My interest in political and human rights and social media started recently with the revolution in Egypt. Before January 2011, politics and human rights never interested me. But like many other Arab youth, the changes in the Arab world opened my eyes and mind to a new world. And there is no turning back.
The social media world has become a place to make new friends and meet like-minded people. Even my mother, who was once computer illiterate, became more involved and learned new ways of interacting with others and extracting the latest news. Now, whenever she meets a person with an iPad or a Blackberry, she asks: “Do you have Twitter? What’s new?”
It felt as though the women of my country had finally acquired a voice. And I’m not talking about female activists or journalists, but the average women – younger, older, of different educational backgrounds – who have joined their peers to demand rights, their rights.
My interest in political and human rights and social media started recently with the revolution in Egypt. Before January 2011, politics and human rights never interested me. But like many other Arab youth, the changes in the Arab world opened my eyes and mind to a new world. And there is no turning back.
The social media world has become a place to make new friends and meet like-minded people. Even my mother, who was once computer illiterate, became more involved and learned new ways of interacting with others and extracting the latest news. Now, whenever she meets a person with an iPad or a Blackberry, she asks: “Do you have Twitter? What’s new?”
It felt as though the women of my country had finally acquired a voice. And I’m not talking about female activists or journalists, but the average women – younger, older, of different educational backgrounds – who have joined their peers to demand rights, their rights.