[spectre] Streamtime mission to produce internet radio program from Basrah, Iraq

[Geert Lovink]

Public announcement

http://streamtime.org/

Streamtime mission to produce internet  radio program from Basrah, Iraq

 From April 1st till 4th the Iraqi poetry carnival Merbed will take 
place in Basrah, in the south of Iraq. This major cultural event is 
organized by the Writers Association of Iraq with support of the 
Ministry of Culture. Merbed is a meeting point for artists in Iraq and 
in the Diaspora. Some 400 poets, writers and other artists and 
intellectuals are expected to join this second edition of Merbed after 
the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Streamtime will take part to produce a daily radio program in the form 
of streaming on the Internet.  This will enable a global audience to 
experience the cultural revival of Iraq. The stream will be available 
for reproduction by local and international radio stations. The main 
language will be Iraqi Arabic, with short reports and round ups in 
English.

Streamtime is a loose international network of media activists 
dedicated to assist local media to get connected and make use of new 
media. Streamtime uses old and new media for the production of content 
and networks in the fields of media, arts, culture and activism in 
crisis areas, like Iraq. Last summer we realized streaming programs 
from Halabja and Baghdad. Since then several cultural programs were 
made in Holland with Iraqi artists and a special on Election Day.

Futher information:

Live streams are scheduled from April 2nd from 5 – 7 pm local time
(3 – 5 Western European Time, 9 – 11 AM New York Time)
The stream will be in mp3  format.
All programs are archived on http://streamtime.org/
Dyne:bolic free and open source streaming software http://www.dyne.org/
Financial support by HIVOS, http://www.hivos.nl/
Supported by http://www.aidainternational.nl/

Contact: irakdesk<at>xminy.nl

Donations:
Dutch Postbank account 5965559 AIDA, van Ostadestraat 49/a 1072 SN 
Amsterdam ref. Streamtime
IBAN: NL63PSTB0005965559  BIC PSTBN L21
ING Bank Amsterdam
Foreign Operations
Po Box 1800
1000 BV Amsterdam
The Netherlands