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Act Now, Wikimedia Foundation!
It is a pity that in Wikipedia projects, internal policies are created with no regard for basic community management, no regard for capacity building, no regard for how to write to "normal" people in a virtual environment. This reminds me of the old tactic of hiring the best engineer as the next CEO, instead of being a consultant. Or maybe hiring the best engineers as an executive board. It can be efficient when starting a project, but it is not sustainable. It turns into a suffocating environment. Every administrator will eventually turn into a "respect my authority" gatekeeper instead of serving the common-sense role of a cloud-based encyclopedia, to document.…
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New year, new life and asking for help!
The second edition of the Global Voices Lingua newsletter.
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Reflections
I wrote this some time ago, not knowing if I should publish. I decided that it is good now instead of deleting it later. Trump, Trump, Trump. This has been what we were consuming for the last couple of months, or was it last couple of years? As someone who resides in the Middle East, as someone who resides in Egypt, I live in a constate state of fear. I wake up in fear, I live my day in fear, I sleep after spending the evening thinking in fear. Fear is just a thing you have to endure in everyday life, just like bills, tax, traffic, you can't escape it.…
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I Support #CharlieHebdo
My Take on #CharlieHebdo
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About Seif, About Bassem, About Myself
About Bassem Sabry, About Ahmed Seif El Islam, About Myself, About Pacifism.
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My Thoughts On #Gaza
My Thoughts On #Gaza, by Mohamed ElGohary.
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Anonymity values freedom over fear
Anonymity values freedom over fear, my contribution to IGmena
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Support This Unique Teen Approach Towards Alternative Education
Support This Unique Teen Approach Towards Alternative Education. Please share and RT and do let them know what you think: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-thirteen-youth-center/x/6364673
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Creating Digital Rights Blogs and NGOs Database & Blog Aggregator
During the fourth Arab Bloggers Meeting that I attended recently in Amman, Jordan, an idea of an independent project struck me. The project should be aimed to build a database of all NGOs, websites and blogs specialized, or have a specialized section, in digital rights. I put here a form for all NGOs and bloggers who are interested to be in the blog aggregator.
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On a serious note on #AblaFahita
On Abla Fahita, Vodafone and TelecomEgypt.
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URGENT Call of Action: Solidarity needed with Mahinour ElMasry and her fellow detainees
From Fatma Emam's blog. Apparently, this country decided to show us more and more of its ugly faces. I am writing this post in solidarity with the fierce fighter Mahinour ElMasry. Mahinour is sentenced to jail for 2 years for peaceful protesting. Mahinour is one of the first victims of the notorious protesting law, with hinders the right of assembly and many other rights. The regime understood that the masses in the streets are the makers of change. They are trying to cartel them again, to imprison them with a wicked notion of "persevering the stability and peace of the society". Those in power forget that the main reason for unrest is INJUSTICE, DESPOTISM, TYRANNY, and POVERTY.…
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2013 Year in Review
Post by Mohamed ElGohary.