The Arab Spring and impact of technology on human rights

By: Eva Revear

Tuesday, March 6, 2012






Abstract: Deals about the impact of technology on  human rights  in the Arab revolutions. According to the athor , Although the Internet played a large role in the organizational aspects of these uprisings, social media is a double edged sword.


Extract: " During an hour of lecture, then question and answer, Ishay talked about her research on human rights and the Arab Spring, in terms of the role that internet, social media, and women played in the Middle Eastern uprisings of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen."


Index terms: Arab spring, revolutions, Politics,  Human rignts, Social networks, mobilisation 


Source: The Ledger

URL: http://www.uwtledger.com/the-arab-spring-and-impact-of-technology-on-human-rights-1.2810276#.T3Yi3mEaOqo

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By: A.O

The role of social networking in the Arab spring

By: Glebs Prohorovs

Abstract : Deals about the role that played the social media in the Arab revolutions. The author believes in the importance of the new media in mobilizing people in order to defeat the governements and  improve civic life within a state.

Quotation :  " by the means social networks such as Facebook and Twitter the world community was informed about the human rights violations and growing public discontent within the state.

" stress that the social uprising was a triumph of free people over repression and the triumph of social media over the censorship. It seems to me that we witness how social networking is transforming from the mean of social communication into political tool that can mobilize people to subvert hegemony and improve civic life within a state."

Index terms : Arab spring, revolutions, mobilisation, social networks, Facebook Revolution, Politics,social change, Tunisia, Egypt,Libya 

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Source :  Creative Hive

URL : http://www.creativehive.org/post/1000 

By : A.O

French chef loves desserts and U.S.A.

OROSZ, Monica, French chef loves desserts and U.S.A., Dailymail, March 30, 2012.

Abstract : This article presents a french chef settled in U.S.A., Jean-François Suteau.

Quotation :

“CHARLESTON, W.Va.

Jean-Francois Suteau is doing the only thing he ever wanted to do create delicious pastries and desserts.

The native of France, who has been the head pastry chef at The Greenbrier Resort since this past December, was to the manner born his family has a history in patisserie going all the way back to 1752.

"Actually, it skipped one generation," Suteau said, explaining his father pursued another profession. "But my grandfather and so on for a few generations, they were all pastry chefs. That was the only thing I wanted to do. I guess it's in the blood."

Suteau, who was born in Nantes, began his career with apprenticeships in bakeries before he moved to Paris and then came to the United States in 1992.

"I came here just for vacation," he admitted. "And the vacation lasted for four years. I fell in love with the country."[...]”

Index terms : French Chef, U.S.A., pastries, desserts.

Found with : Google alert “french chef”.

URL : http://www.dailymail.com/foodandliving/201203290129.

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The Arab Spring

New Media and Society

The Arab Spring

By:faralba

Mars 23,2012

Abstract: This article deals about the role of internet and sepcially the social media in the Arab revolutions.

Quotations:  "Media and technology played a big role in leading the revolution. Twitter, Facebook and Blogger; they are the face of the “Arab Spring”. Social media became the craze across the Arab world"

"It is said that due to the Arab Spring an increase of 1,825.3% occurred in the internet usage of citizens in the middle east. Arab citizens are not only using social media for the purpose of socializing they are now using it as political tool, critiquing governments, presidents, kings and cabinet members."

Intex terms: Social medias, internet, Arab ,revolutions, governements, Communication 

Source:UBC BLOG: New Media and society

Found by: Google news

URL: http://blogs.ubc.ca/journalism100/2012/03/23/the-arab-spring/

By: A.O

The Arab Spring and the impact of social media

Friday, March 30, 2012

The Arab Spring and the impact of social media

By: Albanyadmin

March 23, 2012

Abstract : In this article the author examines the role of social media and digital technology in the Arab revolutions. He believes that social media have much to offer and contribute but they are not the trigger for events.

Index terms : Social media, revolutions, Arabs ,governement, power, information

Quotations :  "Those events have sparked an intense debate about the role played by new technology and social media"

"First, there is no doubt that social media played a critical role in fanning the flames of revolution once they were lit. Largely beyond the control of Government censorship, these platforms for the first time allowed protestors to plan, organise and execute their protests, to create and sustain a feeling of unity that was vital in maintaining them, and in essence provided a “virtual space” for what was unlawful assembly to the authorities.

Source : New Chairman for Albany Associates

http://www.albanyassociates.com/notebook/2012/03/the-arab-spring-and-the-impact-of-social-media/

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By: A.O



The Family by Jocelyn Bain Hogg

By Jocelyn Bain Hogg

The gallery is a pioneering development on the Leeds cultural scene, with a unique vision to forge a socially aware and progressive approach to photography and culture.  Supporting the artistic community, encouraging creativity and working alongside other local art organisations, White Cloth Gallery aims to aid the region’s development as a go to destination for art lovers everywhere.

Running for seven weeks, ‘The Family’ will be the first work to exhibit at the White Cloth Gallery and will feature pictures from the acclaimed photographer Jocelyn Bain Hogg’s book of the same name

The exhibition is now on at White Cloth Gallery - Leeds  until 19 April and 7 June 2012.

Index term:

Family / UK 

SOURCE FOUND BY RSS: FOTO 8

Site of photographer : http://www.jocelynbainhogg.com/ 

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In Defense of French Food

MARIANI, John, In Defense of French Food, Esquire, March 27, 2012.

Abstract : This article deals with the final days of French Cuisine, and the author gives elements of his mind about french restaurant.

Quotation : “ The final days of French haute cuisine have been predicted about as often as those of Broadway, not least in the plaintive title of Michael Steinberger's 2009 book Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France, which details what he sees as a decline in both standards and admiration for the glories of French cuisine.

You hear the objections: No one wants to sit in a stuffy, pretentious French dining room and eat expensive, heavy food full of foie gras and butter. People now want to go to fast, casual places with menus full of pizza, hamburgers, short ribs, mac-and-cheese, pork-belly sliders, and all the other staples of modern gastronomy.

The fact is, though, while the latter assertion is certainly true, the first is not, by a long shot: There is as much French food on the trendiest of American menus as there is American, Italian, or Asian. Those who dismiss French restaurants remind me of Yogi Berra's saying of a restaurant, "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." [...] The name on the door may be thoroughly American, but the dishes on the menus of contemporary restaurants owe a great deal to French cooking. It's hard to go anywhere without running into the stuff. So, while it might be accurate that people aren't talking so much about eating French food, the truth is we've always really loved it. ”

Index terms : French Food, french restaurant.

Found with : Google alert “french food”.

URL : http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/in-defense-of-french-food-032712.

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