tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40859300253276526122024-02-07T04:17:42.347-08:00حان دوركAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521978794745031099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085930025327652612.post-85279797246249080572013-09-01T22:49:00.000-07:002013-09-01T22:50:02.158-07:00Social Justice in the MENA RegionBy: Talal Al Husseini<br />
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</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Arab spring is a social movement that brought millions
of people out on the streets to address the issues of inequality in the MENA
region and to demand immediate political action for social justice. Social and
economic developments, accompanied by an equal distribution of knowledge,
income and power, are essential to build a just and equal society and assure an
inclusive democratic position. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Arab Youth have created a new reality by
overthrowing their dictators and are a few steps closer to functioning
democracies. This will entail a lot of work down the road, but the Egyptians,
Tunisians, Yemenis, and other Arab nationalities alike understand the meaning
of sacrifice for a bigger cause. Western concepts such as freedom of expression
and information, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, respect for
labor rights and decent work, and access of coverage and quality services will
be part of the Arab culture and identity in the near Future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Social media empowered
the Arab Youth to overthrow their corrupt governments and will also empower
them to transform their societies to functioning democracies that play an equal
role in this globalized world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521978794745031099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085930025327652612.post-10500854804082021952013-08-25T22:52:00.001-07:002013-08-26T20:57:33.736-07:00The Voice of Arab Women Online<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ghada Al-Wazeer</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For tens of years, women have used technology as a tool to speak up, end violence and call for equality. Before the Social Media evolution, seeing women struggling fighting for their rights was not as widely spread as it is now. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Women’s rights are being violated in different ways for many reasons such as governmental, religion, and sometimes even traditional practices that discriminate between men and women and encourage violence against them. This is one reason why women in the Arab world play a big role during the Arab spring protests and were recognized globally.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During, and especially after, the Arab Spring, an online environment and culture was created. This culture doesn’t tolerate discriminative practices against women; instead, it engages women from different countries and brings them together in solidarity. Many campaigns have been created in the intention of defending women’s rights in the Arab world such as the online campaign “The Uprising of Women in the Arab World”.<br /> </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqbQV6ETUyqdrFkSF6rr_it_EfuFy9f0N4DhjiR_Ijrr_52c7AwUAyyn0lcJI5S7Vv67uK7ctBsGwQW_LoBNumbIyNvf_VCRYzB4FB5KSOtESx56NEaGhK1O8BMoKlaRWAcSLVn55cE-9/s1600/Pic.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqbQV6ETUyqdrFkSF6rr_it_EfuFy9f0N4DhjiR_Ijrr_52c7AwUAyyn0lcJI5S7Vv67uK7ctBsGwQW_LoBNumbIyNvf_VCRYzB4FB5KSOtESx56NEaGhK1O8BMoKlaRWAcSLVn55cE-9/s320/Pic.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In October 2011, a women’s rights group had launched a social media campaign to promote women’s rights across the Arab world. Their first “Photo Campaign” was launched on October 1st, 2012 where both men and women were asked on different social media websites, such as Twitter and Facebook, to send pictures of themselves mentioning the reason why they support the uprising of women across the Arab world. According to their page, the campaign aimed to “Highlight the various kinds of discrimination against women in the Arab world (social, economic, political, judiciary…)” They say that being aware of the injustice towards women is the first step to counter it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The campaign also aimed to “Pin out the facts that women in our region share many struggles. We [the members of the campaign] could then create a common ground for feminist activism, overcoming the borders of the states and building on from each other’s experiences.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The campaign members also added that they intended to use social media as a tool to display women’s conditions, especially that women have suffered lots of attacks after the success of the revolts in the Arab Spring countries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, “The Uprising of Women in the Arab World” Facebook page launched their second campaign “Tell Your Story”. The campaign remained from November 25 until December 10, 2012.