Activists From Syria

"Count us, because we count too. This should not be just another meeting where we make grand statements and then move on...You can and should do more, to ensure that people with disabilities, are included in all aspects of your work – we can’t wait any longer."

"The most exciting part! The kids were crying around me and I felt like a crazy person because I was the only one who was smiling the whole time. Sometimes it’s good to be too young to be aware of what’s going on around you. Maybe I was too young to realise [the danger]."

"You feel like you’re in a constant test. With terror attacks happening in Europe (such as in Berlin and Ansbach last year, and recent attacks in London and Manchester) it puts even more pressure on refugees. You feel guilty until proven innocent. It pushes the button for us to work harder and prove that we think it’s wrong, too."

"For me, it meant not being able to go to school, hang out with friends or go to the cinema. It was almost like house arrest. Having a disability in Syria often means that you are hidden away. You confront shame, discrimination and physical barriers. You are someone who is pitied."

"I feel like Merkel is under pressure because some people are bad ambassadors of the refugees, and they are not representing a good image of us. What I would like to say is that she is doing good for the EU and for Germany: Germany is getting better from the love from refugees. She’s doing good, and I hope she keeps us."

"[Coming back to life was not hard] You know what's hard? Getting from Syria to Germany: There are some amazing people coming through that border. This amazing 16-year-old girl, Nujeen Mustafa, she's our kind of people."

"My dear friend, a doctor and spokeperson of the Physicians' Coordinating Committee in Damascus was killed today by Syrian security forces"

"Syrian Tweeps: there is a conf on human rights in silicon valley in 2 days let's use the hashtag #Rightscon to pressure them to unblock us"

"Enjoying Lebanese Internet :) I didn't think that one day would consider this as fast connection. but 30kbps is great comparing to #syria"

"Facebook, youtube and Blogspot are officially unblocked in Syria now. YAY!!"

"super excited about the change in Syria, no more blocking for social networks!!"

"Bye! Bye! Flash http://www.youtube.com/html5"

"Ideas hate conference rooms"

"Sorry, but your system does not meet the minimum system requirements to read this tweet"

"Trustonomy: the trust economy"

"The people who are in real danger never leave their countries. They are in danger for a reason and for that they don’t leave."

"Hackerspaces are community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects"

"HackerSpaces are not for cracking, would you mind googlling that before writing complaints?"

"want to start building an open source cross-social-networks prediction RESTful API using aiki"

"Got a legal approve from the Syrian government for Aiki Lab the first hackerspace in the Arab world. starting very soon in Damascus"

"Thanks to the way your brain is wired, you're likely to screw over your future in order to stay loyal to decisions you made in the past"

"Dubai is now reduced to its component sounds: do-buy"

"scs-net filter (Syrian version of the great firewall of china) is blocking everything. why we can't get a good internet connection in Syria?"

"Life is spent looking while never seeing"

"Anybody who sends human aid, please make sure that it reaches hungry and homeless people not to people who will rent BMW M3"

"Aiki lab is a place for sharing, creation, collaboration, research, development, mentoring, and of course, learning."

"Life is about relationships"

"I don't get what is wrong with eating bad junky food all the time! benefits include dying earlier and saving at least 2 hours a day"

"activists who think they are making changes in their countries are not. the people on the ground are the ones who make that #Syria"

"deleted my Yahoo, Hotmail, flickr, digg and stumbleupon accounts one way forward to social freedom"

"They can't stop us #Syria"