Lina Ben Mhenni is a Tunisian blogger [ar] and activist, and has been writing about the Tunisian blogosphere for Global Voices since October 2008.
Through the creation of a Facebook group and a blog [fe], she has led awareness campaigns about the recent case of a Tunisian student, Mohamed Soudani, who has been jailed for giving media interview.
The Second Arab Bloggers meeting is just over here in Beirut. It has been an incredible opportunity to meet up and discuss with a bunch of very interesting folks coming fromYemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Egypt,Qatar, Sudan, etc.
متابعة قراءة Second Arab Bloggers meeting over
Okay, so in my last post I promised more from there, but the flaky internet connection, the awesomeness of people in Beirut, and my ever changing mood all conspired to make that impossible. I actually hardly opened my laptop during the last two days of the meeting. I’m back to Riyadh but since I promised more, here’s a quick recap of what happened…
على هامش الملتقى الثاني للمدونين العرب الذي عقد في بيروت من 8 إلى 12 ديسمبر 2009، أجريت حوارا مع المدون و الناشط المصري أحمد غربية و مع منسقة مؤسسة المشاع الإبداعي في المنطقة العربية، دوناتالا دلا راتا، تحدثا فيه عن واقعالمشاع الإبداعي في العالم العربي و عن القيود القانونية المتعلقة بحماية حقوق الملكية الفكرية و كذا الجوانب الثقافية المرتبطة بدعم الثقافة الحرة في منطقتنا.
The 2nd Arab Bloggers Forum that takes place in Beirut from the 8th to the 13th of December has gathered 60 different bloggers from all the Arab World to exchange their experiences and give tips in how to become a more professional blogger in the Arab region.