[Wikimedia-l] Joint Statement on Palestine

2024-04-11 Thread Farah Jack Mustaklem
Dear fellow Wikimedians, On the 7th of April, a joint statement was published by Wikimedia groups, ally organization, and individual Wikimedians expressing concern over the humanitarian catastrophe in Palestine. The statement calls on "all Wikimedia groups, affiliates, allies, and volunteers to

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Osama and Ziyad

2024-01-19 Thread Farah Jack Mustaklem
Dear Wikimedia community, Today marks our friend Osama's thirtieth birthday, which, instead of celebrating with his loved ones, he is spending in jail serving a 32 year sentence. Osama was an asset to the Wikimedia community and he is dearly missed. Today, several civil society organizations have

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Arabic Wikipedia day of action

2023-12-23 Thread Farah Jack Mustaklem
First and foremost, let me just be clear that my message announcing the day of action was entirely my own. I do not claim to represent the Arabic Wikimedia movement in any way, shape, or form. In fact, the words "day of action" and "going dark" was my own terminology for describing what has

[Wikimedia-l] Arabic Wikipedia day of action

2023-12-22 Thread Farah Jack Mustaklem
Greetings to all, Arabic Wikipedia editors have agreed to hold a day of action to highlight the plight of the Palestinian people and to call for peace. At 00:00 UTC on the 23rd of December, the Arabic Wikipedia "went dark", meaning that Wikipedia will not be editable for 24 hours. Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Changes to Rapid Grants - Effective August 1, 2019

2019-07-26 Thread Farah Jack Mustaklem
Hi Woubzena, I've submitted a couple of requests in July, hoping that we can get them going before the new changes take place: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Grants:Project/Rapid/UG_LEV/Summer_2019-2020_Education_Program_in_Palestine

[Wikimedia-l] New Affiliations Committee appointments

2019-02-21 Thread Farah Jack Mustaklem
Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that Reda Kerbouche, Manavpreet Kaur, and May Hachem have appointed to the Affiliations Committee as new members. In addition, two incumbent members -- Kirill Lokshin and Camelia Boban -- have been re-appointed for an additional term. Please join me in