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Entries by Julie Tomlin from 01/2012

Can Social Media Empower Arab Women?

| Posted 01.10.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Egypt, Twitter, Social Media, Women's Rights, Arab Spring, Facebook, Sexual Harrassment, Saudi Arabia, UK World, UK Tech, UK Tech News

After a year when popular movements swept across the Arab world, it's maybe not surprising that the number of people using Facebook and Twitter in the region has shot up.

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Ahdaf Soueif: Egypt's Revolutionaries Are in for the Long Haul

| Posted 01.18.2012 | UK
Read More: Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Ahdaf Soueif, Scaf, Revolution, UK World, Middle East, Arab Spring, UK News

Nearly a year after Egyptians took to the streets in an uprising that led to the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak, it is time for the army to return to barracks and have nothing more to do with the running of the country, the writer Ahdaf Soueif said at a panel discussion in London last night.

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Fears Over Fresh Crackdown on Bloggers and Journalists as Iran's Elections Approach

| Posted 01.25.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Journalists, Internet, Iran, Iran Human Rights, Green Movement, Blogger, UK World, Bloggers in Danger, Iran Reformists, UK Tech, UK Media, Huffington Post News

The recent wave of arrests of journalists and bloggers in Iran is a worrying sign of a government crackdown ahead of parliamentary elections in March.

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Gene Sharp: The Knowledge of How People Can Be Free is Spreading Throughout the World

| Posted 01.31.2012 | UK
Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Gene Sharp, How to Start a Revolution, UK World, Ruaridh Arrow Documentary, Non-Violence, Frontline Club, Non-Violent Resistance, UK News

We can expect more "amazing struggles" around the world in the next few years according to Gene Sharp, the man credited with the non-violent strategy behind the toppling of governments from Serbia to Egypt.

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