NewsLab

News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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Cartoons against violence

December 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Still recovering from a sleepless night and 14 hours of travel, I fell today at my newsroom and immediately discovered that the next weeks won’t be easy. And now I can’t complaint, because they worked for me these last (and unforgettable) 10 days.
Hoping that in the next days I can find time to write a […]

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Tags: Gender · Human Rights · Photo

Alexandria, it’s all about selling

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Last days I’ve been walking a lot. I like walking, but Alexandria isn’t pedestrian friendly at all, even if it as a beautifull seaside. You have always to be very careful with the sidewalks that finish suddenly leaving you at the border of a cliff, the cars that don’t stop when they see people crossing […]

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Tags: Photo · Travel

Internet: not only work

November 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

More than a tool or a toy, Internet means work to me. Not because I don’t like it, but because it really pays my rent. After college I started working in the online edition of Publico, a Portuguese national newspaper, and the Internet (we call it ‘the net’) is a big part of my work, since […]

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Tags: Technology

Amel Portrait

November 27th, 2007 · No Comments

To succeed. That’s Amel’s quick answer when you ask what’s her main goal in life. Of course, in the coming years she also wants to have a family, because both things are compatible, she says, even with kids. 
Amel is a sociologist working as a chief project for the Algerian Telecom site. Her job is to […]

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Tags: Personal · Profile