RamadanMassacre

An enlightening and informed – thus rare – Facebook conversation on the events in Syria.

Role of Social Media in Arab Spring Overblown?

This graf in Tunis disagrees…

Football, Facebook, and soft wars over Palestine

Last month there was a stirring around the Brazilian football player Marcelo Vieira (known simply as ‘Marcelo’ to fans), first for purportedly having his page deleted* from Facebook and then for being cut from his team.

Repression 2.0

Authoritarian Repression in the Age of e-Dissidence Traditionally, Arab regimes have used a large repertoire of repressive means ranging from massive torture (as it was the case pre-occupation Irak, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, and to a lesser extent Morocco and Jordan), to the complete control of the press, the banning of the opposition, the diffusion of [...]

Celebrate Sanity with a Gaddafi Facebook Profile Picture

Muammar Gaddafi is the Kanye West of Arab dictators. He dresses real cool; says dumb shit at inappropriate times; and is convinced that he’s far greater than he really is. Plus, everybody knows he’s a motha fuckin monster.

Celebs <3 Egypt

Egypt is big news everywhere these days; while it’s little surprise to see the world laying down support, it’s no longer just the masses, but the celebs as well. On Twitter, celebrities share their support, news items, and, well, occasionally use the Egyptian people’s uprising to capitalize on their own fame. First, we’ve got P. [...]

Egypt: Hope We Can All Believe In

More photoshopped Facebook profile images for all our KABOBfans to download, use and pass along. This time, inspired by President Barack Obama’s famous “hope” poster… minus the bullshit.

Tunisia and American social media

Almost a year ago, I started a post about revolutionary regime change in the Arab world writing, “The domino effect starts with the largest and one of the most politically corrupt nations in this culturally geographically designated (Arab) “world.” Prescient? Only if I wasn’t talking about Egypt. Tunisian unrest over unemployment, economic disparity and autocratic corruption (is there any other kind?) was far from my mind, and many others unfamiliar with the former French colony’s struggles with 23 year-ruling president Ben Ali. But yesterday, Tunisia and the people of Tunisia appeared to be on the minds and status updates of many who also commemorated the day’s historic popular uprising by switching their profile picture to the flag of Tunisia. Below are some that appeared on my newsfeed. I start out with my favorite of the round-up:

“Can someone please do that again, except in Egypt?”
-Haroon Moghul

Ahmedinejad Says No To Your Vampire Application Request

The unthinkable has happened. We were aware that that Iran has some extremely dodgy politics, but there is a line and the Iranian government has not only crossed it but has begun dancing on the other side. Lives of millions have come to a complete stop as Tehran has made its most heinous move against [...]

Queen Rania Steals Facebook Page

Queen Rania of Jordan (or as I tend to call her, Queen YouTube) seems to be taking the social media world by storm…and by force. Shortly after joining Twitter, the Jordanian royal hopped on Facebook, having the admin rights of the user who created her fan page taken away. According to the user, who blogged [...]