Esra'a Al Shafei
Esra'a al-Shafei "a blogger from Bahrain, is the co-founder of Mideast Youth and its associated projects. She also runs FreeKareem.org aimed to free a jailed friend and fellow blogger", Kareem Amer. [1] She is a 2009 TED Fellow, an Echoing Green Fellow, the recipient of the Berkman Award and an Atlas Economic Research Foundation award.
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Background
In June 2007, Esra'a Al Shafei from won the Atlas Economic Research Foundation's $5,000 award for the "New Intellectual Entrepreneurship Project" for Promoting Liberty. The award announcement stated: "Her project, Mideast Youth, is a growing independent student network that promotes constructive dialogue and understanding within the Middle East and North Africa. Arabs, Iranians, Kurds, and Israelis work side by side on a variety of different projects in order to advance towards moderation and interfaith understanding." [2]
In May 2008, Esra'a Al Shafei won the Berkman Award for "outstanding contributions to the internet and its impact on society."[3]
In 2009, Esra'a Al Shafei became a TED fellow and an Echoing Green Fellow.[4][5]
Website operations
She operates the following websites:[6]
- MideastYouth.com
- The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights
- MigrantRights
- The Free Kareem Campaign
- March 18 Movement
- The Arab Association for Kurdish Rights
- Alliance for Kurdish Rights
- Postcards for Iran
She notes that "No one supports us financially, we support ourselves." [7]
Affiliations
- Member, FutureShapers Collaborative [8]
- Advisory Board, Meta-Activism Project [9]
Articles and resources
Related SourceWatch articles
References
- ↑ Revolution and change in the internet era, Bitter Lemons, accessed September 29, 2007.
- ↑ "Atlas Announces Winner of New Intellectual Entrepreneurship Project", Atlas Economic Research Foundation, accessed September 29, 2007.
- ↑ "Educators, Activists, Entrepreneurs, and Lawyers Win Berkman Awards for Internet Innovation", Media Release, Berkman Center For Internet & Society, accessed August 20, 2009.
- ↑ 25 new TED Fellows announced for TEDGlobal in Oxford, May 26, 2009. Accessed October 18, 2009.
- ↑ Esra'a Al Shafei | Echoing Green, accessed October 18, 2009.
- ↑ MideastYouth.com Projects
- ↑ Arabeyes: Esra'a Al Shafei - Your One-Stop-Cyber-Activist, Global Voices, accessed September 29, 2007.
- ↑ Members, Future Shapers Collaborative, accessed January 21, 2009.
- ↑ People, Meta-Activism Project, accessed April 8, 2011.
