NetActive 24 May 2011

Twitter has been awash with tweets about Manal Al-Sharif, whom some have described as another Rosa Parks (the famous activist of the African American civil rights movement).

Rita Chemaly congratulates Lebanese women on recent progress toward gender equality in Lebanese law. Several laws have been modified to grant women more rights in the areas of income tax, inheritance, and social security. To read her post, Mabrouk! [congratulations], click here.

The Arab revolution has impacted the cinematic world. Filmmakers from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have just launched on their blog Maghreb du cinéma [fr], a suggestion box to reinvigorate the creation, production and distribution of their work. Their manifesto can be signed here [fr].

Every online search engine has to face the inevitable question: Can it top Google? But Mahesh Kukreja reveals a few sites which will help you unearth data from the past.

Michelle Malkin

CAIR: Realistic homeland security drills are raaaaaacist - CAIR is beside itself over homeland security drills in Minneapolis that used actors playing jihadists who — Allah forbid! — looked like actual jihadists.

#Syrie : des smartphones contre les kalachnikovs

A travers le monde, des militants de l’ombre s’organisent pour diffuser les images clandestines des manifestations et de la répression en Syrie.

De Beyrouth à Stockholm, Vincent Jauvert, journaliste au « Nouvel Observateur » a rencontré ces activistes qui utilisent les technologies les plus modernes pour briser le silence.

Azerbaijan: Jon Snow and Amnesty International in Twitter Action

Ahead of tonight's Amnesty International Media Awards 2011, the organisation has launched a Twitter photo campaign to call for the release of an imprisoned journalist and newspaper editor in Azerbaijan. With major British media names such as Jon Snow on board, pro-government supporters in Azerbaijan reacted negatively. read »

Africa: Bloggers Discuss The Failed Rapture

The American Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the Rapture would take place on May 21, 2011, when Christians will be caught up in the clouds to meet Jesus Christ. It is May 24, 2011 and we are still here. Bloggers in Africa discuss the failed Rapture. read »