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leila Twitter: leila_naLeila

I am a Spanish-Syrian communication strategist and human rights activist. I teach Communications at Carlos III University in Madrid, where I just started my PhD. I write about citizen empowerment, human rights promotion and the social dimension of technology for several media such as Global Voices Online, Global Voices Advocacy, Al-Jazeera, El Mundo and Eldiario.es.
  • United Against Violence

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    On 1-3 November I participated in the International Conference on Non-Violence in Tunis, where activists, academics and journalists from the north and the south of the Mediterranean met to discuss regional strategies to support non-violent activism and democratic transition.  The conference aimed to strengthen solidarity and partnership between non-violent civil […]