حملة لتزويد موسوعة ويكيبيديا العربية بألف مقالة إضافية حتى تصل عدد مقالات الموسوعة إلى 100 ألف مقالة. شارك بما تستطيع ولو بالإعلان عن هذه الحملة لإثراء المحتوى العربي!

Via tech2click

Guys, May 15th is the 61st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba –which marked the beginning of the modern age Palestinian plight and suffering. This date is remembered annually on local, regional, and global levels.

So why don’t you get your keyboards out and write something on the 15th? That’s 10 days!

FAQ:

* Do I have to be Palestinian / Arab to participate ?
No, everybody is welcomed to join in on this effort.
* Does it have to represent the Palestinian point of view (or be a positive article) ?
No, you are free, and encouraged, to write whatever you want.
* Does it have to be about the Nakba precisely ?
No, you can talk about the history of the Palestinian plight, current internal and external affairs, or outlooks for possible future resolutions to this conflict and how do you think can we achieve and maintain peace.
* Does it have to be a political article ?
No, you are free to talk about any aspect of the Palestinian life inside and outside Palestine. You are free to talk about whatever you want.

For more information, check here.

A few posts related to blogging this week from the toot stream caught our eyes.

M. S. Hjiouij does an interactive tutorial on how to migrate from Blogger to Wordpress and posts it on his blog. Pretty cool and useful if you’re considering taking that step.
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The Black Iris posts about the female-male ratio of Arab bloggers and poses a few questions worth thinking about, “Are there more female Arab bloggers? If not, will they one day become the majority? And are there major differences in the topics they discuss as opposed to male Arab bloggers? Do those topics conform with social norms or does the Internet provide a medium to break with those norms? If the blogger is anonymous can one tell if they are female or male at first glance, from say, the writing style? Do female Arab bloggers tackle the taboo subjects more than the male Arab bloggers? Do female Arab bloggers tackle the issues pertaining to the Arab woman, which are plenty in this day and age, or do they tend to avoid it?”
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Finally, for bloggers everywhere, Omar over at Moments in Words from Hadharamout provides some awesome webmaster tools to help you see where your blog (or website) stand.
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And we love blogging!

We’ve been tooting and loving the blog world on the beautiful nooks and crannies of the the world wide web for over three years. Now, we’re taking it beyond the realm of fiber optics and wires, to a chamber with a roof and chairs.

Yes, dear bloggers and blog-followers, the toot team and the Canadian embassy of Amman are inviting you to attend a lecture, aptly called, “Blogging Arabia: From Obscurity to Community”, by Adel Iskandar.

The venue, suitably, is the City Council Chamber at the Greater Amman Municipality, and the timing, suitably we hope too, is Thursday, the 19th of Valentine’s month, at 6:00 PM.

Dr. Adel Iskandar is a lecturer at Georgetown University. He has several books and publications including: “Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Journalism” and “When Mice Roar: The Internet and Dissidence in the Arab World”.

See you there!
The toot Team :)

Dear Tooters,
The Canadian embassy in Amman and toot are inviting you to attend a lecture by: Dr. Adel Iskandar entitled “Blogging Arabia: From Obscurity to Community”
It will be held at City Council Chamber at the Greater Amman Municipality
At 6pm on Thursday, 19th of February 2009.
Dr. Adel is a lecturer at Georgetown University. He has several books and publications including: “Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Journalism” and “When Mice Roar: The Internet and Dissidence in the Arab World”.
We hope to see you there!
Toot Team