Английская Википедия:Ala'a Basatneh

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Ala'a Basatneh, born in Damascus, Syria, is a Syrian-American political activist best known for her involvement in the Syrian Revolution. She is the focus of the 2013 documentary called #ChicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator.[1] In 2016, she attended President Obama's last State of the Union address, as a guest of Illinois Democratic Representative Mike Quigley.[2]

Biography

According to the documentary she was the protagonist of, #ChicagoGirl, Basatneh was born in Damascus, Syria and emigrated to the United States with her family when she was six months old.[3] She lived in Chicago, Illinois, before moving to Miami, Florida.[4]Шаблон:Primary source inline

Basatneh graduated[2] from Wright College[5] and Northeastern Illinois University with a political science degree.[3] She is a writer at Fusion, focusing mostly on politics and the Arab world.[6]

Political activism

Basatneh became an online political activist in 2011, after news reports regarding the arrest of 15 young students in Daraa.[3] She organized her first protest in Chicago, demanding the end of the martial law in Syria. Later, using Facebook, she coordinated rallies in Syria, helping anti-regime activists on the ground, as well as distributing the digital footage to various media outlets.[7] She also personally visited Syria to deliver medical supplies.[3]

She has met with Hillary Clinton at the United Nations, during Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, to discuss international intervention in Syria and possible implementation of a no-fly zone.[3]

Due to her influence and activism, she received a death threat from Syria,[3] which was a reason she was contacted by film director Joe Piscatella, who wanted to make a movie about the dark side of social media in revolutions.[1] That project later became a 2013 documentary #ChicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator, which was screened at Seattle International Film Festival in 2014.[1]

In 2014, she attended an all-day protest summit RiseUp Summit.[8]

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