweeting for companies or groups or (pseudo-)celebrities and don’t reveal the identity of the actual person tweeting.
For example, I recently found out that the person handling the @Zaven_K account is not really Zaven (dunno More >
A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter in Lebanon
Jan 22nd
So you’re interested in Twitter. Welcome. Here is a guide to help you through your first couple of weeks. It will seem odd and pointless at the beginning but I promise you it’s worth it.
BasicsFirst, register an account. Pick a cool username but keep it short. You will one day More >
Second Year Commemorating War on Gaza
Dec 26th
Many things you can do this year and resolve to do in 2011:
- You can join the twitter campaigns on December 27 to promote justice for Gaza and remember the atrocities committed by Israel in December – January 2008. The two campaigns are #Gaza2 and #BoycottIsrael.
- Wear Red on Monday, December 27.
- Join and support More >
What else is #Israel to do?
May 31st
We were on a mission this weekend to raise global twitter awareness about the Freedom Flotilla heading towards Gaza with tons of aid supplies. The organizers were doing an amazing job with social media, tweeting live from the boats, video live streaming, as well as Google-mapping their locations in the sea More >
We’re Trending #Flotilla Today!
May 29th
Friends, it is once again time to use social media to get a message across to the world. A flotilla of boats carrying human rights activists is right now on its way to Gaza via international waters in order to break the Israeli siege and deliver aid to the people. More >
Twog for Migrant Rights this Labor Day
Mar 30th
I thought “Tweet and Blog” was too long, so I made it Twog Ok, so Simba Russeau and her fellow activists on migrant rights are organizing some events in Lebanon to raise awareness in the lead up to Labor Day. Migrants from South Asia, South-East Asia, and Africa come to Lebanon More >
The People I Follow
Mar 24th
The title sounds fancier than the post, I’m only talking about twitter accounts. I’ve been cleaning up my twitter feed the past few days and saw that I follow general categories of people:
- Anybody & anything in Lebanon
- Advocates for Palestine
- Feminists and women’s rights organizations anywhere in the world
- Arab women anywhere
- Progressive Arabs More >
