#chicagoGirl
- Documentary
11/21/2013
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The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
From her childhood bedroom in the Chicago suburbs, an American teenage girl uses social media to run the revolution in Syria. Armed with Facebook, Twitter, Skype and cameraphones, she helps her social network in Damascus and Homs braves snipers and shelling in the streets and the world the human rights atrocities of one of the most brutal dictators. But as the revolution rages on, everyone in the network must decide what is the most effective way to fight a dictator: social media or AK-47s.
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Ala'a BasatnehSelf - #chicagoGirl- Aous Al-MubarakSelf
- Bassel ShehadehSelf
- Mazhar 'Omar' TayaraSelf - Citizen Journalist
- David GorodyanskySelf - Internet Security Expert
- Sascha MeinrathSelf - Director, Open Technology Institute
- Zeynep TufekciSelf - Berkman Center, Harvard University
Kurt AndersenSelf - Writer, 'The Potester' for Time's Person of the Year 2011- Wael GhonimSelf - Internet Activist