PinnedAmmaraeSIMs of Solidarity: Communication Blackouts and Human ResilienceThe 2011 Egyptian Revolution has been widely termed the ‘Facebook Revolution’; a nod to the wide-scale use of communication technologiesNov 19, 2023Nov 19, 2023
AmmaraSmart Cities in Egypt: Utilising Techno-Utopianism to prevent Democratic ParticipationThe Egyptian government’s plans for a new smart capital are a telling example of their political insecuritiesJan 17Jan 17
AmmaraThe Radio as the Master’s Tool: How the Algerian Revolution Repurposed a Colonial Technology into…For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will…Jan 17Jan 17
AmmarainAn Injustice!Healthcare as Praxis: Mao, Guevera, Fanon and the Black Panther…The role of health in anti-racist political ideologyDec 5, 2022Dec 5, 2022
AmmarainDigital Diplomacy“Policing by consent”: Modern British Policing and Live Facial RecognitionHow the adoption of surveillance technologies is challenging British policing’s long-standing model of consentOct 10, 2021Oct 10, 2021
AmmarainDigital DiplomacyCOVID-19 and the Dangers of Accelerated DigitalisationThe pandemic has shone a spotlight on the dangers of depending on technologies that have been developed without adequate ethical oversight.Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
AmmarainDigital Diplomacy“Fuck the Algorithm”; the Rallying Cry of Our Youth?While the A level results algorithm has been scrapped, this is just the beginning of the fight against encoding biasAug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020
AmmarainThe Apeiron BlogBLM — The Social Contract has been Broken; What Now?According to John…Jul 11, 20201Jul 11, 20201
AmmaraBoris Johnson and a ‘Veil of Ignorance’As Boris Johnson is made a victim of his government’s disastrous COVID-19 policy, can we hope for a new age of empathetic politics?Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020
AmmaraThe day we lost the Internet; parallels between Sudan and EgyptWhen I was ten years old, our Internet completely cut off. So did SMS messaging and our access to mobile data. It was the night of 27…Jun 13, 2019Jun 13, 2019