Research, migration, feminism, digital rights, responsible data, anthropology, UX. Recent: designing chatbots @RESCUEorg & biometric ID research @SMEX
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New report is out @SMEX! Thank you to all who took the time to speak with us for this research. 🤲
--> Tldr: New #digitalidentity and #biometricID may offer certain benefits, but in #Lebanon these are outweighed by weak infrastructure, potential for exclusion & privacy concerns.
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📢Are you ready for #FDDF2022?
📅Nov 1-2
📍@TechChange Virtual Platform, In-Person @CapTurnaround & 5 Satellite Watch Parties
❗Featureing convos on emerging tech & development
🔗frontiersdigitaldevforum.com
Follow this thread to learn more about our amazing speakers & sessions⬇️
#FDDF2022 begins tomorrow! Looking forward to hosting a satellite event Nov 2 here in #Amman discussing #Digital Transformation, with @exp_state and @impacthub. Still space, msg me to join!
Conversations that impact the whole world 🌍 shouldn't just be in DC.📍❌
At the Frontiers of Digital Development Forum, we'll have participants from 100+ countries! The talented #FDDFambassadors will lead watch parties & sessions from Africa to South Asia. Join us at #FDDF2022
ALT World map with locations pinned for each of the seven FDDF ambassadors: Kenya, Jordan, USA, Argentina, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania.
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@akasacha:
“Who are tech companies accountable to?
They don’t have accountability to the ID holder, but to their client: the government.”
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“Digital rights are not secondary. We need to be putting digital rights back on the agenda. These are extricably intertwined with access to essential goods and services.” — @akasacha
Excited to talk about #biometricID in #Lebanon with Jenna Harb from @ANURegNet at @breadandnet today! We'll focus on transnational #data collection infrastructures, data centralisation & fragmentation, and digital rights as more than "secondary" rights pretalx.com/bread-net-2021/t…
I'll be sharing some key findings from this @SMEX @privacyint Future of Biometrics and Digital ID report: smex.org/the-future-of-biome… See you there!
It's been such an inspiring couple days of #ParablesOfAI in the #GlobalSouth @datasociety! So grateful to @chicanocyborg and Ranjit Singh for holding this supportive space to write and share stories, & thank you @ctwitt205, Amulya, @jark____ for listening & invaluable feedback!
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"One thing the coronavirus pandemic taught us: we are only as safe as the rest of us are. Another: we have a duty to participate in each other's safety. Both hold good for our digital lives." Mythri Prabhakara genderit.org/feminist-talk/l…
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📣📣📣GRANTMAKING ALERT
Doria Feminist Fund is excited to announce the launch of its very first Grantmaking cycle. The deadline to submit your application is November 12, 2021. For more details about our eligibility criteria, visit our website or click the link in our bio. 🔗🔗
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What does it take seed and sustain feminist tech infrastructure to support movement organising?
numun.fund is building our team to figure out this work. We have 4 key positions open - pls help us share, RT & consider applying!
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"In #Gaza, there is no 'post' [traumatic] because the trauma is repetitive and ongoing and continuous."
Excellent @visualizingpal infographic highlighting the effects of war and blockade on #Palestinian children.
67 children were killed during Israel’s 11-day assault on Gaza in May. Our latest visual looks at the hundreds of thousands of kids who survived, for whom a ceasefire offers little relief. This is their childhood.
Contribute to more educational resources igg.me/at/PalJointAppeal
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The MENA Coalition to Combat Digital Surveillance will work to:
🔵 End the sales of digital surveillance tools to repressive governments in the region
🔵 Fight for a safe and open internet
🔵 Defend and protect HRDs, journalists, and internet users.
accessnow.org/new-middle-eas…
Lebanon 2021 = trying to book a flight with national airline @MEAAIRLIBAN + getting an error message because they only accept *international* i.e. non-Lebanese debit cards... الوضع صار هيك
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Read about the the diverse and impactful ways MAAS alums have responded to the COVID-19 crisis—from emergency response work to fundraising to global knowledge production. @4Bassam @Dena @tekaldas @akasacha @abrar_dt @MuriamDavis @WillTodman ccas.georgetown.edu/2020/12/…
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For Intl NGOs who will support #Lebanon, read the recommendations before funding biometrics/digital ID projects. A shout-out to the awesome team who worked on this: @akasacha @GrantJBaker @nerissanaidoo. @RahmeMarianne, Nourhane Kazak, & Salam Shokor
smex.org/the-future-of-biome…
This looks incredible & much needed right now.
Please RT! We’re hosting a virtual gathering for folks who share our belief that design can be restorative.
7 brilliant speakers will help us explore design’s relationship to complex topics such as trauma, white supremacy and the built environment.
eventbrite.com/e/restorative…
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Calling designers in the Middle East - esp with #HCD #designthinking #servicedesign #designresearch skills - great opportunity to work with @Airbel @RESCUEorg (and others!) on displacement rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/caree… Please share @MENADesign @OpenIDEO_BeiChp @UXBeirut