Saudi Manga
Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat, At Manga Productions, the Saudis tap a new generation for talent | The DeanBeat, 29 Sep 2023 “In Saudi Arabia, more than 70% of the population...
Iran Influence Ops
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, Iran’s Influence Operation Pays Off, 28 Sep 2023 “According to reports by Semafor and Iran International, Iranian foreign-policy bigwigs such as Mohammad Javad Zarif identified think-tank staffers of...
IS prosecution UK
Sky News, Mohamad al Bared guilty of terror offence after designing ‘kamikaze’ drone for ISIS, 28 Sep 2023 “He copied the design of a Tomahawk missile and produced the...
aQ & Propaganda
Haid Haid, Al-Majalla, A book by al-Qaeda’s new leader reveals shifting strategies, 28 Sep 2023. A discussion of Sayf al-Adl’s Free Reading of 33 Strategies of War: “At the...
Islam in digitalen Räumen
I’m part of an Islam in Digital Spaces (Islam in digitalen Räumen) lecture series organised by Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Gießen’s Zentrum für Islamische Studien. Contact the organisers for information. Details below:
Indonesian Tik-Tok Block
Dewi Kurniawati and Stanley Widianto, Reuters, In major blow to TikTok, Indonesia bans e-commerce transactions on social media, 27 Sep 2023 “The government said the move, which takes effect immediately, is...
Robot Fatwas
Vishwam Sankaran, Independent, Iranian officials mulling over use of AI to issue fatwas, 27 Sep 2023. Based on FT.com, ‘Robots can help issue a fatwa’: Iran’s clerics look to...
X label removal impact
The Hill, Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels, 26 Sep 2023 “The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media...
Digital Urdu
Anmol Irfan, Time, The Fight to Preserve the Urdu Script in the Digital World, 27 Sep 2023 “The Matnsaz app is part of a larger initiative by the same...