Esra'a Al-Shafei
Encyclopedia
Esra'a Al-Shafei is a Bahraini civil rights activist, blog
ger, and the founder and executive director of Mideast Youth and its related projects. Al-Shafei is a senior TED
Global Fellow, an Echoing Green
fellow, and has been referred to by CNN
reporter George Webster as "An outspoken defendant of free speech". According to FastCompany, Al-Shafei is one of the 100 most creative people in business in 2011 . And according to The Daily Beast
, Al-Shafei is one of the 17 bravest bloggers worldwide . Esra'a Al-Shafei is also a promoter of music as a means of social change.
Al-Shafei is recipient of Berkman Award for Internet Innovation from Berkman Center for Internet & Society
at Harvard Law School
in 2008 for the outstanding contributions to the internet and its impact on society.
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger, and the founder and executive director of Mideast Youth and its related projects. Al-Shafei is a senior TED
TED (conference)
TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....
Global Fellow, an Echoing Green
Echoing green
For the electronic band, see The Echoing Green , for the poem see The Echoing GreenEchoing Green is a twenty year-old global non-profit organization operating in the area of early-stage social sector investing...
fellow, and has been referred to by CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
reporter George Webster as "An outspoken defendant of free speech". According to FastCompany, Al-Shafei is one of the 100 most creative people in business in 2011 . And according to The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is an American news reporting and opinion website founded and published by Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk Magazine. The Daily Beast was launched on October 6, 2008, and is owned by IAC...
, Al-Shafei is one of the 17 bravest bloggers worldwide . Esra'a Al-Shafei is also a promoter of music as a means of social change.
Al-Shafei is recipient of Berkman Award for Internet Innovation from Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is a research center at Harvard University that focuses on the study of cyberspace. Founded at Harvard Law School, the center traditionally focused on internet-related legal issues. On May 15, 2008, the Center was elevated to an interfaculty initiative of...
at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
in 2008 for the outstanding contributions to the internet and its impact on society.