Hello friends. I’ve been unusually busy this past month, but I thought I’d quickly share with you three awesome TED Talks on the power of social media and how it helps to facilitate change.
One of them is a talk by Ethan Zuckerman, the co-founder of Global Voices Online. The other two are by Wael Ghonim, and Wadah Khanfar, head of Al Jazeera. Here are they are.
Wadah Khanfar: A historic moment in the Arab world
Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices
Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution
Enjoy, and stay tuned for an audio interview I’ll post soon on the Arab revolutions and Sudan with a knowledgeable Sudanese-born American political analyst based in Washington DC.
In it, he responds to my questions and gives his perspective on why the 1985 peaceful popular revolt in Sudan didn’t sustain its gains, and what Egyptian and Tunisian activists can learn from the mistakes that Sudanese pro-democracy activists made back then.
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Wadah Khanfar is an Islamist…lived in Sudan when Dr. Hassan Al-Turabi was in power…Dr. Hassan Al-Turabi introduced him to the Ruling family of Qatar…Al Jazeera is one of the major factor for all changes occurring in the Arab world
Every Idiot says that all revolutions are merely organized by youth!!!
And your point is? Your theocratic friends, the Islamists are responsible for these revolutions? Erm, whatever makes you happy dude. Please say hi to the holy, awesome, amazing, peace-loving and brilliant Turabi for me the next time you see him, will ya? Thanks.
If it had been under the name of Islam, They would be titled a terrorists movements…So let the facebook youth be the introduction and The Islamists be the details!!
Don’t worry about Turabi, He is in a safe hands and his thoughts are spreading all over even where u live and Islamists r dominating the Arab world and about to win every election…This wave can’t be stopped!!
Peace dude
Check out this excellent TEDxYouth talk on the power of social media: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j49wat8SjuI
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