Blogs

One of our core interests at Hibr, and a reason behind the founding of Hibr, involves looking at how innovation and entrepreneurship can be helpful in conflict/post-conflict environments and developing countries to help move things in a more positive direction. Information, exchange of ideas, transparency, coverage of critical issues, critical thinking, creative/collaborative problem solving, and openness are all important aspects in that, and are key to why we think alternative media is so important.

Here is a great opportunity to showcase innovation coming out of the WANA (West Asia/North Africa) Region ... the World Bank's upcoming "Innovation Fair: Moving Beyond Conflict", April 12-15, 2010 (in Cape Town, South Africa). Applications are due March 7, but the sooner you get them in the better! Projects will be voted on by site users, and that public support will be one of the criteria used to determine which projects will get funded! Get your project(s) up early, and try and spread the word to get people to go visit the site and vote!

علي لطيفة فخري - مراسل "حبر" في كوبنهاغن

لا يمكن لكل هذا الضجيج والحركة والزحمة العامرة في "بيلا سنتر" في كوبنهاغن أن تخفي البطء الشديد التي تعاني منه المناقشات، وقد شارفت الولاية المحددة للمفاوضات على الانتهاء، فهي في أيامها الأخيرة إن لم نقل ساعاتها الأخيرة. بعد ذلك، يأتي الرؤساء والوزراء ليظهروا ما في جعبهم من نصوص تم تحضيرها بعناية لولادة إعلان كوبنهاغن.

The 2nd Arab Bloggers Forum that takes place in Beirut from the 8th to the 13th of December has gathered 60 different bloggers from all the Arab World to exchange their experiences and give tips in how to become a more professional blogger in the Arab region.

Who among you have ever heard of SEO? SEO is the Search Engine Optimization. But what is that really? And why does the 2nd Arab Bloggers Forum give a one hour presentation about it.

By Assaad Thebian This is a blog feed for the four days workshop organized by “Freedom Messengers Network” taking place in Tyr, south of Lebanon. The purpose of this workshop is to promote the human rights especially in the journalism field. The workshop is being attended by twenty five students from different universities.

By Assaad Thebian