{"id":2149,"date":"2018-03-02T08:33:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T13:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2018-03-10T13:34:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T18:34:49","slug":"raseef-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/raseef-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Raseef 22 \/ \u0631\u0635\u064a\u0641 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raseef22.com\/\">Raseef 22<\/a> [Sidewalk 22 (as the number of countries in the Arab League)] is a collaborative information platform that emerged in the spirit of the Arab revolutions. Officially launched in Lebanon in August 2013, Raseef 22 offers independent and critical news and views on social, political and cultural movements active in the Arab world. In addition to journalists, writers and artists contributing articles, the platform is maintained and its content curated by an editorial board of fifteen people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raseef22.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2274\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2018\/03\/FireShot-Capture-058-\u0631\u0635\u064a\u064122-https___raseef22.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2018\/03\/FireShot-Capture-058-\u0631\u0635\u064a\u064122-https___raseef22.com_.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2018\/03\/FireShot-Capture-058-\u0631\u0635\u064a\u064122-https___raseef22.com_-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2018\/03\/FireShot-Capture-058-\u0631\u0635\u064a\u064122-https___raseef22.com_-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2018\/03\/FireShot-Capture-058-\u0631\u0635\u064a\u064122-https___raseef22.com_-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2018\/03\/FireShot-Capture-058-\u0631\u0635\u064a\u064122-https___raseef22.com_-500x230.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a>The website is bilingual, English and Arabic, however at the time of our visit, there was much more content available in Arabic than in English. One hopes this will be developped in the future.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Navigating <a href=\"https:\/\/raseef22.com\/\">Raseef 22<\/a> is very easy, thanks to a single top menu highlighting categories of publications: Life, Politics, Culture, Economy, Blog and Videos. Users can also subscribe to receive a weekly selection of topics, and follow Raseef22 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Raseef22English\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raseef22en\">Twitter <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/raseef22\/\">Instagram<\/a>. Last, people eager to contribute can submit theit articles (in .docx format) directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/raseef22.com\/en\/contribute\/\">Contribute<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raseef 22 [Sidewalk 22 (as the number of countries in the Arab League)] is a collaborative information platform that emerged in the spirit of the Arab revolutions. 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