Egypt Internet activists and “influence”

Muhammad Hamza

Bikya Masr

30 August 2009

The use of the Internet in Egypt as a platform for political activism has been the topic of discussion in various political circles and in the media.

Bloggers have come under the spotlight when they started to expose and bring to public attention cases of human rights violations and physical abuse against detainees in police stations. Others have been expressing their political views, which are quite critical of the government and the policies of the state as a whole.

They have managed to grab the attention of the media at home and human rights and media freedom organizations abroad.  read more »

Egypt: April 6 movement to launch anti-government campaign

Bikya Masr

29 August 2009

CAIRO: Egypt’s most successful opposition movement to date, the April 6 Student Movement, has announced it will launch a new anti-government campaign to “expose the regime’s policy and the ruling party’s failures.” On Friday, the movement known for organizing Internet and street demonstrations – said they plan to organize the second annual Electronic anti-National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, according to local newspapers.  read more »

ما هى ويكيبيديا العربية؟

"ويكيبيديا" مشروع متعدد اللغات في أكثر من مئة لغة لصنع موسوعة دقيقة ومتكاملة ومتنوعة ومفتوحة ومحايدة ومجانية للجميع، يستطيع الجميع المساهمة في تحريرها.  read more »