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Papers by Anass Sedrati
Computer Networks, Sep 1, 2023
Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2022, Apr 25, 2022
User groups form an important part of the Wikimedia movement and ecosystem. They gather a big num... more User groups form an important part of the Wikimedia movement and ecosystem. They gather a big number of free knowledge enthusiasts both online and offline, having either a shared geographical location or thematic interest, or both. At their creation, these structures and their volunteer founders did not receive any formal introduction nor guidelines on ways of working. Governance of these groups lies then between the hands of their founders, who can have different proceeding methods and approaches, depending on their background and vision. In the past, several conflicts related to user group management have occurred, where words such as "transparency" and "democracy" were mentioned as solutions to the current gaps and lack of inclusivity in the groups. The current paper intends to investigate the veracity of this claim, through detailing and understanding the concept of democracy, most specifically in digital online communities, such as Wikimedia volunteer user groups. Since the question remains open, the paper's addition is the elements provided to enrich the discussion, highlighting the concerns raised in different communities.
Al-Andalus Magreb, 2019
Resumen: «Dariya marroquí en las comunidades de creación en línea: ejemplo de Wikipedia». Las com... more Resumen: «Dariya marroquí en las comunidades de creación en línea: ejemplo de Wikipedia». Las comunidades de creación en línea-CCL, son redes de personas que colaboran a través de plataformas de Internet para compartir y difundir conocimientos y contenido sobre diversos temas. Wikipedia es una de las ampliamente utilizadas CLL en el mundo, y tiene la misión de difundir todo el conocimiento humano a todas las personas en el globo. Uno de los pilares de Wikipedia es que todos los humanos deberían poder acceder a la información en sus propios idiomas. Una particularidad de este sistema es su descentralización e independencia de cualquier estado o autoridad, lo que permite a cualquier usuario ser parte de la comunidad y participar directamente para enriquecer los proyectos preferidos. En este contexto, este artículo presenta los proyectos existentes con el objetivo de proporcionar un contenido enciclopédico en dariya marroquí, como es el caso del proyecto de Wikipedia en esta lengua. En este artículo se presenta este proyecto, así como los diferentes desafíos a los que se enfrenta. Concluimos este artículo analizando las perspectivas futuras de la Wikipedia en Dariya y sugiriendo una serie de mejoras y desarrollos a seguir.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2018
Blockchain, the core technology behind the first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been ... more Blockchain, the core technology behind the first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been recently proposed as a promising solution to create a viable decentralized network of Internet of Things (IoT) with good security and privacy properties. This survey investigates the currently proposed Blockchain-IoT solutions and examines their suitability for IoT devices.
Since the start of the 21st century, and with the 9/11 events, terrorism has been in the focus of... more Since the start of the 21st century, and with the 9/11 events, terrorism has been in the focus of media more than ever. The aim of this study is to analyze the behavior of a Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, and its coverage of terrorist acts that happened through the world in 2015. Through a post-colonialist angle, the study will follow the how the “Us-Versus-Them” is constructed in Aftonbladet’s coverage. This will be done by comparing differences in articles related to various events that have happened in 2015, depending on their specificities. Following the descriptive statistics and discourse analysis methods, the study will be concluded with the fact that there was a difference of treatment of terrorist attacks from Aftonbladet, depending if the events regard “Us” or “Them”
Mandaeism is a two millenaries old religion that was confined for centuries in a small geographic... more Mandaeism is a two millenaries old religion that was confined for centuries in a small geographical area in Southern Iraq and Iran. Despite being prior to Christianity, it has a limited number of practitioners. Nonetheless, Mandaean community was forced to migrate several times, fleeing persecution. By the end of the 20 th century and the beginning of the 21 st , a large number of Mandaeans left their homelands to Western countries, including Sweden. Nowadays, this Scandinavian country hosts around 10.000 Mandaeans, which is considered as the largest Mandaean community in the world. The present article highlights the Mandaean presence in Sweden from different aspects, including integration, identity, change of habits and rituals, and secularization. Based on interviews with religious figures and secular citizens, it presents an in-depth analysis of the current situation of Mandaeans in Sweden, their relation to their homeland and the impact of their new environment on their practices.
