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Digitally distracted professor. Researcher/author on Islam, Muslims and the internet. Emoji-free zone. Reposting does not imply endorsement, etc. #HashtagIslam #Islam virtuallyislamic.com
http://virtuallyislamic.com/vi2023/-
‘Digital Silk Road’
Wed 5 Rabi Al Thani 1448AH 16-9-2026AD -
Eman el-Shazly detention
Fri 15 Rabi Al Awwal 1448AH 28-8-2026AD -
AI and Arabic
Sun 10 Rabi Al Awwal 1448AH 23-8-2026AD -
Fihris
Thu 7 Rabi Al Awwal 1448AH 20-8-2026AD -
Arabic AI
Tue 5 Rabi Al Awwal 1448AH 18-8-2026AD -
Zoom Arabic Translation
Fri 10 Safar 1448AH 24-7-2026AD -
Talking to Claude
Wed 1 Safar 1448AH 15-7-2026AD -
Grand Imam on AI
Wed 16 Muharram 1448AH 1-7-2026AD -
UAE Arabic Usage Issues
Thu 18 Dhul Hijjah 1447AH 4-6-2026AD -
Egyptian Blogger Freed
Thu 7 Shawwal 1447AH 26-3-2026AD -
Egypt blocks Roblox
Thu 17 Shaban 1447AH 5-2-2026AD -
The Digital Minbar
Mon 7 Shaban 1447AH 26-1-2026AD -
MENA AI
Tue 24 Rajab 1447AH 13-1-2026AD -
Egypt, AI and ‘fake news‘
Mon 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1447AH 8-12-2025AD -
UAE ‘Factory of Intelligence‘
Sat 15 Jumada Al Akhira 1447AH 6-12-2025AD -
YouTube Shorts Veo 3 MENA
Sat 17 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 8-11-2025AD -
‘The Muslim Metaverse‘
Wed 7 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 29-10-2025AD -
HP KSA PC
Sat 3 Jumada Al Oula 1447AH 25-10-2025AD -
AI and Digital Influence
Wed 2 Rabi Al Thani 1447AH 24-9-2025AD -
UAE AI
Tue 24 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 16-9-2025AD -
UAE Influence
Mon 23 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 15-9-2025AD -
UAE AI K2
Tue 17 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 9-9-2025AD -
Azure Cloud Hit
Sun 15 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 7-9-2025AD -
Arabic AI
Tue 10 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 2-9-2025AD -
ILMU Malaysia AI
Tue 10 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 2-9-2025AD -
Humain AI KSA
Tue 3 Rabi Al Awwal 1447AH 26-8-2025AD -
NurAI
Wed 19 Safar 1447AH 13-8-2025AD -
Understanding AI
Mon 13 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 9-6-2025AD -
KSA eSports Hub
Mon 13 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 9-6-2025AD -
KSA+UAE Tech Hub Developments(?)
Thu 9 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 5-6-2025AD -
KSA-Israel Technology ‘Ties‘
Thu 9 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 5-6-2025AD -
Indonesia AI
Thu 9 Dhul Hijjah 1446AH 5-6-2025AD -
‘Stargate UAE‘
Thu 24 Dhul Qidah 1446AH 22-5-2025AD -
UAE AI Arabic model launched
Wed 23 Dhul Qidah 1446AH 21-5-2025AD -
AI, Islam, LLMs and Data Harvesting
Mon 14 Dhul Qidah 1446AH 12-5-2025AD -
Umm Kulthum
Wed 27 Shaban 1446AH 26-2-2025AD -
AI Middle East (Report)
Wed 27 Shaban 1446AH 26-2-2025AD -
Meta AI Arabic
Mon 25 Shaban 1446AH 24-2-2025AD -
Cola goes Pop
Wed 20 Shaban 1446AH 19-2-2025AD -
Syria-Egypt pressure drops(?)
