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Ahmed Zakaria on cyber-activism, or, on being a 'Birogger'

Are you on Facebook, Twitter, or both? Do you spend most of your time on social media, posting about what’s latest, gathering support for ‘Causes’ and inviting friends to sign online petitions? Are you fond of Farmville, Angry Birds, Diamond Dash or Bubble Safari?? If you do, chances are that you are a ‘Birogger’.
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Nijmeh Ali Speaks to Med Voices about Exile, Resistance and Belonging

Palestinian activist Nijmeh Ali speaks about the impacts of Israeli occupation, internal exile and identity and belonging.
Nijmeh currently serves as a Civic Education Program Developer and Community Organizer for the Hand in Hand Educational Institute and for the Education Department in the Municipality of Jerusalem.

From Choucha Camp to WSF Campus: Holding on for dear Life

Diara Kalilou, Karim Trawri, Konati Chaka, and Pavor Clestiny, young Africain refugees from the Libyan war in the Choucha camp, the frontier desert-like refugee camp, were exhibiting their art work and singing, simply to survive. Weary of hunger and despair. They are calling on people's solidarity and unison to save their lives, save their beloved Africa.

Report by Khadija Ghazaeil

Guiseppe Scattolin on Wars between Religions, Difference and the Blessings of Spirituality

Prof. Ismael Montana

on Slavery and Slave Trade in North Africa

Layth Mabrouk: the Story of a Hero

Guiseppe Scattolin, Italian Comboni Priest, Orientalist Professor in Islamic Mysticism speaks to Med Voices during the World Social Forum, Tunis 2013. Interviewed for Med Voices by Khadija Ghezaeil.

Ismael Montana, Professor of History at the University of Northern Illinois, discusses his research on slavery, slave and abolition in the Mediterranean and North African region.

This work is a tribute to the Tunisian Humanitarian activist Layth Walid Mabrouk.