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CHI 17 SIG Meeting on HCI Across the Arab World.
I’m happy to invite you to join our SIG Meeting at CHI’17 on HCI Across the Arab World. When: Wednesday 10 May, 16:30 – 17:50 Where: CHI’17, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO | Room: 301 Program: 00:00 – 00:10 Welcome and Introduction 00:10 – 00:20 Experiences and Goals Presentation 00:20 – 00:35 First round of discussion…
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Time in Design: Cross-Cultural Exploration of Time in the Arab World
Recently, the following anecdote came up with my friend Fida, who’s a Computer Science Masters student at UW After living in the US for 3 years, I went back to visit my family in Saudi Arabia. Among the many festivities of being home, my aunts invited my sisters and I over for lunch. “What time…
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YAY! Honorable Mention from the ACM #CSCW Best Paper Award Committee
Very proud to have received an Honorable Mention from the ACM #CSCW Best Paper Award Committee for our paper on “Photo Sharing in the Arab Gulf: Expressing the Collective and Autonomous Selves” with my great collaborators and team Adam Hodges and Sarah Vieweg! Stay tuned to a summary of this paper on my blog!
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News: Attending The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
I am excited to announce that I am the receiver of the GHC Scholarship by the Anita Bog Institute to attend the 2016 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) in Houston, Texas, October 19-21, 2016. I will be in Huston from the 18th of Oct. so connect with me if you want to meet…
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Tales from DIS’16 and Australia
I just got back from a very eventful DIS’16 where I was serving as a student volunteer and was also speaking at the conference. I got to meet other amazing student volunteers and attendees who came to Brisbane from all around the world and met at DIS. The best part were our volunteer t-shirts which read GENIUS on the back; we…
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Update: I am at DIS 2016 – Brisbane
Finally, my dream came true and I made it to Australia! I am currently in Brisbane, Australia to participate in the DIS 2016 conference. I am excited to partake in the conference in 2 different ways: 1- I will volunteering with other awesome students from around the world to organize the conference. 2- I will be presenting my…
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Privacy & Social Media in the Arab Gulf
For years now, I have studied a topic that is both deeply personal to me as well as largely understudied in the academic world – online privacy in the context of the Middle East. This blog posts summarizes one of my recently published research papers that delves into privacy and social media in the context…
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CHI 2016 Update: Workshop Participation
I am thrilled to announce that I will be participating in the CHI16 workshop Bridging the Gap between Privacy by Design and Privacy in Practice . In the workshop we will be discussing ways to bridge the gap between design and practice. I aim to bring an angle that is rarely discussed in such forums…
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Twitter, Islam & The Aftermath of Paris Terrorist Attacks
The tragic terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris sparked a massive global discussion via social media between those attacking and those defending Islam and Muslims. The March 22, 2016 terrorist attack in Brussels is now sparking a similar and heated online debate. This caused our research team from Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)…