It has been almost eighteen months since the Israeli military aggression started on the Gaza Strip, a city in occupied Palestine. The bombardment was resumed
Author: Suha Ayyash
Experienced practitioner and expert in Social and Behavior Change (SBC). Committed to promoting positive behavioral change, understanding social norms and human behavior. Practicing and aim to mainstream design and system thinking in our communities. Through my expertise in SBC, I create programs that address the root causes of behaviors and inspire individuals to opt for making a more positive decisions.
With a particular focus on supporting youth, promoting pluralism, and dialogue, I design and manage programs that strengthen community resilience and enrich the alternative narratives. My work involves utilizing non-formal learning methodologies to design training kits and pedagogies that promote life-long learning in areas such as digital resilience, media literacy, prevention of violent extremism, prevention of hate speech, among other thematic areas. I am experimenting with transcendent approach within peace-building and mediation, I believe in fostering a more inclusive and collaborative approach to resolving conflicts and promoting positive and sustainable peace.
The information war front
While the Germans are still processing their own Guilt and learn this at school, the divide between the political class and the public discourse are
Nuclear bomb on Gaza!
“In a matter of hours, Israel carries out the bloodiest massacre in its history” 7 Nov. 2023, official statement by the Geneva based Euro-Med Human
Intellectual autonomy and news literacy
Do not be fooled by what you see on the first pages or the top results when you use the centralized search engine looking for
The atrocity of the Israeli aggression against Gaza
The images we are seeing on our screens of the current ongoing aggression against people in Gaza by the Israeli occupation military force will be
White paper on Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) in Jordan
Introduction Tashgeel Readiness IDare for Sustainable Development is a civil society organization actively involved in Jordan’s youth work sector. Since 2018, IDare has been supporting
Jordan economic modernization vision and CCI What Will Success Look Like in ten years?
Jordan Economic Modernization Vision The Jordan Economic Modernization Vision is guided by a resounding call for “A Better Future.” Rooted in two fundamental pillars, this
Addressing the gap between Creative Individuals and Technical Experts in the Design Job Market
The issue: In the professional sphere, there appears to be a preference for machine-like individuals over creative minds. The term “machine-people” is used to describe
Gig Economy and Web 3.0
Web 3.0 introduction Web 3.0 (this segment was presented by Eng. Layth Altarawneh), coined around 2014, represents a paradigm shift in the evolution of the
Gig Economy and Web 3 reality and its relevance to the Creative and Cultural Industries in Jordan: Concept Note
The gig economy is a term used to describe the growing number of people who are working independently, often on a contract or freelance basis;
Women’s reality within the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs) outside Amman governorate and large cities
Mental Framing: In examining the reality of women within the CCIs outside major cities, it is essential to consider their access to resources, opportunities for
Recognition of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) in Jordan
Introduction: The second Meet Up was held on 15 May 2023 in Amman with the presence of 30 actors from the creative and the cultural
Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) Ecosystem in Jordan
IDare Support CCI project: Since 2019, IDare for Sustainable Development has been collaborating with stakeholders and actors, including youth, to investigate how the Creative and
Creative and Cultural Industries ecosystem in Jordan
Introduction: Since 2019, IDare for Sustainable Development has been collaborating with stakeholders and actors, including youth, to investigate how the Creative and Cultural Industry (CCI)
Societal Consequences of Deepfake videos
This article explores the wider societal effects of deepfakes, looking specifically at the potential societal effects. It is essential to first define a deepfake. Deepfakes
Fact checking
Starting from the assumption that “independence” is the very essence of information democracy, autonomy in judgments should be the first requirement of free information. But
Deepfake
The term deep fake is commonly referred to as a video in which a person’s face has been convincingly replaced by a computer-generated face. Deepfakes
Since Emile Zola’s famous “J’accuse”, political journalism has tried to play the role of safeguarder of the public interest. However, with the advent of digital
Gender Based Doxxing and Swatting
Introduction Doxxing is shorthand for ‘dropping documents’ and is ascribed to a phenomenon where a person’s private information is released publicly. Shockingly, a 2016 study
What is Watchdog?
A watchdog is an autonomous, non-governmental organisation, person or group that is dedicated to holding governments, organisations and media outlets accountable and to assessing their
The quest for truthful news: fact-checking and watchdog journalism
What is fact-checking? Fact-checking is a journalistic term that indicates the work of ascertaining the events and the data used in a text or speech. This
The watchdog fleas
Watchdog journalists are known for their perseverance, patience, readiness to sacrifice, determination, and courage. Without them, all potentially great stories crumble, surfacing as phantom investigations,
To investigate more in-depth the importance of fat checking It is fundamental to move beyond recent narratives of “facts” and “fake news” and immediate political
Online shaming and cancel culture
The age-old social punishment of public shaming has re-emerged as an internet phenomenon in recent years. Just as fake news is not new, but a
The outrageous history of Fake News
“The use of propaganda is ancient, but never before has there been the technology to so effectively disseminate it” (Posetti and Matthews, 2018). Fake news is
Why do we need fact-checking and watchdog
Citizens and Investigative Journalism: Why do we need a process to check the news? A world without any kind of “mediation”, like the one we
Malaria Must Die
Have you ever come across a video in which Nicholas Cage with letdown long blonde hair was singing “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor? Or,
Cases of doxing
An infamous case of fake news spread on online media platforms generated a crazy conspiracy theory that was very popular on social media outlets across
Beware of the dog!
The rise of non-factual information in the media has prompted the creation of mechanisms meant to scrutinize and validate these pieces. This is a crucial
How deepfakes are shaping our online reality
A few years ago, the idea of fake was probably associated with the way in which people modelled their image in the real world. Today,