Seems like an awesome project! Share'n it on facebook.<div>A<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com" target="_blank">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Now very close to goal -- and 13 hours left!<br>
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<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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Thanks,<br>
Mitch.<br>
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> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:50:56 -0700<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:marina.kukso@gmail.com">marina.kukso@gmail.com</a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:rachel@xtreme.com">rachel@xtreme.com</a><br>
> CC: <a href="mailto:sudoroom@lists.hackerspaces.org">sudoroom@lists.hackerspaces.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [sudoroom] help Bilal build hackerspaces in Iraq, 2 days left<br>
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> hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> less than a whole day left on this one. looks like a really worthwhile<br>
> endeavor.<br>
><br>
> - Marina<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Rachel McConnell<br>
</div><div><div class="h5">> <<a href="mailto:rachel@xtreme.com">rachel@xtreme.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:rachel@xtreme.com">rachel@xtreme.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bilal/baghdad-community-hackerspace-workshops" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bilal/baghdad-community-hackerspace-workshops</a><br>
><br>
> I have this friend, Bilal Ghalib, whom you may have heard of in various<br>
> contexts. He's a super sweet guy, a maker of things, a lover of<br>
> people, a builder of community. What he is doing with his life is<br>
> encouraging the growth of Maker Culture worldwide, and particularly in<br>
> the Middle East. He explains it much better than I can in this<br>
> article[0].<br>
><br>
> Last year he and Mitch Altman went to Cairo to help run a temporary,<br>
> 3-day hackerspace there. Three days. At that time, there was one<br>
> hackerspace, just starting up, in Egypt. As I write this, less than a<br>
> year later, there are FIVE hacker and maker spaces in Egypt. They have<br>
> Facebook pages, check them out[1]!<br>
><br>
> He is currently about to travel to Iraq and do this again[2]. And he<br>
> needs money, for travel, for soldering irons and fabric and 3D printing<br>
> supplies and lasers and other tools and materials, for shipping donated<br>
> computers, for bandwidth and hosting and publishing and printing. As<br>
> you can imagine, there is not much income to be had in this work, so he<br>
> is funded almost 100% through donations. He's halfway to his goal for<br>
> this trip, but there are only two days left in the kickstarter.<br>
><br>
> I am personally convinced that if we had 100 Bilals out there, teaching<br>
> and encouraging and connecting, there'd be a solid peace in the region<br>
> within five years. Can you pitch in a few bucks to support making,<br>
> hacking, art, and creativity in the Middle East?<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bilal/baghdad-community-hackerspace-workshops" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bilal/baghdad-community-hackerspace-workshops</a><br>
><br>
> Forward widely!<br>
><br>
> Rachel McConnell<br>
><br>
> [0]<br>
> <a href="http://www.instructables.com/community/The-Middle-East-and-the-Global-Hackerspace-Movemen/" target="_blank">http://www.instructables.com/community/The-Middle-East-and-the-Global-Hackerspace-Movemen/</a><br>
><br>
> [1]<br>
> Cairo Hackerspace: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CairoHackerSpace" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/CairoHackerSpace</a><br>
> El Minya Hackerspace:<br>
> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Minya-Hacker-Space/110235235753993" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Minya-Hacker-Space/110235235753993</a><br>
> Alexandria Hackerspace: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/348988958470932" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/groups/348988958470932</a><br>
> Mansoura Hackerspace: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/213558152073212" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/groups/213558152073212</a><br>
> Egypt Fablab: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/fablab.egypt" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/fablab.egypt</a><br>
><br>
> [2]<br>
> Here's what Boingboing says about this project:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/kickstarting-a-hackerspace-in.html" target="_blank">http://boingboing.net/2012/09/07/kickstarting-a-hackerspace-in.html</a><br>
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