2022 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS)
Reda Benkhadra Al Akhawayn University & Wikimedia Morocco, m.benkhadra@aui.ma User groups form an... more Reda Benkhadra Al Akhawayn University & Wikimedia Morocco, m.benkhadra@aui.ma User groups form an important part of the Wikimedia movement and ecosystem. They gather a big number of free knowledge enthusiasts both online and offline, having either a shared geographical location or thematic interest, or both. At their creation, these structures and their volunteer founders did not receive any formal introduction nor guidelines on ways of working. Governance of these groups lies then between the hands of their founders, who can have different proceeding methods and approaches, depending on their background and vision. In the past, several conflicts related to user group management have occurred, where words such as “transparency” and “democracy” were mentioned as solutions to the current gaps and lack of inclusivity in the groups. The current paper intends to investigate the veracity of this claim, through detailing and understanding the concept of democracy, most specifically in digi...
Online creation communities - OCCs, are networks of individuals who collaborate via internet plat... more Online creation communities - OCCs, are networks of individuals who collaborate via internet platforms in order to share and spread knowledge and content on various topics. Among the largely used OCCs in the internet, we find Wikipedia which has a mission to spread the sum of human knowledge to all people in the world. One of the pillars of Wikipedia is that all humans should be able to access information in their own languages. A particularity of this system is its decentralization and independence from any state or authority, allowing any user to be part of the community and participate directly to enrich the projects of their choice. In this context, this paper presents the existing projects aiming to provide an encyclopedic content in Moroccan Darija such as Wikipedia in Darija project. We discuss their status as well as the different challenges facing them. We conclude this paper by analyzing the future prospects of these projects and by suggesting a number of improvements and ...
This study is aiming to analyze the behavior of an independent Moroccan electronic support &q... more This study is aiming to analyze the behavior of an independent Moroccan electronic support "Hespress". The analysis will highlight the way Hespress has evaluated before, during and after the uprising in Morocco. Using critical discourse analysis on articles and videos between 2007 and 2014, the study will show how a media can radically change its editorial line in few years and serve to interests it was one of the biggest opponents in its beginnings.
Since the start of the 21 st century, and with the 9/11 events, terrorism has been in the focus o... more Since the start of the 21 st century, and with the 9/11 events, terrorism has been in the focus of media more than ever. The aim of this study is to analyze the behavior of a Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, and its coverage of terrorist acts that happened through the world in 2015. Through a post-colonialist angle, the study will follow the how the "Us-Versus-Them" is constructed in Aftonbladet's coverage. This will be done by comparing differences in articles related to various events that have happened in 2015, depending on their specificities. Following the descriptive statistics and discourse analysis methods, the study will be concluded with the fact that there was a difference of treatment of terrorist attacks from Aftonbladet, depending if the events regard "Us" or "Them".
2017 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), 2017
Internet of things (IoT) is a new technology subject to all kind of imagination and science ficti... more Internet of things (IoT) is a new technology subject to all kind of imagination and science fiction. Dreams and speculations are still possible about it. A technology combining real life objects and virtual life (Internet) is indeed a fertile pitch of fantasy and original ideas. However, IoT in practice does have to face a number of challenges to ensure its well working and operability in a near future. This document defines some of the main technical security issues of IoT today, and presents future work towards them.
Limiting the creation of wikis in Arabic Languages to two or three varieties of Arabic including ... more Limiting the creation of wikis in Arabic Languages to two or three varieties of Arabic including Egyptian and Algerian so that we can have sufficient number of users for each newly created wiki Each article should be limited to one paragraph so that it can be verified and adjusted by a small number of admins Each wiki should use a lexicon that is common in the region it represents. For example, Wikipedia Algerian should use words that are also commonly used in Tunisia and Morocco User:Csisc
Computer Networks, Sep 1, 2023
Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2022, Apr 25, 2022
User groups form an important part of the Wikimedia movement and ecosystem. They gather a big num... more User groups form an important part of the Wikimedia movement and ecosystem. They gather a big number of free knowledge enthusiasts both online and offline, having either a shared geographical location or thematic interest, or both. At their creation, these structures and their volunteer founders did not receive any formal introduction nor guidelines on ways of working. Governance of these groups lies then between the hands of their founders, who can have different proceeding methods and approaches, depending on their background and vision. In the past, several conflicts related to user group management have occurred, where words such as "transparency" and "democracy" were mentioned as solutions to the current gaps and lack of inclusivity in the groups. The current paper intends to investigate the veracity of this claim, through detailing and understanding the concept of democracy, most specifically in digital online communities, such as Wikimedia volunteer user groups. Since the question remains open, the paper's addition is the elements provided to enrich the discussion, highlighting the concerns raised in different communities.
