DESIGN CONCEPT

The R-Shief Initiative is a working environment among scholars, librarians, policymakers, artists, and computer programmers that integrates existing open-source software in order to archive 21st century knowledge production on the Middle East/ North Africa and its Diaspora. The initial archiving effort began in December 2008, and focused specifically on Gaza, Palestine. This site of war and conflict is currently populating the Arab Diaspora and engaging a community of transnational researchers and thinkers.