</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Because the stories hidden under our pillows need to come out in the open<br /> Because the only finger of blame should be pointed at the aggressor, not the victim<br /> Because the scandal is in the criminal act, not the victim’s reputation<br /> Because our silence is a self-inflicted punishment and an impunity to our aggressor<br /> Because we have to step out of the circle of fear and isolation into the circle of confidence and confrontation<br /> Because almost each one of us has endured a form of physical, psychological or sexual violence, just for being a woman: an arbitrary deprivation of liberty, or a sexual harassment (at home, at school, at work, in the streets…), rape (including marital rape), female genital mutilation, forced marriage (including marriage of minors), crimes in the name of “honor”…”</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Uprising of women in the Arab world” is one example of the many campaigns inspired by the use of social media in the revolutions of the Arab Spring. Today their Facebook page has over 115,000 likes from people across the world. Such initiatives, serve as a place for women and men to express themselves and discuss their concerns openly and freely. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521978794745031099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085930025327652612.post-33672437780483603912013-08-25T04:03:00.000-07:002013-08-25T04:03:03.154-07:00A Fan of Sharing My Location- Be Careful When Sharing Your Location<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By: Ali El-Dous<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">People share
the air they breathe, water, food, and resources all over the globe. However, their
geographical locations is a different matter. When you think about how big the
Earth is, seven continents, according to Wikipedia, consisting of a total land
area of 148,647,000 square kilometers, you can then imagine how difficult it is
to locate a person without a Global Position System (GPS). Global Positioning
System (GPS) devices can be found everywhere nowadays: They're used in cars,
boats, airplanes, and even in cellular phones. Handheld GPS receivers are
carried by cyclists, hikers, surveyors, map makers, and others who need to know
where they are. Like any other invention, the GPS has advantages along with disadvantages
and it all depends on how much we understand it, and how we use it. The focus
here is on the issues that surround sharing locations on social networks using
the GPS feature.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWsLyA7mvqY6tULJ-t3KiUcgEfYEzGp52IizkddgcQrfo1othUwPIF8mTyELjyC5Sw_PLiL_JZMlMJcTOAY0HUA5Pvxtha1a9GvkcWcqEIdaxMlQbBTKpljDQbUvL1TP7KsMWN11i4r61/s1600/sgdf.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWsLyA7mvqY6tULJ-t3KiUcgEfYEzGp52IizkddgcQrfo1othUwPIF8mTyELjyC5Sw_PLiL_JZMlMJcTOAY0HUA5Pvxtha1a9GvkcWcqEIdaxMlQbBTKpljDQbUvL1TP7KsMWN11i4r61/s200/sgdf.png" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The “Sharing
Location” is a feature which allows any user of a mobile, tablet, or any other electronic
device, which supports GPS , to share his/her current location. It’s very
important to point out that the people who share their current location might
do it strictly for show without fully understanding that it might be harmful to
them. We see a lot of people who share their location while eating in a five
star hotel or traveling to a rich country with friends solely to make a social statement.
But of course, that doesn't apply to everyone.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now, any normal person
can track others throughout the social sites such as Facebook, Twitter and
WhatsApp. Moreover, sharing location feature has become an issue where privacy
violation can be committed. Some current applications available on the market
such as Footprints. Footprints has a feature to automatically share locations on social
networks without the permission of the device owner. This would be a problem to
those who are going to private places or don’t want their destinations or even homes to be
publically announced for different reasons. This feature may also result in
theft, where a person could possibly share his/her location visiting luxurious
places and becomes a target to thieves. Another Application that operates on
Apple devices that we should be aware of is called Find My Friends. This application
allows Apple users to track the movements of their friends or family and once
again, facing the same disatvantages as other location share applications.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">One of the negative effects
due to sharing locations on social networks is data collection
companies (DCCs). Those companies sell our information to others looking for high income
by targeting their advertisements. The data being collected by the DCCs includes,
for example, most visited restaurants, countries and hotels.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgREvCh20OXbm9IU0scdmWU_zhOu06Ttv7ouAh_km9y8_XrgS7t1gNvOlEDtvQ9EvGnXpZe8Z11V9tv-2OvSbW3AhjaUkaXZOPq-AB0EU2rORdRSARkM9YfwFewfm8ZKre9wq_ORgvRAw/s1600/dsss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgREvCh20OXbm9IU0scdmWU_zhOu06Ttv7ouAh_km9y8_XrgS7t1gNvOlEDtvQ9EvGnXpZe8Z11V9tv-2OvSbW3AhjaUkaXZOPq-AB0EU2rORdRSARkM9YfwFewfm8ZKre9wq_ORgvRAw/s320/dsss.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We don’t
know what other data these companies are collecting. again, our personal
data is being collected and sold, and this is a source for income for DCC.