Al-Andalus Magreb, 2019
Resumen: «Dariya marroquí en las comunidades de creación en línea: ejemplo de Wikipedia». Las com... more Resumen: «Dariya marroquí en las comunidades de creación en línea: ejemplo de Wikipedia». Las comunidades de creación en línea-CCL, son redes de personas que colaboran a través de plataformas de Internet para compartir y difundir conocimientos y contenido sobre diversos temas. Wikipedia es una de las ampliamente utilizadas CLL en el mundo, y tiene la misión de difundir todo el conocimiento humano a todas las personas en el globo. Uno de los pilares de Wikipedia es que todos los humanos deberían poder acceder a la información en sus propios idiomas. Una particularidad de este sistema es su descentralización e independencia de cualquier estado o autoridad, lo que permite a cualquier usuario ser parte de la comunidad y participar directamente para enriquecer los proyectos preferidos. En este contexto, este artículo presenta los proyectos existentes con el objetivo de proporcionar un contenido enciclopédico en dariya marroquí, como es el caso del proyecto de Wikipedia en esta lengua. En este artículo se presenta este proyecto, así como los diferentes desafíos a los que se enfrenta. Concluimos este artículo analizando las perspectivas futuras de la Wikipedia en Dariya y sugiriendo una serie de mejoras y desarrollos a seguir.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2018
Blockchain, the core technology behind the first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been ... more Blockchain, the core technology behind the first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been recently proposed as a promising solution to create a viable decentralized network of Internet of Things (IoT) with good security and privacy properties. This survey investigates the currently proposed Blockchain-IoT solutions and examines their suitability for IoT devices.
Since the start of the 21st century, and with the 9/11 events, terrorism has been in the focus of... more Since the start of the 21st century, and with the 9/11 events, terrorism has been in the focus of media more than ever. The aim of this study is to analyze the behavior of a Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, and its coverage of terrorist acts that happened through the world in 2015. Through a post-colonialist angle, the study will follow the how the “Us-Versus-Them” is constructed in Aftonbladet’s coverage. This will be done by comparing differences in articles related to various events that have happened in 2015, depending on their specificities. Following the descriptive statistics and discourse analysis methods, the study will be concluded with the fact that there was a difference of treatment of terrorist attacks from Aftonbladet, depending if the events regard “Us” or “Them”
Mandaeism is a two millenaries old religion that was confined for centuries in a small geographic... more Mandaeism is a two millenaries old religion that was confined for centuries in a small geographical area in Southern Iraq and Iran. Despite being prior to Christianity, it has a limited number of practitioners. Nonetheless, Mandaean community was forced to migrate several times, fleeing persecution. By the end of the 20 th century and the beginning of the 21 st , a large number of Mandaeans left their homelands to Western countries, including Sweden. Nowadays, this Scandinavian country hosts around 10.000 Mandaeans, which is considered as the largest Mandaean community in the world. The present article highlights the Mandaean presence in Sweden from different aspects, including integration, identity, change of habits and rituals, and secularization. Based on interviews with religious figures and secular citizens, it presents an in-depth analysis of the current situation of Mandaeans in Sweden, their relation to their homeland and the impact of their new environment on their practices.
