[Noisebridge-discuss] Iraqi hackerspaces?

[Martin Bogomolni]

Mitch,

Back during the war period, there was a lot of hack action going on in
Iraq.   Unfortunately, it was mostly focused on improvised weaponry
and arms :(

I think having a positive place for people to hack on things could do
a lot to turn the culture around.

-M

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> My friend Bilal is going to Iraq to help people in Bagdad and elsewhere start hackerspaces.
>
> Bilal and I went to Egypt last year to help folks get going with hackerspaces over there, and people over there are now cruising!  All they needed was a catalyst.
>
> With some help, and a bit of catalyst action, maybe this can happen in Iraq, too.
>
> Bilal has a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to get there and back, plus bring cool stuff to people over there to help them get together and make hackerspaces happen.
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bilal/baghdad-community-hackerspace-workshops?ref=live
>
>
> Mitch.
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