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

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--- Geert Lovink <geert at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> 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
> 
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