2022 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS)
Reda Benkhadra Al Akhawayn University & Wikimedia Morocco, m.benkhadra@aui.ma User groups form an... more Reda Benkhadra Al Akhawayn University & Wikimedia Morocco, m.benkhadra@aui.ma User groups form an important part of the Wikimedia movement and ecosystem. They gather a big number of free knowledge enthusiasts both online and offline, having either a shared geographical location or thematic interest, or both. At their creation, these structures and their volunteer founders did not receive any formal introduction nor guidelines on ways of working. Governance of these groups lies then between the hands of their founders, who can have different proceeding methods and approaches, depending on their background and vision. In the past, several conflicts related to user group management have occurred, where words such as “transparency” and “democracy” were mentioned as solutions to the current gaps and lack of inclusivity in the groups. The current paper intends to investigate the veracity of this claim, through detailing and understanding the concept of democracy, most specifically in digi...
Online creation communities - OCCs, are networks of individuals who collaborate via internet plat... more Online creation communities - OCCs, are networks of individuals who collaborate via internet platforms in order to share and spread knowledge and content on various topics. Among the largely used OCCs in the internet, we find Wikipedia which has a mission to spread the sum of human knowledge to all people in the world. One of the pillars of Wikipedia is that all humans should be able to access information in their own languages. A particularity of this system is its decentralization and independence from any state or authority, allowing any user to be part of the community and participate directly to enrich the projects of their choice. In this context, this paper presents the existing projects aiming to provide an encyclopedic content in Moroccan Darija such as Wikipedia in Darija project. We discuss their status as well as the different challenges facing them. We conclude this paper by analyzing the future prospects of these projects and by suggesting a number of improvements and ...
This study is aiming to analyze the behavior of an independent Moroccan electronic support &q... more This study is aiming to analyze the behavior of an independent Moroccan electronic support "Hespress". The analysis will highlight the way Hespress has evaluated before, during and after the uprising in Morocco. Using critical discourse analysis on articles and videos between 2007 and 2014, the study will show how a media can radically change its editorial line in few years and serve to interests it was one of the biggest opponents in its beginnings.
Since the start of the 21 st century, and with the 9/11 events, terrorism has been in the focus o... more Since the start of the 21 st century, and with the 9/11 events, terrorism has been in the focus of media more than ever. The aim of this study is to analyze the behavior of a Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, and its coverage of terrorist acts that happened through the world in 2015. Through a post-colonialist angle, the study will follow the how the "Us-Versus-Them" is constructed in Aftonbladet's coverage. This will be done by comparing differences in articles related to various events that have happened in 2015, depending on their specificities. Following the descriptive statistics and discourse analysis methods, the study will be concluded with the fact that there was a difference of treatment of terrorist attacks from Aftonbladet, depending if the events regard "Us" or "Them".
2017 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), 2017
Internet of things (IoT) is a new technology subject to all kind of imagination and science ficti... more Internet of things (IoT) is a new technology subject to all kind of imagination and science fiction. Dreams and speculations are still possible about it. A technology combining real life objects and virtual life (Internet) is indeed a fertile pitch of fantasy and original ideas. However, IoT in practice does have to face a number of challenges to ensure its well working and operability in a near future. This document defines some of the main technical security issues of IoT today, and presents future work towards them.
Limiting the creation of wikis in Arabic Languages to two or three varieties of Arabic including ... more Limiting the creation of wikis in Arabic Languages to two or three varieties of Arabic including Egyptian and Algerian so that we can have sufficient number of users for each newly created wiki Each article should be limited to one paragraph so that it can be verified and adjusted by a small number of admins Each wiki should use a lexicon that is common in the region it represents. For example, Wikipedia Algerian should use words that are also commonly used in Tunisia and Morocco User:Csisc
The use of social media has experienced an extraordinary growth in Morocco, along with the introd... more The use of social media has experienced an extraordinary growth in Morocco, along with the introduction of Internet at the end of the 20th century. The booming of Internet users with the quick spreading of both devices and connectivity has created a new area of expression far different than the official discourse the Moroccan public was used to. The take-over of the online space in Morocco has shown new types of communication and protest that are completely in opposition with the official media discourse. Among the various social media tools that are used in Morocco today, YouTube is a one of the most popular, for both producing and watching content. This thesis investigates the use of YouTube in Morocco, both in an official way and as a counter-power tool, mainly highlighting the emerging of oppositional popular cultural discourse and its diverse aspects.