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Greetings, I work on the Catalyst Projects at Wikimedia.

Background

(See bio on Foundation website)

Sara is a member of the Global Development team where she serves as a Catalyst Project Associate supporting work relating to Brazil and the Middle East/North Africa. This includes grant-writing support, geographic-specific research for the Global Education Program, aiding an upcoming Arabic Wikipedia Convening, and planning editing and outreach events with the Arabic and Portuguese WP communities.

Current projects

Project	Detail	Current activity
Project Catalyst	Global University Program	MENA Catalyst Project

Tasks

• Write grant proposal for support of Global Education Program work in the Middle East and North Africa
• Aid in the planning and execution of an Arabic Wikipedia Convening
• Aid in the development of a high quality offline Portuguese Wikipedia by supporting local efforts to create an editing competition and encourage participation
• Help to communicate activities from Catalyst Projects across broader movement (e.g., blogging, email, on wiki)
• Begin to develop and implement a system for capturing and sharing lessons learned and the results of global development programs in the Global South, for example with grants, event planning, and educational outreach.

Goals

• Toolkits/Develop
• Increase knowledge about MENA/Brasil regions through interviews and research
• Enrich statistics on these areas for Wikimedia
• Increase social features for WP
• Arabic Wikipedia increase by 50% in terms of submissions
• Study more Arabic and Portuguese
• Support local chapters and convening across the Global South/elsewhere
• Coordinate a meetup in MENA with Mozilla, CC and Wikimedia (Winter 2012/Spring 2012)
• Complete semester on collaborative project with Columbia University New Media course and Wikimedia Foundation (started: 9/2011)

Bookmarks

Catalyst Project for Middle East and North Africa
Lists for Wiki Related Projects
Egyptian Arabic Course
Middle East and North Africa Strategy Page
Social Features
meta:Offline Projects
Listing of US Education Program Courses
Orientation/HR Materials

Press/PR/Marketing

Article in Gulf Times, 10/23/2011
S Yap's Blog
Wikimedia to Launch Arabic Catalyst

Nifty Work Tools

Copy and Paste Excel Text onto a Wiki
Convert HTML onto a Wiki

Helpful Presentations on WP or Relating to WP

How Wikipedia Works and How You Can Help

Wikipedia Videos

Wikipedia background video
Another video in Arabic on how to edit Wikipedia
Arabic Video explains how to add a new article in Wikipedia

Statistics...Love Them

Mobile Stats
Summary of Arabic Stats
Arabic Tables
Charts on Wikipedia
AR:WP Statistics, Jessie W.
Strategy for Middle East and North Africa
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database and Mobile Telephony
General Quant Stats (document)
More detailed stats by country and with charts (AR:WP only; spreadsheet)
Mobile/Executive Summary/Trends/Strategies
Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Page Views Per Wikipedia Language - Breakdown

Strategy

Wikimedia Market Analysis
Arabic
Task Force for Arabic

Culture

Middle East/North Africa

• Egypt Handbook (AUC) and Guide
• Egypt Cultural Guide
• A Travel Guide for Egypt
• Taxi Conversations with M.E.
• Articles:
  • Strange Power of Qatar

MENA Organizations based in the Bay Area

• EAS Cafe
• Programs