The Middle East Digital Humanities Digest is a blog created by the Digital Humanities program at the American University in Cairo Libraries & Learning technologies. AUC is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of the intellectual, social, and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty and staff, trustees, alumni, and other generous sponsors represent more than 60 countries. The University stands as a crossroads for the world’s cultures and a vibrant forum for reasoned argument, spirited debate, and understanding across the diversity of languages, facilities, and human experiences. MEDHD Vision: Quality guide of content for digital humanities projects and content in Egypt and the Middle East. MEDHD Audience: (Our ideal reader & Bloggers) MEDHD blog intends to be a space for digital humanists, librarians, scholars, and researchers, and students who show great interest or experience in
What is #PalestineToday? #PalestineToday is the social media hashtag created to encourage Palestinians to share their Nakpa stories by sharing their place of birth on Palestine Today interactive map website. Palestinian Today is a project made by visualizing Palestine (VP). VP creates data-driven tools to advance a factual, rights-based narrative of the Palestinian-Israeli issue. This project involves researchers, designers, technologists, and communications specialists work in partnership with civil society actors to amplify their impact and promote justice and equality. VP was launched in 2012. VP is the first portfolio of Visualizing Impact (VI), an independent, non-profit laboratory for innovation at the intersection of data science, technology, and design. Here is a video on How to navigate Palestine Today interactive map and share your story. Tip: Use Your Mouse Scroll while navigating interactive Map Why #PalestineToday? The 1948 Palestinian exodus, also known as the #