Wed 15 Rajab 1446AH 15-1-2025AD -
Post-Web MENA
Thu 9 Rajab 1446AH 9-1-2025AD -
Indigenous AI
Sat 28 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 30-11-2024AD -
KSA China Tech ‘boost‘
Wed 25 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 27-11-2024AD -
Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Wed 25 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 27-11-2024AD -
West African AI Models
Tue 24 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 26-11-2024AD -
AI Chips
Mon 23 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 25-11-2024AD -
AI MENA Security
Mon 23 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 25-11-2024AD -
Podcast – The Sound of Revolution in Modern…
Sat 21 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 23-11-2024AD -
Qat/cat AI
Thu 19 Jumada Al Oula 1446AH 21-11-2024AD -
Arabic LLMs
Sat 30 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 2-11-2024AD -
African AI Issues
Wed 20 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 23-10-2024AD -
The Egyptian Net Hub
Wed 20 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 23-10-2024AD -
Gaza Distance Education
Thu 7 Rabi Al Thani 1446AH 10-10-2024AD -
Arabic AI ++
Fri 24 Rabi Al Awwal 1446AH 27-9-2024AD -
Google OCR Arabic
Tue 24 Muharram 1446AH 30-7-2024AD -
Women-only ride-sharing apps
Mon 23 Muharram 1446AH 29-7-2024AD -
’Illegal’ Hajj (update)
Wed 6 Dhul Hijjah 1445AH 12-6-2024AD -
Bahasa Indonesia LLM
Thu 15 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 23-5-2024AD -
LLMs in Swahili
Thu 15 Dhul Qidah 1445AH 23-5-2024AD -
AI Arabic
Sun 26 Shawwal 1445AH 5-5-2024AD -
AI UAE
Thu 9 Shawwal 1445AH 18-4-2024AD -
Telegram – Dubai
Wed 8 Shawwal 1445AH 17-4-2024AD -
Egyptian Responses to Iran attack
Mon 6 Shawwal 1445AH 15-4-2024AD -
Women Rappers in Egypt
Wed 1 Shawwal 1445AH 10-4-2024AD -
Meta ‘Shaheed‘ Ban
Mon 15 Ramadan 1445AH 25-3-2024AD -
Chip Strategies
Mon 8 Ramadan 1445AH 18-3-2024AD -
Ramadan ‘Influencers‘
Wed 3 Ramadan 1445AH 13-3-2024AD -
Sandvine on Entity List
Tue 2 Ramadan 1445AH 12-3-2024AD -
Mohammed Al-Sharekh
Thu 26 Shaban 1445AH 7-3-2024AD -
DeepLcom
Thu 26 Shaban 1445AH 7-3-2024AD -
Egypt’s “Digital Nomads”
Fri 6 Shaban 1445AH 16-2-2024AD -
El-Meksiki Rides Again
Sat 29 Rajab 1445AH 10-2-2024AD -
Googleyat
Fri 28 Rajab 1445AH 9-2-2024AD -
Hijab On-air
Wed 19 Rajab 1445AH 31-1-2024AD -
Old Macs
Sun 9 Rajab 1445AH 21-1-2024AD -
KSA AI
Fri 7 Rajab 1445AH 19-1-2024AD -
Egypt: Anti-Syrian Social Media Campaign
Sat 1 Rajab 1445AH 13-1-2024AD -
Billboard Arabia
Thu 1 Jumada Al Akhira 1445AH 14-12-2023AD -
Egypt Data Dip
Tue 21 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 5-12-2023AD -
C30 C60 C90 Go
Thu 2 Jumada Al Oula 1445AH 16-11-2023AD -
Israel’s Arabic bots
Wed 17 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 1-11-2023AD -
Piers Morgan interview: Bassem Youssef
Wed 3 Rabi Al Thani 1445AH 18-10-2023AD -
Egypt’s Forgotten Women Qur’an Reciters
Fri 21 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 6-10-2023AD -
Arabic AI
Wed 19 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 4-10-2023AD -
Digital Urdu
Wed 12 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 27-9-2023AD -
Turkey Gaming
Sat 1 Rabi Al Awwal 1445AH 16-9-2023AD -
Meanwhile, on the Dancefloor …
Thu 29 Safar 1445AH 14-9-2023AD -
‘Proxy Pilgrimage’
