Nasser Weddady
I am a native of Mauritania, and grew up in Libya and Syria, traveling extensively through the Middle East, before coming to the US as a refugee in 2000. A few days after the September 11 attacks, I was falsely detained by the FBI because of my ethnic appearance.
I have been a long-time activist in the struggle to end slavery in my homeland, I have also organized conferences for young activists across the Middle East; published in the International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and Baltimore Sun; appeared on Fox’s Hannity & Colmes, BBC World Service, Al Jazeera, and Radio Liberty; and testified to Congress’ Human Rights Caucus. Fluent in five languages, I have lectured at the US Institute of Peace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and diverse interfaith settings
Currently, I am the Outreach Director with American Islamic Congress (AIC) and working on the Hands Across the Middle East Support Alliance initiative (HAMSA) and also am chair of AIC’s New England Council.
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Greetings from Egypt.
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[...] Nasser Weddady est mauritanien et vit aux États-Unis. Depuis la révolution tunisienne, ceux qui suivent l’actualité Moyen Orient-Afrique du Nord sur Twitter le connaissent par son compte, le très suivi et très influent@weddady, qui s’apprête à publier aux Etats-Unis un ouvrage de témoignages et de réflexions sur le monde arabophone et ces soulèvements. Mais qu’en est-il des médias citoyens dans son pays, la Mauritanie, où là aussi les Printemps arabes ont été le levain de la contestation ? Interview lors d’une conférence donnée à Tunis. [...]
[...] Nasser Weddady is Mauritanian and lives in the United States (US). Since the Tunisian revolution, those who follow North-African/Middle Eastern current affairs on Twitter know him by his username – the very influential and widely followed @weddady, who is about to publish in the US, a book of reflections and testimonies on the Arabic-speaking world and its uprisings. [...]
[...] Nasser Weddady is Mauritanian and lives in the United States (US). Since the Tunisian revolution, those who follow North-African/Middle Eastern current affairs on Twitter know him by his username – the very influential and widely followed @weddady, who is about to publish in the US, a book of reflections and testimonies on the Arabic-speaking world and its uprisings. [...]
[...] de la Coalition de la jeunesse du 25 février qui réclame des réformes. Selon le mauritanien Nasser Weddady, résidant aux Etats-Unis, auteur du livre Arab Spring Dreams (ouvrage de réflexion sur le monde [...]