Hip-hop Egypt
Internet subtext to this interesting long read by Yasmine El Rashidi, The Guardian, How hip-hop fuelled Egypt’s rebellion. “The events of 2011 had been the impetus for millions of...
Animal Rights & Meta
Tonggo Simangunsong, RestofWorld, Illegal wildlife trafficking thrives in Facebook groups for “animal lovers”, 10 July 2023 “In Indonesia, Facebook is filled with groups where illegal sellers thrive, trading in exotic animals...
Toomaj Salehi
Reuters, Iranian rapper to be jailed for six years, avoiding death sentence – lawyer, 10 July 2023 “Well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who supported the protest movement that sprang...
Reading the digital Qur’an
About Islam, Does Reading Quran on Phone Count?, 6 June 2023 “Reciting the Noble Quran is greatly rewarded by Allah Almighty. This reward applies whether a Muslim recites the Quran from a written copy (Mushaf)...
Leiden
Digitisation of libraries is extremely important. I look forward to a deep dive into Leiden’s online content
Threads
I’m now on Threads, but it will take me a while to get up to speed on it. You can find my link here: https://www.threads.net/@g.r.bunt
NaTakallam
Arab News, Refugee-powered NaTakallam launches professional Arabic language courses, 5 July 2023 “Six Syrian refugees in the US have crafted the “Arabic for Professionals” course launched on Wednesday by...
Malaysia-Meta
Hadi Azmi, SCMP, Malaysia to work with Meta on wiping ‘undesirable content’ from Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, 5 July 2023. “Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to work with police in Malaysia to...
Update
I’ve been on holiday, and also putting some finishing touches to the manuscript for my next book, so there have been fewer posts over the past couple of weeks....
French riots disinformation
BBC Verify, False Posts about French riots spread online, 4 July 2023 (update). “Images of the unrest, which has spread to other French cities, are being shared on social...