Giulia Aubry

Author's details

Name: Giulia Aubry
Date registered: 4 July 2011

Biography

Giornalista ed esperta di comunicazione per il cambiamento sociale nelle aree di crisi. Curiosa, amante dei viaggi e delle letture, alla continua ricerca di una spiegazione, pur sapendo che non riuscirà mai a trovarla. Per Independnews cura la rubrica "Guerre e paci"

Latest posts

Harlem Shake in MENA: move your pelvis to raise your voice — 14 March 2013
Tunisia: creative media stand for democracy — 21 February 2013
Egypt: when Muslim Brothers talk to us — 31 January 2013
Young generations: Hip Hop, the new language of North African and Middle East — 17 January 2013
Shalit e Gheddafi: vivere e morire nei social media — 31 October 2011

Author's posts listings

Harlem Shake in MENA: move your pelvis to raise your voice

14 March 2013

by Giulia Aubry

After slowing office productivity around the world, the evolution of the “Harlem Shake” – from a dance to a song, to a viral video craze – took the pelvis dance into a new dimensions: at the end of last February, hard line Salafi fundamentalists tried to stop the recording of a Harlem Shake video at a language school in Tunis.

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Tunisia: creative media stand for democracy

21 February 2013

by Giulia Aubry

After the death of Shokri Belaid, the leader of the opposition movement, Tunisia has been thrown back into turmoil and many international observers have became more skeptical about positive consequences of the so-called “Arab Spring” in this Country.

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Egypt: when Muslim Brothers talk to us

31 January 2013

by Giulia Aubry

Egypt is living now in a difficult transition phase. After the Tahrir revolution and the so-called “Arab Spring” many national and international observers showed enthusiasm. They talked about the end of Mubarak’s regime and the rise of a new Egyptian democracy. But the way to democracy is always longer than people – directly involved in the revolution – may expect.

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Young generations: Hip Hop, the new language of North African and Middle East

17 January 2013

by Giulia Aubry

When we talk about Hip Hop in Italy – as well as in other European countries -, our mind goes to a group of young men with too many tattoos. They speak at the rhythm of a music that people over 50 cannot understand. In reality Hip Hop is more than music for the youngest.

MY TRUTH – Perhaps Hip Hop in the North African-Mediterranean Countries needs more attention as a tool for dialogue and change not only in time of revolution. The North African young generations have many things to say also now and we have to listen to their voice, their sound, their music, their hybrid culture of Hip Hop.