Ideas Unbound: Esra’a Al Shafei and Mideast Youth Giving a Voice to Social Change

Jul 1, 2014

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/2″][cmsms_gallery layout=”slider” image_size_slider=”full” slider_effect=”slide” slider_autoplay=”true” slider_slideshow_speed=”7″ slider_animation_speed=”600″ slider_pause_on_hover=”true” slider_rewind=”true” slider_rewind_speed=”1000″ slider_nav_arrow=”true” animation_delay=”0″]6202|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra-200×200.jpg,6227|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Migrights2-200×200.jpg,6225|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/MEY1-200×200.jpg,6205|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esraa1-page-001-200×200.jpg,6206|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra2-page-001-200×200.jpg,6207|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra3-page-0011-200×200.jpg,6224|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Kurd-200×200.jpg,6208|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra4-page-001-200×200.jpg,6209|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra5-page-001-200×200.jpg,6199|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CrowdVoice-200×200.jpg,6210|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra6-page-001-200×200.jpg,6211|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra7-page-001-200×200.jpg,6212|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra8-page-001-200×200.jpg,6204|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esraa_MidEastTunes-page-001-200×200.jpg,6213|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra9-page-001-200×200.jpg,6214|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra10-page-001-200×200.jpg,6215|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra11-page-001-200×200.jpg,6216|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra12-page-001-200×200.jpg,6197|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Ahwaa-200×200.jpg,6217|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra13-page-001-200×200.jpg,6226|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Mideastunes2-200×200.jpg,6219|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra15-page-001-200×200.jpg,6220|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra16-page-001-200×200.jpg,6221|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra17-page-001-200×200.jpg,6200|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CrowdVoice2-200×200.jpg,6218|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra14-page-001-200×200.jpg,6201|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/DomWork-200×200.jpg,6222|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra18-page-001-200×200.jpg,6223|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Esra19-page-001-200×200.jpg,6198|http://18.188.46.225/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ASPLogo_Slide-2-200×200.jpg[/cmsms_gallery][cmsms_text animation_delay=”0″]Hosted by Anne Ulizio[/cmsms_text][/cmsms_column][cmsms_column data_width=”1/2″][cmsms_text]A dialogue with Esra’a Al Shafei, founder and director of the Mideast Youth Network. At age 27, Esra’a has been instrumental in facilitating the discussion of and providing a voice for progressive social change movements in the Middle East and North Africa. The network consists of six different websites—mideastyouth.commideastunes.comcrowdvoice.orgahwaa.orgkurdishrights.org and migrant-rights.org—all harnessing the power of web platforms to shed a light on the struggles of ethnic, social and religious minority rights.[/cmsms_text][/cmsms_column][/cmsms_row]