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Scaling your project globally at direction of funders is counter productive

Last year, I wrote about this in the form of a thread on Twitter that I will unpack here for easier sharing.

Nov 12, 2020

Scaling your project globally at direction of funders is counter productive

Nov 12, 2020

Physical Anonymity on the Web: A Monumental Challenge

I have spent the last decade of my life using the internet as a tool for advocacy, valuing it for the flexibility and security it has…

Dec 1, 2017

Physical Anonymity on the Web: A Monumental Challenge

Dec 1, 2017

The Impact of Foreign Funders: When Dollars Hurt, Not Help

Against the backdrop of imperialism, occupation, terrorism, corruption, surveillance and dictatorship, those who advocate for social…

Feb 1, 2017

Feb 1, 2017

Support Mideast Tunes and indie music in the MENA

Almost seven years ago, I founded Mideast Tunes, which has now become the largest platform for independent musicians who use music as a…

Jan 5, 2017

Support Mideast Tunes and indie music in the MENA

Jan 5, 2017

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TED Fellows

The real story of the gay Middle East

Rainbow flags can’t begin to tell the true story of the complex LGBT experience in the Middle East.

Jan 26, 2016

The real story of the gay Middle East

Jan 26, 2016

Neighboring Tragedy and Looking Away: The Role of the Gulf in Syria

Images are unique in that the right one can cater to the short and fickle attention span of the Western media. When Aylan al-Kurdi washed…

Sep 18, 2015

Neighboring Tragedy and Looking Away: The Role of the Gulf in Syria

Sep 18, 2015

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Fundraiser for Award-Winning Human Rights Organization at Twitter HQ

My team and I have been running Mideast Youth for the last 10 years. In the first 5 of these years, we had to support our projects by…

Aug 22, 2015

Fundraiser for Award-Winning Human Rights Organization at Twitter HQ

Aug 22, 2015

Engaging Readers for Better Journalism

The best thing about growing CrowdVoice.org is being able to pay close attention to how stories are being told and ultimately re-angled in…

Sep 9, 2014

Engaging Readers for Better Journalism

Sep 9, 2014

Keeping Our Voices Loud — The Evolution of CrowdVoice.org

The importance of information has always been at the engine of all the operations of Mideast Youth. The nature of information is that it…

Aug 18, 2014

Keeping Our Voices Loud — The Evolution of CrowdVoice.org

Aug 18, 2014

Respect Anonymity

Apr 26, 2014

Respect Anonymity

Apr 26, 2014

Esra'a Al Shafei

Esra'a Al Shafei

Founder of Majal.org, mideastunes.com, migrant-rights.org & ahwaa.org. MIT Media Lab & Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow. Board @ Wikimedia Foundation.

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