Wikimedians of United Arab Emirates User Group/Report/2025/Education and Digital Literacy/Arabic Wikipedia Workshop 2025 at American University in Dubai

REPORT OF ACTIVITIES FOR 2025 - EDUCATION AND DIGITAL LITERACY | Report ID - WMAE-2505

Arabic Wikipedia Workshop 2025 at American University in Dubai

Workshop Details

• Date: 27 February 2025
• Time: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
• Location: American University in Dubai
• Organizer: Wikimedia UAE
• Language: Arabic
• Format: Physical

Key Metrics

• Trainer:
  • Iyhab Barakat, Led the workshop and managed communication during and after the session. Also created the list of articles, monitored contributions, and tracked progress.
• Attendees: 9
  • Gender Distribution: 70% Female | 30% Male
• List of Usernames:
  • هيا عزي
  • فاطمة محمد عبدالرزاق
  • Saracharifeh
  • sadin_mzr
  • Mosawimo
  • Aysha04
  • Emam mayar19

Workshop Highlights

What We Did:

Wikimedians UAE organized a training session for students in the Media Department - Arabic Language track - at the American University in Dubai. The session focused on Wikipedia and how to edit it. This is the fourth consecutive year that the group has held a training session at the university.

9 students participated in the training, 90% of whom were between the ages of 19 and 26. They learned about the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, and its sister projects. This was followed by practical training on how to edit Wikipedia.

During the final part of the training, students were provided with a list of articles related to media studies—their academic specialization. They conducted research on their assigned topics and began drafting content. Each student group was tasked with creating and publishing Wikipedia articles based on their selected topics.

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  Serine (WMUAE), CC BY-SA 4.0
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  Serine (WMUAE), CC BY-SA 4.0
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  Serine (WMUAE), CC BY-SA 4.0

Key Outcomes

Students worked in groups, with each member taking on a specific role, such as research, editing or publishing. By the end of the session, participants were given a 3 weeks timeline to develop their articles in their sandboxes, focusing on topics related to media books, television programs, and media institutions. Afterward, the team reviewed each article, provided feedback, made necessary edits, and finalized them for publication on Wikipedia.

List of Articles:

Article Title	Status
إعلام الكراهية	Published
الإعلام الناعم	Published
المسحورة	Published
سماء واحدة	Published