Re: [Foundation-l] MENA Education Program?

2011-11-13 Thread Moushira Elamrawy
Hi Aude, Hope all is well. Glad to see your interest in Arabic Wikipedia, and I have a couple of comments to some of your questions: 1) The issue with flagged revisions and handling a massive influx of articles should ideally be addressed to the Arabic Wikipedia community. It has already been rai

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Moushira Elamrawy
On 8/12/10, Mathias Schindler wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Abbas Mahmoud wrote: >> Yaroslav: X has no problem with Israel, there's even an embassy in country >> X, from which he applied the visa, but since he is on a work permit in the >> Middle east, the embassy sticks the visa on a

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Moushira Elamrawy
On 8/11/10, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > >> I believe the "difficulty" of getting a visa varies from one country >> to another, but even with the help of the bidding team, an issue will >> remain unresolved, that is: Some countries do not allow persons with >> an Israeli stamp on their passports,

Re: [Foundation-l] Participation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Moushira Elamrawy
On 8/11/10, Mathias Schindler wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Abbas Mahmoud wrote: >> Not only the Middle East, but the Muslim population at large will not dare >> step into Israeli soil. > > Hey, isn't this already progress when they acknowledge the soil to be > Israeli? :) It is dif

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Moushira Elamrawy
Thanks Harel for your email.. On 8/11/10, Harel Cain wrote: > Israel is well aware of this situation, and offers the special > possibility of stamping not the passport but a separate page on entry > and exit, for any visitor that requests it A confirmation for the possibility of getting the stamp

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Moushira Elamrawy
Abbas: Let us not generalize; it is a complex and complicated matter about the will/ability to visit Israel if you happen to be a resident of an Arab or Muslim nation. I believe the "difficulty" of getting a visa varies from one country to another, but even with the help of the bidding team, an is

Re: [Foundation-l] Floating a notion: permanent Wikimania committee?

2010-06-17 Thread Moushira Elamrawy
Today's meeting was definitely progressive and the idea of compiling a handbook (or guide, or whatever) to Wikimania is fruitful..but, I just thought: Enthusiasm and good intentions could turn into a problem (or a crisis) if they are not accompanied by experience, or at least know-how. All teams wa

Re: [Foundation-l] UN announces free (cheap) online university

2009-06-08 Thread Moushira Elamrawy
University website: http://www.uopeople.org Currently providing two academic programs; computer science track and business admin. Enrollment deadline for fall semester hasn't yet passed!! Regards, Moushira On 6/8/09, David Gerard wrote: > http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30848 > > F