Sweden: a life-long learning experience

June 18, 2009 at 10:18 pm · Filed under web journalism and tagged: Education, EU, Social Media, Sweden

When my research supervisor at Örebro University’s Global Journalism program told me I could develop my thesis as a blog, with posts and links instead of pages’ footnotes, I was impressed by how progressive Swedish learning institutions can be. Commentary.

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Jordanian blogger exposes a state secret

June 18, 2009 at 10:16 pm · Filed under web journalism and tagged: activism, Afghanistan, Globalization, Jordan, Middle East, NATO, Security, Social Media, US

Jordanian blogger Rami Abdelrahman has blogged about a closely guarded secret about his government’s involvement in the war on Afghanistan – and is getting unwelcome attention from the intelligence service. Report.

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Noam Chomsky refers to me in his book Failed States

June 18, 2009 at 10:07 pm · Filed under Lectures, web journalism and tagged: activism, Environment, Globalization, Jordan, Security, Social Media, US

I can’t believe I missed that earlier. Noam Chomsky sent me his latest book “Failed States” months ago, but only recently I got the chance to read it, and discover that he has quoted me, and he took the quote from this blog. Thanks Professor Chomsky. Bless blogs!

The quote is on page 29, at the end of the second paragraph.

For more information, read this and this.

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Seminar: Bloggen som demokratiskt verktyg

June 18, 2009 at 6:31 pm · Filed under Lectures and tagged: Middle East, Social Media, Sweden

SR-journalisten Rami Abdelrahman föreläser på FOJO för de inbjudna journalisterna från MENA (Mellanöstern och norra Afrika) om bloggandet i arabvärlden. Han visar ett exempel från 2006: en videosekvens där en folkmassa som rör sig snabbt över ett torg i Kairo, filmad med en amatörkamera. Just den här videosekvensen gav upphov till en debatt bland både arabiska och internationella bloggar om massförföljelser och trakasserier av egyptiska kvinnor.

Rapport.

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