Memories and thoughts a decade post September 11

"Dear friends, welcome to the launching of the new epic video from Beirut/NTSC. To commemorate 10 years of 9/11 Beirut/NTSC has made a video from 2011 hand-animated frames which talks about the world in the aftermath of that day. Of course, the world is ablaze with commemorations and special issues and events about the topic, but how many of them stem from one of the regions that got so much affected by the event?"

Remember that backlash that took out a 'Seikh' in the days post September 11?

"Ten years after 9/11, Rana Singh Sodhi is not bitter at America.

It would be hard to blame him if he was.

Rana’s brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi, was murdered four days after 9/11 for nothing more than how he looked."

"13 faces eagerly looking at you from behind their computers, all composed and serious. Welcome to the Nasawiya second Girl Geek Camp organised in the lovely Auberge Beity of Kfardebian, Lebanon from the 4th to the 8th of September.
Over 5 days, about thirteen teenage girls between the age of 15 and 18 will be trained to become proper geekettes (there's much hope they'll actually become feminist Geekettes, but let's not shove anything down people's throats)."

"Not sure this is even possible considering Iran’s hard political stance on almost anything, but it would be interesting to see them attempt to make it happen. I’m sure there are a ton of Iranian F1 fans out there salivating at the prospect!"

While overshadowed by wider participation in protests and campaigns, it's good to know that student activism is not dead!

"Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a student-run organization active on over sixty college campuses throughout the United States, will be hosting its first ever national conference in the fall of 2011 and it needs your support."

"Perhaps the strangest thing about the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday is how it hasn't managed to suck all the air out of the news cycle."

"The road to 9-11 began in Saudi Arabia. GlobalPost set out to understand how the kingdom has changed — and how it hasn't — on this 10th anniversary. In this six-part series, "Saudi Arabia: The road beyond 9-11," GlobalPost hit the streets of Riyadh."

"Here is the full and comprehensive demands list for the upcoming 9/9 million man protest at Tahrir square issued by the Revolution Youth coalition "