Hajj Infographic
The infographics are effective, but don’t include the Motawif issue(!): Al Jazeera, Infographic: When are Hajj and Eid al-Adha?
Egypt meta-kid
Aisling Ní Chúláin & Reuters/Euronews, This 13-year old Egyptian wunderkind is building his own metaverse out of his mother’s old clothes, 28 June 2022 “Using some of his mother’s...
Hajj portal
Seán McLoughlin, Middle East Eye, Hajj: How a new Saudi-run travel agency failed western ‘guests of God’ discussing the ongoing Motawif #hajj issues. “Western pilgrims report numerous flaws in...
Andrew Deck and Kisha Ravi, Rest of World, Diaspora communities reframe history, one Instagram post at a time, 28 June 2022, “Takweer is just one of dozens of Instagram...
Motawif
haramainsharifain.com, ‘Hajj 2022: The Failed launch of Motawif’, Hajj 2022: The Failed Launch Of Motawif “…, since the launch of the platform over two weeks ago, several applicants shared...
Podcast: Undercover Canadian
“The American Spy author Lauren Wilkinson, hailed by none other than President Obama, talks to former Jihad supporter turned undercover Canadian counter terrorism operative Mubin Shaikh. Host Rory Bremner...
AI Voices
Alex Hern, Guardian, Amazon’s Alexa could turn dead loved ones’ voices into digital assistant, 23 June 2022 “Technology promises ability to ‘make the memories last’ by mimicking the voice...
Qur’an text use
Mothership, Online store apologises for selling swimsuits & pyjamas with prints of Quranic texts, 23 June 2022 “A TikTok user has called out an apparel website, which claims to...
East Africa
Cara Anna, AP, Study: Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content, 15 June 2022 “A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group...
Taliban net
Video from Amnesty International about the Taliban’s approach towards some social media content providers: Afghanistan: Since assuming power, the #Taliban have been using intimidation, harassment, and violence on anyone...