The status of the Internet in Iraq, regarding both governmental policies and usage, underwent a fundamental change following Saddam Husayn’s deposal in 2003. Still, as is true with so many other features of Iraqi life, Iraq does not constitute a single, homogenous unit with regard to the Internet. Along with blogs and Facebook groups of […]
Syria was among the last countries in the Middle East to introduce the Internet. On February 24, 1996, the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (STE) received permission from the prime minister’s office to do so, and to serve as the body responsible for the Country Top-Level Domain Code (sy.). Two weeks later, STE signed an agreement with […]
Virtual worlds are becoming more complex and more intertwined with the actual world. Hence, their influence on real matters is increasing. I am speaking about the programs and games in which users, represented by avatars of their choice, can create 3D environments and virtually forge any imaginable object in them. One of the main instruments […]
According to Al Quds Al Arabi newspaper, Syria is planning to reintroduce the ban on Facebook after a first ban of the social networking website in November 2007. This came after Facebook allowed residents of the Golan Heights to mark their country of abode as Israel. Until recently Golan Facebook users were compelled to enter Syria as their country of residence on […]
On the night of August 24th. S.W.A.T hackers (probably Iranian team) penetrated 19 governmental web sites including almost all ministries. Most of the sites were down for maintenance for almost three days. Almost all government sites in Liberia fell for days. But when gargbage covers the streets of the capital Monrovia, who cares of the […]
http://www.dayan.org/Women%20and%20the%20internet.pdf Tel Aviv Notes, Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University – 30 August 2009. In recent years, the Internet has become a swift and accessible means of communication, thanks in part to the proliferation of personal blogs and, even more recently, micro-blogs (through “Twitter”). Users are now able to transmit short announcements and updates via mobile […]
The massive, sustained protests in Iran this past month against the regime’s apparent falsification of the presidential election results was enabled by widespread employment of new communication technologies. Among them is Twitter, the micro-blog which enables its users to distribute short messages of no more than 140 characters (‘Tweets’) via the Internet, including by way […]
Prior to the presidential election in Iran, the Internet and social networking Web sites were used by the different candidates and their online supporters as a means of competing with each other. In hindsight, it is clear that the Internet – and Twitter, specifically – was painted green. Only now does the general public know […]
Tal Pavel, PhD, believes Ahmadinejad’s victory to be an opportunity for other nations to compel Iran to make concessions regarding its nuclear program. And who knows, maybe, with a little help, Iran’s current regime could be displaced from within. The election resulted, perhaps expectedly and undesirably for many, with an overwhelming victory for President Mahmoud […]
Summary This survey is a continuation of the previous one[1], which referred to the initial findings relating to the Hamas casualties in “Operation Cast Lead”, which took place between 27.12.2008-18.1.2009. The period of the survey has been widened and instead of six weeks, it now covers four complete months: 27.12.2008 – 27.3.2009. Within this framework, […]
Summary “Operation Cast Lead” took place between 27/12/2008 and 18/1/2009. Upon its conclusion the parties declared a ceasefire and the time for summations has come. As part of these conclusions, Abu Obaida—the spokesperson for the Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the military branch of Hamas, held a press conference on 19/1/2009 in which he outlined the […]
“This is my only link to the western world, one click and I’m in LA. It also enables me to communicate more freely with other Iranians my age,” said a young Iranian woman in 2003, explaining how important internet cafés are for youths in her country. Considering the strict constraints on personal and communication freedoms […]
France’s parliament rejected Hadopi (la Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur internet) bill on Thursday (09.04.2009) with the ruling UMP party failure (21-15) to approve the law. The law proposed two warnings and then, after a third violation, disconnection from the Internet for up to a year of […]
As a tool for direct and unfettered access to information and its transmission, the internet constitutes a cultural and political challenge to certain regimes. Accordingly, some states in the Middle East and elsewhere seek to restrict their citizens from using the internet in a free and comprehensive manner. According to “Journalists Without Borders”, five of […]
Abstract This article will examine the evolution of the extreme Islamic movements in Britain that were established and led by Omar Bakri Muhammad, being their spiritual leader, from the Hizb ut-Tahrir to the Islam for the UK organizations. The article will describe the chronological order of these organizations, and emphasize their relationship and opinions to […]
For many young people in Iran, the Internet serves as a two-directional tool they can use to both express themselves with a certain degree of freedom, and one through which they can search for information while exposing themselves to issues which are forbidden by the Iranian regime. In a country where public behavior is supervised […]