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OSI Forum: The Political Impact of New Media in the Middle East—A Conversation with "Abu Aardvark"
Location: OSI-New York
Event Date(s): April 21, 2009
Event Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Speakers: Mohamad Bazzi, Marc Lynch

New media technologies have reshaped political communications throughout the Middle East. Marc Lynch, widely known by his nom de blog, Abu Aardvark, will look at a variety of digital phenomena, from strikes in Egypt organized on Facebook and blogging by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, to online citizen journalism in Jordan and Internet feuds in the Iraqi insurgency. Lynch will assess the true significance of these phenomena and how they threaten—or tacitly support—the prevailing power structure in the Middle East.  

Journalist Mohamad Bazzi will interview Lynch.

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