However, the key issue here is people’s privacy is being violated, and they are mostly unaware of it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Generally
speaking, it’s all about people who use new technologies. When using a GPS to
share a location on social networks sites, people have to be aware of what they
share. Besides that, what they share represents their personality. The awareness is crucial especially
for young people who tend to have less knowledge about protecting their privacy
online. A rich book full of examples about privacy violations called “I know
who you are and I saw what you did” is really suggested for people to raise
their awareness in this field “how to pay attention to your privacy over the
internet (online)”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro Bold","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Before
you share, make sure that you’re aware” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521978794745031099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085930025327652612.post-86066953151911422862013-08-17T23:23:00.000-07:002013-08-17T23:23:05.780-07:00A Global Revolution Instigated By Social Media Networks<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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the famous French revolution in 1789 had a fundamental impact on </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_France"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">French history</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and
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and which was also the result of an economic crisis and the increasing
frustration of people over the ineptitude of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Louis_XVI"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">King Louis XVI</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and the continued
decadence of the aristocracy. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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tax on salt, the famous Gandhi decided to find his own salt. To do so, Ghandi
walked 240 miles over the course of 24 days, joined by a growing number of
followers. However, Gandhi was jailed, but the protest drew national attention
to his cause and he was eventually released. There was no immediate success to
his peaceful protest, but eventually India obtained its independence 20 years
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al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi, a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tunisian</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> street vendor </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">set himself on fire</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> on
17 December 2010, as a protest against the confiscation of his wares and the
harassment and humiliation that he said he was subjected to by a municipal
official and her aides. Tarek’s act became a catalyst for the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_Revolution"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tunisian Revolution</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and
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inciting demonstrations and riots throughout Tunisia in protest of social and
political issues in the country.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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can’t be contained. And these protests will not only be country-focused, but it
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Social Network Users. In addition, eMarketer also estimates that the number of
social network users around the world will rise from 1.47 billion in 2012 to
1.73 billion this year, an 18% increase. By 2017, the global social network
audience will total 2.55 billion.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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users amount to nearly 30% of the Earth total population, and that number might
continue to increase in the coming decade to reach a potential 50% of the earth
inhabitants.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br />
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increasingly influential, and will peacefully and electronically protest and
will digitally fight against a global government that is driven by humachinery
greed for more power and control.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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certainly take planet Earth to a new level, an unprecedented dimension.
Generation Binary Code will bring back planet Earth to its predetermined goal,
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16521978794745031099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085930025327652612.post-61235844921238479952013-08-05T02:10:00.001-07:002013-08-05T02:39:09.094-07:00Hana Dawruk – It’s Now Your Turn<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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youth movement created by a small group of 20 something year olds in Doha,
Qatar. The group is made up of a mix bag of people from different genders,
backgrounds and careers or study paths. So what do we all have in common? We
believe that it’s up to us (yup, that includes you too), to make a change in
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cheesy but it’s true. Through information and communication technology (ICT),
we can do a lot for others who may be less fortunate than us. But we can’t do
it alone. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">How did we get started?</span></b></div>
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group of eight ictQatar employees were asked to attend the BYND 2015 summit
taking place in Costa Rica in September 9<sup>th</sup>- 11<sup>th</sup>, 2013. </span></div>
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has since grown to include youth from Qatar University, Qatar Foundation, and Silatech. </span></div>
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people to ensure their inclusion in the most important decisions of the 21st
Century. The </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: text1;">Global Youth Summit: BYND 2015</span></b><span class="intro"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: text1;"> will
assemble young people from all corners of the globe with a view to highlighting
their priorities and capturing their combined voice in crucial national and
international policy and decision making processes.</span></span></div>
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can imagine we’re excited to be heading to BYND 2015 but this has become more
than just summit, it’s a movement to create change using ICT.</span></span></div>
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recently heard of the term “pay it forward”. If you haven’t heard of it before,
initially it’s about giving back to people. Coming from a blessed lifestyle,
it’s now our turn to pay it forward.</span></span></div>
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be part of movement</span></b></span></div>
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the BYND 2015 </span></span><a href="http://ideas.itu.int/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">website</span></a><span class="intro"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: text1;"> to
learn more about the different categories that you can contribute to. </span></span></div>
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<span class="intro"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you
have a great idea how ICT can make a difference, you can tweet/email/instagram
or send us a blog post, or vlog (don’t feel like writing a blog? Easy send us a
video of yourself explaining your idea) and we can work together to bring it to
life (easy!).</span></span></div>
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on Twitter at </span></span><a href="https://ieonline.microsoft.com/#ieslice"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">@HanaDawruk</span></a><span class="intro"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-themecolor: text1;"> for regular updates.</span></span></div>
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Wishing you all Eid Mubarak!</span></span></div>
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