Brand & Media
This is the page where we keep track of coverage of our work in the media. For news and updates about Majal and its activities, please subscribe to our newsletter. If you’re looking for our brand’s assets and press info, see below.
Brands’ Assets
As featured on
In the Media
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BOINGBOING
Envision the future of digital public spaces
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CAT LAB
Can Public Infrastructure Fix Social Media?
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DIGITAL IMPACT
Ensuring Funder Support for Digital Infrastructure
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TED
The smart strategy that one LGBTQ forum uses to keep out trolls and bullies
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MOZILLA
Carving out safe spaces for LGBTQ rights
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HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
Why Online Anonymity Matters
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CNBC
A report about the importance of encryption for marginalized communities.
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BBC
An idea used in video games is helping LGBTQ people in the Middle East talk safely online
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GTEX TIMES
Mideast Tunes on GTEX Times
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MONDIAAL NIEUWS
Mondiaal Niuews (Dutch)
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BBC
BBC Radio
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20 MINUTES
20.minutes.fr: Le baisemain d’Ahmadinejad (French)
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HARVARD
Harvard Law School/Digital Natives: Providing platform for public voice. (Podcast)
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MIDEAST YOUTH
Bitter Lemons: Democracy is possible, Arab bloggers assure us every day
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ALEF
Alef Magazine
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USA TODAY
AP News wire: Bloggers in Mideast transforming dialogue but face clampdowns by authorities
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RP
RP Online (German)
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DIE ZEIT
Die Zeit (the paper)
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NRC
NRC Handelsblad (Dutch)
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WIRETAP
WireTap Magazine
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FARDA
Radio Farda (Persian)
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BBC
BBC Persian
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Harvard Law School: MideastYouth.com wins Berkman Award for Internet Innovation
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GOLEM
Golem.de
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AL HASNAA
Al Hasnaa Magazine (Arabic)
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THE GUARDIAN
The Guardian (2010)
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THE GUARDIAN
The Guardian (2008)
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GULLI NEWS
Gulli: News, Censorship and the Middle East
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CNN
CNN: Young Muslims turn to technology to connect, challenge traditions (2009)
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CNN
CNN World: YouTube gives Bahraini youth window to world (2010)
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ABU DHABI TV
Abu Dhabi TV: Mideast Tunes gets featured on Abu Dhabi TV (2010)
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TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
MIT’s Technology Review features Ahwaa.org in report
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NPR
National Public Radio: In The Mideast, An Online Music Site With A Message. (2010)
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ROLLING STONE
Rolling Stone Middle East: Artists Tunes in to Social Change. (2010)
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LA STAMPA
La Stampa coverage on CrowdVoice.org (Italian)
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DAILY TELEGRAPH
Daily Telegraph: Immigrant worker abuse in Middle East condemned by human rights group. (2010)
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ON3 RADIO
ON3 Radio (Germany)
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TIME
Time: Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism.
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TechCrunch
TechCrunch: Coverage of CrowdVoice.org
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THE ATLANTIC
The Atlantic: Mideast Youth Opens Online Platform for LGBTQ Community
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MIGRANT RIGHTS
Interview with Ahmed Zidan about Migrant-Rights.org [Video]
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CPJ
When a bug fix can save a journalist’s life
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IRIN NEWS
IRIN
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IRISH TIMES
Sheltered Silicon Valley has a role to play on the net’s front line
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FAST COMPANY
Fast Company’s 100 Creative People in 2011 list
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CNN ARABIC
CNN: Iranian students barred for beliefs, say campaigners
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THINK WITH GOOGLE
Next Gen Innovators
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SVERGIE RADIO
Svergie Radio (Swedish).
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IN THESE TIMES
Our project “Migrant Rights” featured in: “Will the Arab Spring Leave Migrants Out in the Cold?”
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TRADA BLOG
Featured in a book, The Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing
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CNN ARABIC
Ahwaa.org featured on CNN Arabic
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CHANGE OBSERVER
Change Observer: A Voice for LGBTQ in the Middle East
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ASSYRIAN INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCY
Assyrian International News Agency: Assyrian rights websites launched
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READ WRITE WEB
Read Write web: Middle Eastern Music Site Helps Fuel Change in the Region
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CNN
CNN: The Middle East’s leaders of the future?
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MASHABLE
Mashable: QR Code Campaign Fights for Education Equality in Iran
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IN THESE TIMES
In These Times: Will the Arab Spring Leave Migrants Out in the Cold? (2011)
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GULF DAILY NEWS
Gulf Daily News: Website developer shrugs off threats (2011)
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PBS
Public Broadcasting Service’s Idea Lab: Open Source Meets Mobile in Ashoka’s Citizen Media Competition. (2011)
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AL JAZEERA
Al Jazeera English: Killing emos, and the future, in Iraq. (2012)
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YOUTUBE
Video: WITNESS mentions Mideast Youth’s work in reference to the importance of curation.
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VITA
Article about CrowdVoice on Vita.it (Italian)
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COMMON GROUND NEWS
Article about Mideast Tunes on Common Ground News: Arab youth using music to beat the rhythm of change.
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DAILY DOT
Article about Mideast Tunes on the Daily Dot.
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PSFK
Social media sites curated protests in real time: PSFK
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TECHPRESIDENT
Ahwaa.org featured on article by TechPresident.
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ARABNET
Article about Mideast Tunes on ArabNet.
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SCIDEV
CrowdVoice.org featured on SciDev.
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WIRED
CrowdVoice.org featured on Wired magazine.
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FORBES
Our “Making of a Century” iPad app featured on Forbes
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VISUAL NEWS
"CrowdVoice.org featured on The Visual News."
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FORBES
“Creating a voice for those without one”
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INC MAGAZINE
“5 Start-ups Bubbling Up At TED”
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THE NEXT WEB
“Use the slick web and iOS app, MidEast Tunes, to discover indie bands in the Middle East”
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LIVEMINT
“Archiving the world, one protest at a time”
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THE NATIONAL
“Mideast Tunes app supports Mena music”
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MONDIAAL NIEUWS
“CrowdVoice: Bahreins nieuwsplatform tegen censuur”
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DESIGN TO IMPROVE LIFE
“New CrowdVoice Site Boosts International Impact”
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SOCIAL TECH
“Social tech for civic change”
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CNN
“Sounds of The Silk Road: Five artists defining the modern trade route”
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THE DAILY BEAST
“Queer Comrades and Ahwaa.org’s Online LGBT Activism”
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GOOD MAGAZINE
“Incredible Interactive Infographic Details Detention and Deportation in the Gulf States”
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JOURNALISM.CO.UK
“CrowdVoice wants to help curate and verify crowdsourced news”
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NIEMAN LAB
“Tech projects get Knight Prototype Funds”
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FAST COMPANY
“The Quest For Social Justice Goes Mobile”
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DIAGONAL
Spain’s “Diagonal” Magazine’s piece about Mideast Tunes
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WAMDA
“How entrepreneurs are shedding light on Bahrain’s underground music scene”
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ARABNET
Mideast Tunes Hosts 1300 Underground Bands from the MENA
