Ms. Marvel
Having lectured on many aspects of Muslim media representation issues over the years, I have to mention Ms Marvel – which has been a joy to watch on Disney+....
Influence Impacted
TechCrunch, Google Exec suggests Instagram and TikTok are eating into Google core products, search and maps “The TikTok threat to Google’s business isn’t just limited to YouTube, as it...
DNS and Radicalisation
Arthur Bradley & Deeba Shadnia, Examining Online Migration To Terrorist And Violent Extremist-Owned Domains (Tech Against Terrorism, GWU Program on Extremism Abstract: “This paper analyzes the use of terrorist...
‘Islamic Responses to COVID-19’
Hard to believe that this happened a year ago … The one-day UWTSD online conference on ‘Islamic Responses to COVID-19: Authority and Religiosity in #Muslim Communities and Digital Worlds’....
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...