Wed 21 Safar 1445AH 6-9-2023AD -
JAIS Arabic Language Model
Mon 19 Safar 1445AH 4-9-2023AD -
MENA AI Biometric Concerns
Wed 7 Safar 1445AH 23-8-2023AD -
AI MSA Translations
Tue 6 Safar 1445AH 22-8-2023AD -
Podcast: Digital Activism in the Arab World
Thu 23 Muharram 1445AH 10-8-2023AD -
Egypt and Animal Welfare
Mon 20 Muharram 1445AH 7-8-2023AD -
Hip-hop Rijksmuseum Controversy
Wed 8 Muharram 1445AH 26-7-2023AD -
New & Noted: “Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook…
Wed 1 Muharram 1445AH 19-7-2023AD -
Arabic Bard
Thu 25 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 13-7-2023AD -
Online campaign for Gamal Mubarak
Tue 23 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 11-7-2023AD -
Hip-hop Egypt
Tue 23 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 11-7-2023AD -
NaTakallam
Thu 18 Dhul Hijjah 1444AH 6-7-2023AD -
Fatwa Pro
Fri 27 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 16-6-2023AD -
KSA Gaming
Thu 26 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 15-6-2023AD -
African Arabic
Mon 23 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 12-6-2023AD -
Training AI in Arabic Content
Mon 9 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 29-5-2023AD -
AI Arabic
Sun 8 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 28-5-2023AD -
Egypt: Social Media on Cleopatra programme
Thu 5 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 25-5-2023AD -
MENA Podcasts
Tue 3 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 23-5-2023AD -
Spotify Arabic
Tue 26 Shawwal 1444AH 16-5-2023AD -
Egypt Jails YouTuber
Mon 18 Shawwal 1444AH 8-5-2023AD -
Salma El-Shimy
Thu 29 Ramadan 1444AH 20-4-2023AD -
Egypt TV Confusion
Mon 26 Ramadan 1444AH 17-4-2023AD -
Egypt: Social Media Influencers
Tue 20 Ramadan 1444AH 11-4-2023AD -
LGBTQ Egypt
Thu 8 Ramadan 1444AH 30-3-2023AD -
Yasmin El-Rifae
Wed 7 Ramadan 1444AH 29-3-2023AD -
‘Saudi-Egypt Twitter war’
Wed 7 Ramadan 1444AH 29-3-2023AD -
Grindr Egypt Warning
Thu 1 Ramadan 1444AH 23-3-2023AD -
Middle East Digital Archive
Tue 29 Shaban 1444AH 21-3-2023AD -
Iraq: 20 Years On
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
‘Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials’
Mon 28 Shaban 1444AH 20-3-2023AD -
Alaa Abdel-Fattah">Alaa Abdel-Fattah
Sat 26 Shaban 1444AH 18-3-2023AD -
Egypt Crypto Scam
Mon 14 Shaban 1444AH 6-3-2023AD -
Islamic Coin
Tue 9 Rajab 1444AH 31-1-2023AD -
LGBTQ+ Egypt Persecution
Tue 9 Rajab 1444AH 31-1-2023AD -
Mohamed Ramadan
Sat 6 Rajab 1444AH 28-1-2023AD -
هنا لندن
Sat 6 Rajab 1444AH 28-1-2023AD -
Digital Middle East
Tue 17 Jumada Al Akhira 1444AH 10-1-2023AD -
ArabPod
Wed 13 Jumada Al Oula 1444AH 7-12-2022AD -
Gaming Fatwas
Mon 4 Jumada Al Oula 1444AH 28-11-2022AD -
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Mon 30 Safar 1444AH 26-9-2022AD -
TikTok Issues
Wed 28 Dhul Hijjah 1443AH 27-7-2022AD -
Tweet-washing
Sun 25 Dhul Hijjah 1443AH 24-7-2022AD -
Egypt meta-kid
Tue 29 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 28-6-2022AD -
MENA FinTech
Tue 1 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 31-5-2022AD -
Egypt Sub Cable
Tue 1 Dhul Qidah 1443AH 31-5-2022AD -
Jeddah’s Digital Art Museum
Mon 29 Shawwal 1443AH 30-5-2022AD -
Predictive Facebook
Mon 22 Shawwal 1443AH 23-5-2022AD -
Zar
Tue 9 Shawwal 1443AH 10-5-2022AD -
‘Belly Dance video’
Sun 30 Ramadan 1443AH 1-5-2022AD