Just wanted to mention the School Factory is acting as the fiscal sponsor of Bilal's project -- we are excited to help develop hacker, maker, and other community/collaborative spaces around the world! <div><br></div><div>
By helping Bilal you help us help many others who are looking for support in starting these amazing places.<span></span><br><div><br>On Friday, September 7, 2012, Matt Joyce wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Are you working with anyone locally? You might want to reach out to<br>
the state dept. I mean I know you have an aversion to military<br>
dealings but we really do have a diplomatic presence in the region and<br>
they may be able to put you in touch with local assistance that you<br>
might want / need.<br>
<br>
-Matt<br>
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On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Mitch Altman <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'maltman23@hotmail.com')">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> My friend Bilal is going to Iraq to help people in Bagdad and elsewhere start hackerspaces.<br>
><br>
> Bilal and I went to Egypt last year to help folks get going with hackerspaces over there, and people over there are now cruising! All they needed was a catalyst.<br>
><br>
> With some help, and a bit of catalyst action, maybe this can happen in Iraq, too.<br>
><br>
> Bilal has a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to get there and back, plus bring cool stuff to people over there to help them get together and make hackerspaces happen.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bilal/baghdad-community-hackerspace-workshops?ref=live" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bilal/baghdad-community-hackerspace-workshops?ref=live</a><br>
><br>
> Mitch.<br>
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