http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/04/a-tale-of-two-protests-an-update-on-one/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/04/a-tale-of-two-protests-an-update-on-one/comment-page-1/#comment-207614 …My heart’s in Accra » Draft paper on mobile phones and activism Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:11:41 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=319#comment-207614 [...] In smart-mob scenarios, mobile phones function as an impromptu broadcast network - if activists had access to radio stations with sufficient footprint, they could achieve similar goals by broadcasting information about rallies over the airwaves. Other activist uses of mobiles take advantage of the ability of mobile owners to create content as well as forwarding it. Activists with the pro-democracy Kefaya movement use mobile phones and their cameras to document demonstrations and other news events, including a government crackdown on Sudanese protesters in Cairo - they call, text or use MMS to send messages to the administrator of the Kefaya blog, which compiles reports into blog posts much as a newroom turns field reports into finished articles. [...] [...] In smart-mob scenarios, mobile phones function as an impromptu broadcast network – if activists had access to radio stations with sufficient footprint, they could achieve similar goals by broadcasting information about rallies over the airwaves. Other activist uses of mobiles take advantage of the ability of mobile owners to create content as well as forwarding it. Activists with the pro-democracy Kefaya movement use mobile phones and their cameras to document demonstrations and other news events, including a government crackdown on Sudanese protesters in Cairo – they call, text or use MMS to send messages to the administrator of the Kefaya blog, which compiles reports into blog posts much as a newroom turns field reports into finished articles. [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/04/a-tale-of-two-protests-an-update-on-one/comment-page-1/#comment-63024 …My heart’s in Accra » Alaa on Egyptian blogs and activism Sun, 17 Sep 2006 06:02:56 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=319#comment-63024 [...] Another major blogger event occured on New Years’ Eve, 2006. Thousands of Sudanese refugees had been staging a sit-in outside the UN offices in Cairo. With the end of the North/South war in Sudan, the refugees were to be resettled in Sudan. But many feared repercussions and retribution and weren’t willing to return. They were camped out in a park in a wealthy part of Cairo, near the UN, and had been experiencing racist harrasment. Alaa and others had received information that the police were to clear the park, and on New Years Eve, resulting clashes killed 50 refugees. As I noted on this blog, the event was barely a blip in global media attention. But Egyptian bloggers covered it closely, reporting via SMS to a virtual newsroom set up around Alaa’s server. And support from the blogosphere continued after the protests, raising money to support the refugees. [...] [...] Another major blogger event occured on New Years’ Eve, 2006. Thousands of Sudanese refugees had been staging a sit-in outside the UN offices in Cairo. With the end of the North/South war in Sudan, the refugees were to be resettled in Sudan. But many feared repercussions and retribution and weren’t willing to return. They were camped out in a park in a wealthy part of Cairo, near the UN, and had been experiencing racist harrasment. Alaa and others had received information that the police were to clear the park, and on New Years Eve, resulting clashes killed 50 refugees. As I noted on this blog, the event was barely a blip in global media attention. But Egyptian bloggers covered it closely, reporting via SMS to a virtual newsroom set up around Alaa’s server. And support from the blogosphere continued after the protests, raising money to support the refugees. [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/04/a-tale-of-two-protests-an-update-on-one/comment-page-1/#comment-6517 …My heart’s in Accra » Elijah on Sudanese refugees in Cairo Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:06:08 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=319#comment-6517 [...] Elijah translates comments and responses to Alaa’s post, as well as other posts in the Egyptian blogosphere on the issue. It’s required reading if you’re concerned about the situation in Cairo, or in larger issues of human rights in Egypt, racial tension between Arab and Black Muslims or issues concerning refugees from Darfur. [...] [...] Elijah translates comments and responses to Alaa’s post, as well as other posts in the Egyptian blogosphere on the issue. It’s required reading if you’re concerned about the situation in Cairo, or in larger issues of human rights in Egypt, racial tension between Arab and Black Muslims or issues concerning refugees from Darfur. [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/04/a-tale-of-two-protests-an-update-on-one/comment-page-1/#comment-6384 Elijah Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:43:50 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=319#comment-6384 Those translations are coming, man. I haven't forgotten you! Those translations are coming, man. I haven’t forgotten you!

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/01/04/a-tale-of-two-protests-an-update-on-one/comment-page-1/#comment-6018 …My heart’s in Accra » DRC - 3.8 million dead. Darfur? Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:42:22 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=319#comment-6018 [...] I wrote a couple of days back about my sense of guilt at not covering the plight of Sudanese refugees in Cairo more carefully. Thinking about stories that I - and others - haven’t covered closely enough in Africa, two come to the front of my mind: Darfur and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A few links on both subjects: [...] [...] I wrote a couple of days back about my sense of guilt at not covering the plight of Sudanese refugees in Cairo more carefully. Thinking about stories that I – and others – haven’t covered closely enough in Africa, two come to the front of my mind: Darfur and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A few links on both subjects: [...]

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