June 25 2025, MENA Meetup
The MENA Regional Meetups are bimonthly video calling gatherings that bring together folks from the MENA region to share, connect, seek help, and release stress by celebrating each other. In addition, it's a time for us to find ways to support each other, and help us understand what is happening in our part of the world. If you cannot attend the monthly meetups, we are taking notes of each gathering and linking to them below.
The MENA community is connected during the week in different ways. Either through various MENA-focused channels on the TCU Mattermost or via different events organized on various topics during the year.
- Date: Wednesday, June 25
- Time: 4pm EET / 9am EDT / 1pm UTC (What time is it in my city?)
- Who: Facilitated by Mardiya
- Where: The Google Meet link will be shared in the Regional MENA's channel on the TCU Mattermost one or two hours before the start of the meeting and via email to the participants. Don't have an account to the TCU Mattermost? you can request one following the directions here.
👉🏾 RSVP: https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/lessons_from_mena_june_2025
Digital Iran Reloaded: Iranian Gamers vs. Information Controls
Join us on the June 25, in this Digital Rights MENA Meetup combined with TCU's Community Knowledge Share webinar format, where Melinda will be talk about:
- Digital Resistance: Iranian Gamers vs. Information Controls
- Gamer community resilience
- Implications for digital rights
Melinda Cohoon, a recent doctoral graduate in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Washington, focused her dissertation on the culture of gamers in Iran, specifically those who play World of Warcraft, and the application of affect theory. She is a former ICFP senior research fellow collaborating with the Miaan Group. Her recent research as a senior fellow investigates internet access conditions from the perspective of Iranian gamers.
Notes
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Notes will be posted here
