Tweet Week - Syria

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June 2012

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Week 4: Ouais, CS Student living in Damascus

This week’s (22 June -> 28 June) curator is Ouais, a Computer Science student living in Damascus.

A little bit about Ouais in his own words:

Let’s see, there isn’t much, almost done studying CS, wrote a short book about computers for children, relatively liberal, amateur guitar playing skills.

I develop experimental AI software, have been doing so for the past two years. I’ve been trying to break into a couple of new worlds for the past while, namely industry and research. Things are beginning to take shape, it’s too early to judge though.

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Jun 21, 2012
Week 3: Anas Qtiesh, Program Manager at @meedan, Google Map Maker Advocate, Android blogger at @ardroid

This week’s (14 June -> 20 June) curator is Anas (@anasqtiesh on Twitter). Anas is a Syrian human rights and anti-censorship activist and a blogger currently based in San Francisco. He’s also a Program Manager at Meedan and has worked as a freelance translator and a research assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. He’s a Google Map Maker Advocate and Regional Expert Reviewer, Global Voices Online contributor, and a tech enthusiast. He has written for Ardroid.com, an Arabic tech blog focused on everything Android.

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Jun 14, 2012
Week 2: Ahmad, Information Technology Student, Blogger and Activist who was was forced to leave Syria

This week’s (8 June -> 14 June) curator is Ahmad (@ahmadabou on Twitter), a 22 years old student, blogger and activist from Jarablous (north of Aleppo). He was forced to leave Syria to avoid being arrested. His blog: ahmadalabou.wordpress.com/.

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Jun 7, 2012
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