Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2025

20-21 May, 2025

Registration

Agenda

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AR EN 14:00 - 14:10 (Jerusalem Time)

Welcome - Sophie D & Leen Tbeleh

Sophie Driscoll

Sophie Driscoll

Leen Tbeleh

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AR EN 14:10 - 14:15 (Jerusalem Time)

7amleh Board Welcome - Reem Amer

Reem Amer

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AR EN 14:15 - 14:30 (Jerusalem Time)

Inspirational Speaker: Sam Gregory Prepare, Don't Panic: How to Ensure a Globally-inclusive Response to Deceptive AI Technologies, including Deepfakes and Synthetic media

Sam Gregory

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EN 14:30 - 14:45 (Jerusalem Time)

Performance - Ashtar Theatre, The Gaza Monologues

Emile Saba

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AR EN 14:45 - 15:00 (Jerusalem Time)

The Palestinian Telecommunications Sector: Between War, Destruction, and AI Innovation - A Conversation with the Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Economy

Dr. Mona Nabil Demaidi

Dr. Abdelrazzak Natsheh

Dr. Abdelrazzak Natsheh

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AR EN 15:00 - 16:00 (Jerusalem Time)

AI in Times of War: Gaza, Automated Warfare, Surveillance, and the Battle of Narratives

Matt Mahmoudi

Jillian York

Gugu Dube

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AR EN 16:00 - 16:15 (Jerusalem Time)

Antony Loewenstein - The Gaza Laboratory: How “battle-tested” AI is a Threat to the World

Jalal Abukhater

Antony Loewenstein

Antony Loewenstein

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AR EN 16:15 - 17:15 (Jerusalem Time)

Generative AI: Dehumanization & Bias Against Palestinians & Marginalized Communities

Mona Shtaya

Dr. Ameera Kawash

Dr. Ameera Kawash

Rida Qadri

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AR EN 17:15 - 17:30 (Jerusalem Time)

Technological Exacerbated Oppression: How workers, students, and social movements can push Big Tech towards a more just model

Dr. Timnit Gebru

Dr. Timnit Gebru

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AR EN 17:30 - 18:30 (Jerusalem Time)

Regulation & Legislation: Reigning in AI for Human Rights

Isabela Fernandes

Meredith Veit

James Wright

Tesh Sidi

Isabel Ebert

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Break

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AR EN 18:45 - 19:45 (Jerusalem Time)

AI for Social Change: How Human Rights Defenders, Civil Society, and Academics are Utilizing AI for Good

Dr. Areej Mawasi

Dr. Areej Mawasi

Nyalleng Moorosi

Nyalleng Moorosi

Peter Polack

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AR EN 19:45 - 20:00 (Jerusalem Time)

Best Digital Campaign Announcement - Niveen Abu Rahmoun

Niveen Abu Rahmoun

Niveen Abu Rahmoun

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AR EN 20:00 - 21:00 (Jerusalem Time)

AI in Security & Social Movements: How AI Technologies have been Weaponized against Communities in the United States

Tawana Petty

Granate Kim

Dr. Lilly Irani

Dr. Lilly Irani

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AR EN 14:00 - 15:00 (Jerusalem Time)

Fine-tuning Large Language Models for the Larger World

Taysir Mathlouthi

Dr. Dima Saber

Dr.Scott Hale

Nighat Dad

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AR 14:00 - 15:00 (Jerusalem Time)

AI-Assisted Iterative Development of Social Impact Projects

Hasan Abo-Shally

Hasan Abo-Shally

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AR EN 15:00 - 16:00 (Jerusalem Time)

Patterns Beyond AI: Open-source methodologies and tools for investigation

Júlia Nueno

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AR 15:00 - 16:00 (Jerusalem Time)

The Importance of Cross-Border Cooperation in Combating Disinformation About the War in Gaza: The Arab Fact-Checkers Network as a Model

Saja Mortada

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AR 16:00 - 17:00 (Jerusalem Time)

Tips for Fact Checkers

Mahmoud Elmasry

Mahmoud Elmasry

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AR 16:00 - 17:00 (Jerusalem Time)

Natural Language Processing (NLP) Frontiers: Diverse Experiences in Combating Hate Speech Through AI

Yazan Shannak

Rama Salahat

Prof. Mustafa Jarrar

Prof. Mustafa Jarrar

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AR EN 17:00 - 18:00 (Jerusalem Time)

The impact of AI’s commercialisation on Gender

Sukaina Khalawi

Hija Kamran

Nadine Moawad

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AR 17:00 - 18:00 (Jerusalem Time)

AI for Liberation: Pioneering AI Human Rights Strategies with Fadi Quran

Fadi Quran

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AR EN 18:00 - 19:00 (Jerusalem Time)

AI and confronting our data traces

Safa Ghnaim

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AR EN 18:00 - 19:00 (Jerusalem Time)

Social Media Intelligence Gathering (SOCMINT) as a tool of repression and how to regulate for the protection of human rights

Josie Thum

Lina Palacios

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AR 19:00 - 20:00 (Jerusalem Time)

How to defend against AI-powered surveillance

Mohammad El Taher

Raya

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EN 19:00 - 20:00 (Jerusalem Time)

Tech Workers’ Guide to AI in Content Moderation - Tech Workers’ Coalition

Kate Sim

Emily Chao

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Digital Clinic - JOSA ( closed session - by invitation only)

George Khoury

Marwa Hanna

Mahdi Kurzum

Raed Mehyar

Speakers

Dr. Abdelrazzak Natsheh

Dr. Abdelrazzak Natsheh Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Economy

Dr. Abdelrazzak Natsheh Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Economy

Tesh Sidi

Tesh Sidi Member of the Spanish Congress and a Human Rights Defender

Tesh Sidi Member of the Spanish Congress and a Human Rights Defender

Dr. Timnit Gebru

Dr. Timnit Gebru Founder and executive director of DAIR

Dr. Timnit Gebru Founder and executive director of DAIR

Antony Loewenstein

Antony Loewenstein Freelance Journalist

Antony Loewenstein Freelance Journalist

Nadim Nashif

Nadim Nashif Director of 7amleh

Nadim Nashif Director of 7amleh

Sam Gregory

Sam Gregory Executive Director of WITNESS

Sam Gregory Executive Director of WITNESS

Mona Shtaya

Mona Shtaya Campaigns & Partnerships Manager (MENA) and Corporate Engagement Lead

Mona Shtaya Campaigns & Partnerships Manager (MENA) and Corporate Engagement Lead

Prof. Mustafa Jarrar

Prof. Mustafa Jarrar Natural Language Processing and Ontology Engineering Expert

Prof. Mustafa Jarrar Natural Language Processing and Ontology Engineering Expert

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Goals and Objectives

– To develop Palestinian digital activism and create a space for exchange of experiences and expertise with local and international counterparts.

– To increase awareness among members of the Palestinian public about digital rights issues and challenges.

– To increase Palestinian digital rights activists access to local and international power holders to facilitate changes in policies and practices.

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