Ethical Media in the Middle East

10/01/2023

Cyber citizenship, who talks about it? The harassment of women is very little regulated in the virtual space of the cybernetic world. The French newspaper Le Monde proposes to educate at the same time as preventing e-harm. You can read the full article here

Insultes, menaces, diffusions de photos intimes : elles ont entre 13 et 65 ans et sont des milliers à subir des violences sexistes et sexuelles en ligne, qu’elles soient connectées ou pas, qu’elles « s’exposent » sur Internet ou non.

30/12/2022

For journalists wishing to analyse connections between greenhouse gas emissions and impactful extreme weather events, check the website of World Weather Attribution:
« better understand to what extent human-induced climate change played a role in the magnitude and frequency of extreme weather events. »

A large area centred around the central-northern part of Argentina, and also southern Bolivia, central Chile, and most of Paraguay and Uruguay, experienced record-breaking temperatures during two consecutive heatwaves in late November and early December 2022.

14/12/2022

“What fusion’s breakthrough means for clean energy:

This puts a lot of wind in the sails of the community,” says Anne White, head of nuclear science and engineering at MIT. But, she adds, it doesn’t mean that we’re going to see fusion power on the grid tomorrow: “That’s not realistic.”

MIT Technology Review
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There’s a long road ahead for commercial efforts: here’s what comes next.

08/12/2022

The reading takes place in the context of Lebanon’s severe economic collapse, especially after the Beirut Port Blast and the lockdowns imposed during the pandemic over the past two years.
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This report provides a situation analysis of women in Lebanon. Overall, it examines gender, feminism, sexuality, q***r, and human rights conditions and challenges. The reading takes place in the context of Lebanon’s severe economic collapse, especially after the Beirut Port Blast and the lockdowns...

08/12/2022

“Experiences of being you, or of being me, emerge from the way the brain predicts and controls the internal state of the body.”

Three new books lay bare the weirdness of how our brains process the world around us.

08/12/2022

« Carefully curate your most trusted, inner circle and you’ll be surprised at how much more valuable you’ll become to the larger community of people in the world who care about the same things you do. »

We live in a time when “bigger is better” is the prevailing assumption when it comes to, well, just about anything. So it's only natural for us to want to supersize our network of connections -- both online and off -- because the more people we know, th...

07/12/2022

In Lebanon, the mafia controls the alternative source of electricity, namely the generator's energy market, and smuggles money.

Lebanese sources revealed on social media a list of the significant members of the Lebanese smuggling cartel.

Prince Toufiq Jamil Abi Lamaa, who the sanctioned political party supports
(https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1076)
Edgar Antonio Yammine (Liquid Gas)
Hadi Khalil (Nazlat Kokodi)
Hajj Khaled Halloum (Airport Road)
Hajj Ali Zaraket (Sidon Road)
Mr Omar Hajj (Al-Hayya)
Mr Hassan Jaafar ( Jato Company)
Mr Abbas El-Gammal (Baalbek)

The people listed above are significant smugglers of fuel oil, which is essential for the work of industry and electricity production on generators. They are responsible for smuggling it to Syria and conducting large-scale money laundering operations, tax evasion, and bribery.