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eSIMs of Solidarity: Communication Blackouts and Human Resilience

The 2011 Egyptian Revolution has been widely termed the ‘Facebook Revolution’; a nod to the wide-scale use of communication technologies

Nov 19, 2023

eSIMs of Solidarity: Communication Blackouts and Human Resilience

Nov 19, 2023

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Smart Cities in Egypt: Utilising Techno-Utopianism to prevent Democratic Participation

The Egyptian government’s plans for a new smart capital are a telling example of their political insecurities

Jan 17

Smart Cities in Egypt: Utilising Techno-Utopianism to prevent Democratic Participation

Jan 17

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The 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 17

The Radio as the Master’s Tool: How the Algerian Revolution Repurposed a Colonial Technology into…

Jan 17

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An Injustice!

Healthcare as Praxis: Mao, Guevera, Fanon and the Black Panther…

The role of health in anti-racist political ideology

Dec 5, 2022

The Black Panther Party’s sickle cell anemia screening program was carried out at its clinics, parks, and other public venues.

Dec 5, 2022

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Digital Diplomacy

“Policing by consent”: Modern British Policing and Live Facial Recognition

How the adoption of surveillance technologies is challenging British policing’s long-standing model of consent

Oct 10, 2021

“Policing by consent”: Modern British Policing and Live Facial Recognition

Oct 10, 2021

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Digital Diplomacy

COVID-19 and the Dangers of Accelerated Digitalisation

The pandemic has shone a spotlight on the dangers of depending on technologies that have been developed without adequate ethical oversight.

Mar 4, 2021

COVID-19 and the Dangers of Accelerated Digitalisation

Mar 4, 2021

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Digital 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 bias

Aug 17, 2020

“Fuck the Algorithm”; the Rallying Cry of Our Youth?

Aug 17, 2020

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BLM — The Social Contract has been Broken; What Now?

According to John…

Jul 11, 2020

BLM — The Social Contract has been Broken; What Now?

Jul 11, 2020

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Boris 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, 2020

Boris Johnson and a ‘Veil of Ignorance’

Apr 11, 2020

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The day we lost the Internet; parallels between Sudan and Egypt

When 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, 2019

The day we lost the Internet; parallels between Sudan and Egypt

Jun 13, 2019

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Ammara

sts postgrad, ucl. contact via email: ammarahyasin@gmail.com or linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ammara-y/

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