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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
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Brand Assets
CrowdVoice.org
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CrowdVoice.by
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Mideast Tunes
Brand Assets
Migrant-Rights.org
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Ahwaa.org
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Making of a Century
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In the Media
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ArabNet
Mideast Tunes Hosts 1300 Underground Bands from the MENA
Wamda
“How entrepreneurs are shedding light on Bahrain's underground music scene”
Diagonal
Spain’s “Diagonal” Magazine’s piece about Mideast Tunes
Fast Company
“The Quest For Social Justice Goes Mobile”
Nieman Lab
“Tech projects get Knight Prototype Funds”
Journalism.co.uk
“CrowdVoice wants to help curate and verify crowdsourced news”
GOOD Magazine
“Incredible Interactive Infographic Details Detention and Deportation in the Gulf States”
The Daily Beast
“Queer Comrades and Ahwaa.org's Online LGBT Activism”
CNN
“Sounds of The Silk Road: Five artists defining the modern trade route”
Social Tech
“Social tech for civic change”
Design to Improve Life
“New CrowdVoice Site Boosts International Impact”
Mondiaal Nieuws
“CrowdVoice: Bahreins nieuwsplatform tegen censuur”
The National
“Mideast Tunes app supports Mena music”
Livemint
“Archiving the world, one protest at a time”
The Next Web
“Use the slick web and iOS app, MidEast Tunes, to discover indie bands in the Middle East”
Inc Magazine
“5 Start-ups Bubbling Up At TED”
Forbes
“Creating a voice for those without one”
Visual News
"CrowdVoice.org featured on The Visual News."
Forbes
Our “Making of a Century” iPad app featured on Forbes
Wired
CrowdVoice.org featured on Wired magazine.
SciDev
CrowdVoice.org featured on SciDev.
ArabNet
Article about Mideast Tunes on ArabNet.
TechPresident
Ahwaa.org featured on article by TechPresident.
PSFK
Social media sites curated protests in real time: PSFK
Daily Dot
Article about Mideast Tunes on the Daily Dot.
Common Ground News
Article about Mideast Tunes on Common Ground News: Arab youth using music to beat the rhythm of change.
Vita
Article about CrowdVoice on Vita.it (Italian)
Youtube
Video: WITNESS mentions Mideast Youth’s work in reference to the importance of curation.
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera English: Killing emos, and the future, in Iraq. (2012)
PBS
Public Broadcasting Service’s Idea Lab: Open Source Meets Mobile in Ashoka’s Citizen Media Competition. (2011)
Gulf Daily News
Gulf Daily News: Website developer shrugs off threats (2011)
In These Times
In These Times: Will the Arab Spring Leave Migrants Out in the Cold? (2011)
Mashable
Mashable: QR Code Campaign Fights for Education Equality in Iran
CNN
CNN: The Middle East’s leaders of the future?
Read Write Web
Read Write web: Middle Eastern Music Site Helps Fuel Change in the Region
Assyrian International News Agency
Assyrian International News Agency: Assyrian rights websites launched
Change Observer
Change Observer: A Voice for LGBTQ in the Middle East
CNN Arabic
Ahwaa.org featured on CNN Arabic
Trada Blog
Featured in a book, The Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing – “I’m even more impressed with the non-businesses uses of crowdsourcing principles to gather important information such as tracking protests globally via CrowdVoice.org”
In These Times
Our project “Migrant Rights” featured in: “Will the Arab Spring Leave Migrants Out in the Cold?”
Svergie Radio
Svergie Radio (Swedish).
Think With Google
Next Gen Innovators
CNN
CNN: Iranian students barred for beliefs, say campaigners
Fast Company
Fast Company’s 100 Creative People in 2011 list
Irish Times
Sheltered Silicon Valley has a role to play on the net’s front line
Irin News
IRIN
CPJ
When a bug fix can save a journalist’s life
Migrant Rights
Interview with Ahmed Zidan about Migrant-Rights.org [Video]
The Atlantic
The Atlantic: Mideast Youth Opens Online Platform for LGBTQ Community
TechCrunch
TechCrunch: Coverage of CrowdVoice.org
Time
Time: Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism.
ON3 Radio
ON3 Radio (Germany)
Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph: Immigrant worker abuse in Middle East condemned by human rights group. (2010)
La Stampa
La Stampa coverage on CrowdVoice.org (Italian)
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone Middle East: Artists Tunes in to Social Change. (2010)
NPR
National Public Radio: In The Mideast, An Online Music Site With A Message. (2010)
Technology Review
MIT’s Technology Review features Ahwaa.org in report
Abu Dhabi TV
Abu Dhabi TV: Mideast Tunes gets featured on Abu Dhabi TV (2010)
CNN
CNN World: YouTube gives Bahraini youth window to world (2010)
CNN
CNN: Young Muslims turn to technology to connect, challenge traditions (2009)
Gulli News
Gulli: News, Censorship and the Middle East
The Guardian
The Guardian (2008)
The Guardian
The Guardian (2010)
Al Hasnaa
Al Hasnaa Magazine (Arabic)
Golem
Golem.de
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School: MideastYouth.com wins Berkman Award for Internet Innovation
BBC
BBC Persian
Farda
Radio Farda (Persian)
WireTap
WireTap Magazine
NRC
NRC Handelsblad (Dutch)
Die Zeit
Die Zeit (the paper)
RP
RP Online (German)
USA Today
AP News wire: Bloggers in Mideast transforming dialogue but face clampdowns by authorities
Alef
Alef Magazine
Mideast Youth
Bitter Lemons: Democracy is possible, Arab bloggers assure us every day
Harvard
Harvard Law School/Digital Natives: Providing platform for public voice. (Podcast)
20 Minutes
20.minutes.fr: Le baisemain d’Ahmadinejad (French)
BBC
BBC Radio
Mondiaal Niuews
Mondiaal Niuews (Dutch)
GTEX Times
Mideast Tunes on GTEX Times