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Tahrir Square: an Exercise in Nation Building
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Beautiful blog post about life on Tahrir Square …
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Gay girl in Damascus: A taboo ignominy feeding to a white fantasy
Written by Aown Kaz
Biographical blog describing life in Syria amid the current political instability, supposedly written by a struggling gay woman has been revealed to be a hoax. Amina Abdallah Arraf al-Omari a 25-year-old, half-Syrian, half American lesbian living in Damascus documented her life in a blog entitled “Gay Girl in Damascus”, dating back to […]
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“WORLDREADER” BRINGS E-READERS TO GHANAIAN CLASSROOMS
Written by Delalorm
Lack of easy access to educational materials in many of Ghana’s rural communities is a huge challenge to smooth teaching and learning. Coupled with the unavailability of electricity in many places, school work can be as unmotivating for students as it is challenging for teachers. This is a problem that […]
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The Most Dangerous Place for Journalists
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FutureChallenges.org is a global project with a blogger network that stretches across the world. The FutureChallenges team is thus informed about the working conditions for journalists and bloggers in many countries. Recently, the journalist Saleem Shahzad has been killed in Pakistan after he had been reporting on the connections between […]
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Visualizations For A Better Understanding
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We are just at the beginning to see really exciting infographics, interactive charts and various kind of visualizations on the web. News companies like The Guardian are at the forefront, just remember what they came up with regarding wikileaks. For us at futurechallenges (open) data visualization is an important issue. […]
