Hello friends and curious people. In 2009 I felt something beautiful while living in Cambridge, MA. The beautiful feelings of possibility and creativity, friendship and support, and ultimately of finding my people. And I wanted other people to feel that too. And so I traveled, I explored hackerspaces around the country and together with friends started the All […]
An awesome event happened last month at the Fikra Space hackerspace in Bahgdad. The crew gathered at the Institute of War and Peace Reporting for Ramadan Iftar dinner. It was a challenging time to be in Iraq so soon after a large prison break and a few months of ramped up violence. But joining this […]
Baghdad, Iraq June 2013 Murtadha Al-Tameemi It all started with a Skype call that happened during my visit to Baghdad in February. The three boys of Fikra Space (Ali, Mujtaba and Salih) as well as Sheikh, the Regional Operations Manager at Startup Weekend HQ in Seattle, were on that call. Sheikh had initiated this meeting […]
yesterday we thought “it’s time to create” at the first active build night in Fikra Space. Fikra’s members came together at IWPR to create and play with the stuff that we have. It’s time to create some new things!! We were amazed by the passion of the people who joined us!! All ambitious young geeks […]
So you want to start a hackerspace? Awesome! Here are some inspiring resources, how-to’s, and models from hackerspace-loving folks around the world to get you started: Firstly, Mitch Altman shares the vision of why hackerspaces are so awesome: how they support education, create community, and – most importantly to Mitch – doing what you love. […]
Baghdad, Iraq FEB 2013 Murtadha Al-Tameemi Ever since I first left Iraq in 2007, I’ve been wanting to go back and contribute something to the community. Through the help of GEMSI, a few weeks ago I finally had the chance to make a dedicated trip with the intention of doing some good work in Baghdad. […]
Baghdad – October 29 2012 The GEMSI team split up after Beirut for both safety and visa concerns. Yet a car bomb in Beirut made it clear that neither Baghdad nor Beirut were safe places. We can either ignore the violence and live with it as most others do in these regions, or work through […]
Wow, 7 days of events. What a full week in Baghdad! The hackerspace crew formed quickly and soon after our first meeting in Everyday Cafe where Ali Makhzoomi has his DIY public library we started getting a calendar of events together. This post is a description of some of the events we ran that week. […]
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After working together for a month with Bilal and Susu to help initiate the first hackerspace in Baghdad they finally arrived today. Bilal and Susu have arrived to Baghdad and we all met up immediately to discuss about Baghdad coming Hackerspace in Everyday cafe in Mansour Baghdad Iraq. The meeting was at Everyday café we’d like […]
Hello, Salih here! I had this idea to help Baghdad First Hackerspace by reaching out to connect the hackerspaces of the world. We have connected with Builds Hakerspace in Boston, Lamba Labs in Beirut and the Maker community in NewYork city during World Maker Faire 2012. Here are some of the responses about why hackersapces […]