Meedan presentation at the Arab Media Centre in the University of Westminster

1. Meedan: A case study in
Arabic‐English media sharing
on the Internet

2. Web 2.0

7. Source: Social media, Alex Wong

8. Source: Social media, Alex Wong

9. “ We cannot live for ourselves alone.
Our lives are connected by a thousand
invisible threads, and along these
sympathetic fibers, our actions run
”
as causes and return to us as results
Herman Melville

10. “ Blogging represents the embodiment of
the uniquely human desire to make a
difference, to leave a stamp on the world,
and to contribute to the larger society.
”
Victoria Carrington

11. Language

15. If you are not there, you
can not talk to anyone.
Photo by: Dave Coates

16. But they want to..

17. The Great Wall of Language.

18. Machine Translation:
A Crash Course

20. ‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬
ً Hello
‫واﺣﺪ‬
One
‫إﺛﻨﺎن‬
Two
‫ﺛﻼﺛﺔ‬
Three
‫ﺟﻤﻴﻞ‬
Beautiful
‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬
ً
Hello
‫ﺟﻴﺪ‬
Good
‫آﻴﻒ ﺣﺎﻟﻚ‬
How are you
‫أﻧﺎ ﺟﻴﺪ ﺟﺪا‬
ً
I am very good
‫ﺁﺧﺮ اﻷﺧﺒﺎر‬
Latest news

21. Social Translation

23. Future of
Cross Language Web

27. Beyond the
English Web

28. Creating a truly inclusive
global information society
shared world
‫ﻋﺎﻟﻢ ﻣﺸﺘﺮك‬

29. Openness

30. Mashups

32. www.meedan.net