Tag Archive | #jan25
Wael Ghonim, most influential person in Time’s 2011 list
Thanks to @anapastor_tve and the magic of Twitter I learned that Wael Ghonim is leading Time magazine’s most influential people list 2011. This is a recognition to the youth that is leading the crutial changes in the arab world, but it also shows the influence of Internet and social media over society and political structures: [...]
“A New Arab generation finds its voice” in the New York Times
The New York Times has published in its digital version a special coverage titled A New Arab generation finds its voice. It covers the points of view of 25 young Arabs, coming from different countries and with different backgrounds. From each person we get an impression of the changes happening these days in the Arab [...]
Al Jazeera: the model of news media 2.0
Since the terrorist attack of September 11th, Al Jazeera has been growing as one of the biggest news channels worldwide. It has became specially important when looking for political or war news coming from the Middle East and Arab countries. Other than being the alternative to mainstream news providers such as CNN, by positioning themselves [...]
