Arabic Wikipedia Is a Flashpoint -- and a Beacon

Arabic Wikipedia Is a Flashpoint -- and a Beacon

Rami Tarawneh knew something was wrong when security in a Middle Eastern airport made him wait for three hours. The 36-year-old Jordanian traveled throughout the region often, but this was the first time that mukhabarat, secret police, had pulled him aside with a specific demand: Give us the IP address of a particular Arabic Wikipedia user.

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