You're all so wonderful! I've been supremely happy with all the support I've gotten from the worldwide hackerspace community. From Mitch to James to all the lovely people who help create the feeling of abundance. <div>
<br></div><div>If you have any ideas/things you want to see at the Hackerspace in Beirut or at the temporary hackerspace in Baghdad let me know. A simple way you can be involved is by live streaming GEMSI events into their hackerspaces?</div>
<div><br>BG</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:29 PM, James Carlson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@schoolfactory.org" target="_blank">james@schoolfactory.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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>
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By helping Bilal you help us help many others who are looking for support in starting these amazing places.<div><div class="h5"><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>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>
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> 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>
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> Mitch.<br>
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