Tom in Egypt // توم في مصر

Exciting news today - Meedan has taken off its beta wheels and launched an awesome new site. It really is beautiful, you simply have to check it out:

For anyone with an interest in Arabic, the Middle East, or even just current affairs, I'd thoroughly encourage you to sign up. Meedan is, and is going to become, a really great place to discuss fascinating subjects and share news stories with people who maybe don't speak our language.

For those amongst for whom Arabic is something of a passion, Meedan is an excellent place to practice and improve translation skills both ways, and at the same time be contributing to something really meaningful. Too many times in my degree I was translating tired old material just for the sake of practice. At Meedan, you can practice (aided by the Meedan pro-team) while genuinely helping bridge a language gap that has for too long separated the English and Arabic speaking worlds.

Rather than rant any more - and I could - I'll leave you with this awesome video produced by Maya Zankoul and Mohammad Saleh Kayali which explains the basic idea behind Meedan (I've selected the Arabic version here. Check out MeedanTube for an array of videos and tutorials about the site) Enjoy!



Thanks to all at Meedan for the awesome efforts put into making this happen, I'm very proud to be a part of the team.