SalamaTech: Harnessing Technology to Advance Peacebuilding

01 Mar 2017

Our own Anwar Abas participated in a debate on PeaceTech earlier today. The panel session, hosted by the Centre for Security and...

Peacetech and the Syrian Conflict: New Report By The British Council

13 Sep 2016

The British Council recently published a new report looking at peacetech initiatives responding to the Syrian crisis. Our own projects – SalamaTech...

Look Beyond the CVE Buzzwords; See the People

07 Sep 2016

With all the talk of countering violent extremism (CVE), it can be easy to lose sight of the most important aspect of...

Why Helping Syrians is Harder than it Should Be

18 Aug 2016

While the Syrian civil war continues to rage more than five years on, the challenges in helping Syrians caught in conflict grow. The...

The Unsung Heroes of Syria: Voices of Resilience

15 Jul 2016

There are many unsung heroes in Syria. We are lucky enough to work with some of these Voices of Resilience. Earlier this...

Al Araby Features SalamaTech’s Launch of “Be Heard” Online Portal

04 Mar 2016

This article contains edited excerpts of the original article. For the original Arabic article click here. SalamaTech’s own Basel Mattar was...

Syrians Still Need Help: By the Numbers + What You Can Do

17 Dec 2015

We can all use some good news, particularly with the holiday season upon us. Indeed, recently elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s personal...

SalamaTech: Helping Syrians Communicate

26 Oct 2015

The SecDev Foundation project, SalamaTech, has been enjoying increasing coverage of its efforts to help Syrians communicate securely and effectively. Two prominent Syrian...

The Ultimate Revolution: Nonviolent Information Technologies

20 Oct 2015

This article was written by Afra Jalabi and originally published at #HackingConflict We live in a world that is increasingly interconnected– populations around the...