07 Mar
Reflection on Bahrain
I stole away about two minutes today to think about the amazing experiences I had in Bahrain last December. I was the Program Director for FIKR 6: Arab Strategies for the Global Era, a conference where we brought an Arab lens to the intersections of global issues including technology, media, energy, investing and social responsibility.
After fetching a few links for the piece on the Soros / Google / Omidyar investment in India, I saw some old blog posts at the top of the Google search from some very special people.
Enjoy their thoughts, and I’ll share more about this in coming weeks and months:
- This conference summary from Global Voices includes comments from the burgeoning Bahraini blogger community, including our friend, a self-described gap-bridger over at Mahmoud’s Den.
- This conference report from the incredible Mike Furdyk, including his thoughts on the impact of social networks (his TakingITGlobal in particular) on cross-cultural dialog and positive, practical social outcomes.
- This critical and thoughtful look at the hypocrisy between the conference design and leadership, and the hard realities in some Arab communities, from Nicola Nasser, a Palestinian journalist living in the West Bank.
