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#chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

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#chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (2013)
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From the Chicago suburbs, an American teenager helps run the Syrian revolution. With social media, she helps her network expose regime atrocities. But as the violence rages everyone must cho... Read allFrom the Chicago suburbs, an American teenager helps run the Syrian revolution. With social media, she helps her network expose regime atrocities. But as the violence rages everyone must choose their weapon: Facebook or AK-47s.From the Chicago suburbs, an American teenager helps run the Syrian revolution. With social media, she helps her network expose regime atrocities. But as the violence rages everyone must choose their weapon: Facebook or AK-47s.
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    • Joe Piscatella
    • Joe Piscatella
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    • Ala'a Basatneh
    • Aous Al-Mubarak
    • Bassel Shehadeh
    • Joe Piscatella
    • Joe Piscatella
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    • Ala'a Basatneh
    • Aous Al-Mubarak
    • Bassel Shehadeh
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    Ala'a Basatneh
    • Self - #chicagoGirl
    Aous Al-Mubarak
    • Self
    • (as Aous al-Mubarak)
    Bassel Shehadeh
    • Self
    • (as Bassel Shahade)
    Mazhar 'Omar' Tayara
    • Self - Citizen Journalist
    David Gorodyansky
    • Self - Internet Security Expert
    Sascha Meinrath
    • Self - Director, Open Technology Institute
    Zeynep Tüfekçi
    Zeynep Tüfekçi
    • Self - Berkman Center, Harvard University
    • (as Zeynep Tufekci)
    Kurt Andersen
    • Self - Writer, 'The Potester' for Time's Person of the Year 2011
    Wael Ghonim
    • Self - Internet Activist
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    Louie Basatneh
    • Self - Ala'a's Brother
    Maher Basatneh
    • Self - Ala'a's Father
    Bashar al-Assad
    Bashar al-Assad
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Amr Al-Azm
    • Self - Former Member, Syrian National Council
    • (as Dr. Amr Al Azm)
    Hafez al-Assad
    Hafez al-Assad
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    James Galvin
    • Self - Author, 'Arab Uprisings'
    • (as Prof. James Gelvin)
    Clay Shirky
    • Self - NYU School of Journalism
    Vint Cerf
    Vint Cerf
    • Self - Co-inventor of the Internet
    • (as Vinton Cerf)
    Jillian York
    • Self - Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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      • Joe Piscatella
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      • May 18, 2014 (United States)
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