Join us next week for a conversation with Nadim Nashif, the executive director and co-founder of 7amleh: The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media.
7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media works towards a free, fair, and safe digital space for all Palestinians. However, since the beginning of the War on Gaza, that has become increasingly more difficult. Censorship of Palestinian voices and narratives on social media is at an all time high, while incitement to violence and anti-Palestinian racism spreads rampantly across many prominent platforms. Furthermore, 7amleh has documented a rise in AI-driven dehumanization of Palestinians, as generative AI tools mistranslated the Arabic word for “Palestinian” into “Palestinian Terrorist” on Instagram, and image generators produced depictions of Arab children with guns from the simple prompt of “Palestinian” on WhatsApp. These are just a few of the ways in which the digital space has been weaponized against Palestinians in this time of tragedy. Nadim will speak to all of this and more, as well as what is being done to fight digital discrimination and hate directed at Palestinians.
Nadim Nashif is the executive director and co-founder of 7amleh: The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media. Nadim is a committed Digital Rights Defender and longtime community organizer, who has worked on youth and community development issues for over 20 years. Nadim founded and previously served as director of Baladna, The Association for Arab Youth. He founded and coordinated the youth wing of the Balad political party before becoming Director at the Committee for Educational Guidance for Arab students. He is also the co-founder of Wusol Digital Academy, a digital marketing educational center.
