ALJAZAM Listening Post September 28, 2013
A novel idea on piecing together a custom made mobile phone so it doesnt end up in a landfill. The siege at the Shopping Mall in nairobi was an unfolding tragedy, a 4day long horror of a news story with multiple angles beyond the death toll. Gunmen from somalia based Group Alshabab went on a killing spree. As the siege dragged on, so did alshababs exposure. Journalists were left with little to do but report on alshabab, which would have played into their hand. Throughout it all alshabab used social media like twitter to challenge the narrative and keep followers updated in almost real time abo...