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Al Jazeera discusses Islamism and the Arab revolutions
The Al Jazeera Center for Studies is hosting a two day conference (Sept 11-12) aimed at reflecting on the relation between Islamism and the Arab revolutions. Leader of Tunisia`s Islamist party Al...
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The worst anti-Islam film ever…
Some creative posters coming from peaceful demonstrations in Syria, mocking the world`s attention on the anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims” that has shamefully generated violence and deaths all...
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Cyber Orient: The Net worth of the Arab Spring
A new issue of CyberOrient is out, with lots of interesting reading on Internet culture and the revolutions in the Arab world. Here is my paper, edited with Augusto Valeriani: REMIXING THE SPRING!:...
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Nostalgia…
Damascus as it was in 1936..the Old market, Souq al Hamidiyya, where I used to live…
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Resistenza Creativa in Siria, oggi
Puo` sembrare folle parlare di resistenza creativa in Siria, oggi, alla luce di una rivoluzione che diventa ogni giorno di piu guerra civile (e contiene in se` tutte le premesse per diventare un...
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Syrian creative resistance still ongoing
I`m just back from Amsterdam where I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a beautiful event organized by Prince Claus Fund at the Hermitage Museum. We talked about creative resistance in Syria, and...
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Big Brother is WWWatching You/ Internet freedom rap
I`ve just discovered this amazing song that reminds us how we should all be very careful about the freedoms we are giving up, especially the freedom of leaving the Internet uncontrolled and free. The...
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Syrian Hands Raised: User Generated Creativity Between Citizenship and Dissent
My article publishes on Jadaliyya`s recently launched media page. ["Young Or Old, I Am With The law." Photo by Donatella Della Ratta] As much as images of violence, civil war, and sectarian strife...
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Syria: Art, creative resistance and active citizenship
Syria: Art, creative resistance and active citizenship This article in PDF Republished from ArtsFreedom.org BY DONATELLA DELLA RATTA • OCTOBER 2012 The links between creative resistance and active...
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Appello per salvare Bassel Khartabil aka Safadi: La sua unica colpa e` di...
Ringrazio Francesca Caferri di Repubblica, e tutti quelli che in queste ore si stanno mobilitando per attirare l`attenzione sul caso di Bassel Khartabil aka Safadi, detenuto in Siria dal marzo scorso e...
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Syria Deeply, an open-licensed news aggregator about Syria
For those who think that news reports on Syria lack context and historical background, Syria Deeply might be the solution. It is an amazingly well-done news aggregator, a great combination betwee...
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Regali di fine anno
Se ancora state cercando regali di fine anno ci sono tre cose che vorrei portare alla vostra attenzione. Sono tre cause che mi stanno a cuore, di natura diversa, per motivi diversi. La prima e` la...
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The Starfish
I want to start the New Year with poetry. This is “L`etoile de mer” (The starfish) by Robert Desnos, mise en scene by Man Ray. It was done in 1928, almost a century ago…but the beauty of its images,...
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Lessig on Free Bassel
Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons and professor at Harvard Law School, has published on The Wall Street Journal a very touching op-ed for our Bassel Khartabil aka Safadi, detained in Syria...
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The brides of freedom are finally free!
Yesterday, in the framework of the prisoners` exchange deal worked out between the Syrian regime and the Free Syrian Army, many political prisoners have been released. The four “brides of freedom” (...
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RIP Syrian TV Producer Adib Kheir
Adib Kheir was one of the most prominent figures behind quality Syrian drama (musalsalat). He was a passionate TV producer, a great creative person, a talented advertiser. When I was writing my PHD on...
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Lessig on Aaron Swartz: Why was he being charged with 13 felonies?
It has been an awful week. Together with Adib Kheir, who was a very important person to me, I am mourning with the entire Internet community the loss of one of the bravest fighters for the open web,...
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Aaron Swartz domani al Teatro Valle Occupato
Nel 2008, Aaron Swartz scriveva il Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto, proprio qui, nel nostro paese: L’informazione è potere. Ma come con ogni tipo di potere, ci sono quelli che se ne vogliono...
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Three little Syrian video gems
Since the uprising started in Syria almost two years ago, an incredible amount of creative stuff has been coming out from the web. Today I want to feature three of my favorite creative videos. Words...
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Con la rivoluzione, nonostante tutto..
Voglio ripubblicare qui il testo di Elias Khoury, apparso su Al Quds, tradotto splendidamente in italiano da Caterina Pinto e apparso su SiriaLibano: “Con la rivoluzione nonostante tutto”. Non e` solo...
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