Is social media driving reform?
We look at the role of social media in the Tunisian uprising and ask what impact it may have on the rest of the region.
What impact will Tunisia’s popular uprising have on neighbouring countries and could social media become the driving force for political reform in the Arab world?
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On Thursday’s Riz Khan we talk to Sami Ben Gharbia, the co-founder of the Tunisian website Nawaat.org; Nasser Weddady, the outreach director at the American Islamic Congress where he promotes civil rights through social media; and Wael Abbas, an Egyptian blogger and activist who regularly reports on corruption.
You can join the conversation. Call in with your questions and comments on Thursday, January 20, at our live time of 1930GMT. Repeats air the next day at 0430GMT, 0830GMT and 1430GMT.