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Recent blog posts
- "لا للتوطين، بدنا نعيش بكرامة حتى نعود"
- عيد الموسيقى في لبنان غربي مش عربي
- Shankabooting and more
- Placebo’s unwelcome visit to Lebanon
- Lebanon Laïque Pride in Paris & dancing for Civic Rights
- حاضرين لتغطية النهار الانتخابي في الجنوب
- Hibr reporters speak to voters in South Lebanon
- Drifting by the rules
- Blogging from Amandla Forum: Day 1
- اليوم الأوّل من مؤتمر أمندلا في البحر الميت
What is Hibr?
- Hibr is the first alternative youth/citizen media outlet in Lebanon.
- Hibr uses 'traditional' and 'new' media tools to engage young people, community organizations, schools and universities on critical social, economic, environmental and political issues.
- Hibr works online (www.hibr.me), in print (a freely distributed, monthly newspaper) and in person (through activities, competitions and events), in Arabic and English, with content in print/text, multimedia, graphics, photos, audio and video.
- Hibr is independent of any confessional or political group, inclusive, tech-savvy (appropriate tech/ICT for dev't), fun, provocative (in a positive way), open, participatory, creative and engaging.
- Hibr has a substantial educational and training component (especially focused on critical thinking and writing in Arabic and English) aimed at fostering improved literacy, reading and information and media literacy (IML) amongst high school and university students.
Who is Hibr?
- young people working as staff or interns for Hibr;
- students adapting class assignments for submission to Hibr;
- community organizations contributing content that relates to their core mission;
- adapting (with permission) content from student newspapers, blogs, journals, community media outlets or other existing sources; and
- anybody in Lebanon or abroad who wants to contribute, even if not affiliated with a participating organization.
- Hibr is a project of DevIneMedia (Development in e-Media), a social enterprise working to promote youth and citizen media, tech/innovation for social change, citizen engagement, and information and media literacy in Lebanon and the WANA (West Asia/North Africa) region.
Why Hibr?
- Most media in Lebanon is dangerous, divided and politicized.
- "Closed systems" dominate Lebanon's social, political, business and civil society spheres.
- Hibr advocates for open systems, open-source technology, community collaboration and open license systems.
- Hibr aims to foster citizen journalism, youth engagement and activism, creative and collaborative problem solving, open-source thinking, and independent media production and distribution.
- Hibr fosters improved literacy, including IML, amongst school and university students, and adherence to journalistic and media ethics.
- Hibr is helping to establish an engaged, media literate, tech-savvy and inclusive civil society in Lebanon.
Where Does Hibr Work?
- All around Lebanon and abroad.
- Online and in-person.
- Hibr aims to work with youth groups throughout Lebanon, including in every university campus and Palestinian camp.
- Hibr plans to develop a network and wire-service for youth/citizen media outlets throughout the WANA region.
When did Hibr Launch?
- Hibr started publishing monthly in November 2009, with a current circulation of 20,000 (with planned increases).
- Hibr developed out of Sawt Ashabab/YouthVoice, a youth-run multimedia project that focused on the 2009 Lebanese parliamentary elections.
- On 4 June 2009, a print issue of Sawt Ashabab was co-published with An-Nahar and Al-Akhbar, two major Lebanese newspapers from opposite sides of the political divide, achieving the highest circulation in Lebanon (over 50,000 copies distributed).
What's next for Hibr
- Expanding coverage to include neglected stories, such as the environment, social/development issues, youth culture, marginalized communities, technology and social media, health and safety, and education.
- Expanding free distribution of the Hibr newspaper to ensure availability throughout Lebanon.
- Special print editions on the 2010 municipal elections, including analysis and citizen media monitoring.
- Workshops on election reform and youth/citizen engagement, especially the ballot/voting process.
- Citizen reporting and monitoring using SMS, email, telephone and Twitter, with focus on communities with lower internet access.
- Developing local micro-media outlets and a collaborative youth/citizen media network throughout Lebanon.
- Developing a citizen and community media disaster/emergency plan.
- ICT (information and communication technology) and IML workshops for youth and citizen journalists throughout Lebanon.
- Further trainings, workshops and competitions fostering literacy, critical thinking and creative problem-solving, especially in Arabic.
- Expansion throughout the WANA region.
(all plans are tentative, possibly dependent on funding and other issues)
