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| ⚫ | '''Farah Baker''' is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] social media activist living in the [[Gaza Strip]], who became popular while live-[[Tweet (Twitter)|Tweeting]] the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bora|first1=Kukil|title=Farah Baker, A Gaza Teenager, Becomes Social Media Phenomenon By Tweeting About War|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/farah-baker-gaza-teenager-becomes-social-media-phenomenon-tweeting-about-war-1654456|access-date=16 August 2014|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=al-Mughrabi|first1=Nidal|title=Gaza teen's war tweets make her a social media sensation|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/mideast-gaza-twitter-idINKBN0GB0K220140811|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307034621/http://in.reuters.com/article/mideast-gaza-twitter-idINKBN0GB0K220140811|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2016|access-date=16 August 2014|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=Aug 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite web |title=16-year-old describes life in Gaza |date=31 July 2014 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2014/07/31/nr-bts-life-of-gaza-resident-farah-baker.cnn |publisher=CNN |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> At the age of 16, she tweeted her thoughts and feelings as [[bombing raids]] occurred at her home.<ref name="Reading">{{cite book |last1=Reading |first1=Anna |title=Gender and Memory in the Globital Age |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781137352637 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhwDDQAAQBAJ&q=Farah+Baker&pg=PA167}}</ref> Her Tweets became a [[Viral phenomenon|social network phenomenon]], and Baker's following on [[Twitter]] jumped from 800 to 166,000 in a few days.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Alexander|title=Palestinian Teen Farah Baker Live Tweets Nighttime Bombardment in Gaza|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/palestinian-teen-farah-baker-live-tweets-nighttime-bombardment-gaza-n167601|access-date=16 August 2014|work=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanghani|first1=Radhika|title=Teen girl 'live tweets Gaza bomb attack'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/10997610/Teen-Palestinian-girl-on-Twitter-live-tweets-Gaza-bomb-attack.html|access-date=16 August 2014|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=29 Jul 2014}}</ref><ref name="Aljazeera">{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Azmat |title=Sudden Gaza spokesgirl: 'This is my third war … but this is the worst one' |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/8/1/gaza-s-sudden-spokesgirlthisismythirdwarandthisistheworstone.html |access-date=31 July 2020 |publisher=Aljazeera |date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> In Anna Reading's book, ''Gender and Memory in the Globital Age'' she writes that Baker was covered in news articles in [[The Daily Telegraph]] in the UK and [[Russia Today]].<ref name="Reading" /> |
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| ⚫ | '''Farah Baker''' is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] social media activist living in the [[Gaza Strip]], who became popular while live-[[Tweet (Twitter)|Tweeting]] the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bora|first1=Kukil|title=Farah Baker, A Gaza Teenager, Becomes Social Media Phenomenon By Tweeting About War|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/farah-baker-gaza-teenager-becomes-social-media-phenomenon-tweeting-about-war-1654456|access-date=16 August 2014|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=al-Mughrabi|first1=Nidal|title=Gaza teen's war tweets make her a social media sensation|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/mideast-gaza-twitter-idINKBN0GB0K220140811|access-date=16 August 2014|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=Aug 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite web |title=16-year-old describes life in Gaza |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2014/07/31/nr-bts-life-of-gaza-resident-farah-baker.cnn |publisher=CNN |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> At the age of 16, she tweeted her thoughts and feelings as [[bombing raids]] occurred at her home.<ref name="Reading">{{cite book |last1=Reading |first1=Anna |title=Gender and Memory in the Globital Age |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781137352637 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhwDDQAAQBAJ&q=Farah+Baker&pg=PA167}}</ref> Her Tweets became a [[Viral phenomenon|social network phenomenon]], and Baker's following on [[Twitter]] jumped from 800 to 166,000 in a few days.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Alexander|title=Palestinian Teen Farah Baker Live Tweets Nighttime Bombardment in Gaza|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/palestinian-teen-farah-baker-live-tweets-nighttime-bombardment-gaza-n167601|access-date=16 August 2014|work=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sanghani|first1=Radhika|title=Teen girl 'live tweets Gaza bomb attack'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/10997610/Teen-Palestinian-girl-on-Twitter-live-tweets-Gaza-bomb-attack.html|access-date=16 August 2014|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=29 Jul 2014}}</ref><ref name="Aljazeera">{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Azmat |title=Sudden Gaza spokesgirl: 'This is my third war … but this is the worst one' |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/8/1/gaza-s-sudden-spokesgirlthisismythirdwarandthisistheworstone.html |access-date=31 July 2020 |publisher=Aljazeera |date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> In Anna Reading's book, ''Gender and Memory in the Globital Age'' she writes that Baker was covered in news articles in [[The Daily Telegraph]] in the UK and [[Russia Today]].<ref name="Reading" /> |
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Farah Baker is a Palestinian social media activist living in the Gaza Strip, who became popular while live-Tweeting the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[1][2][3] At the age of 16, she tweeted her thoughts and feelings as bombing raids occurred at her home.[4] Her Tweets became a social network phenomenon, and Baker's following on Twitter jumped from 800 to 166,000 in a few days.[5][6][7] In Anna Reading's book, Gender and Memory in the Globital Age she writes that Baker was covered in news articles in The Daily Telegraph in the UK and Russia Today.[4]
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[edit]- ^ Bora, Kukil (August 11, 2014). "Farah Baker, A Gaza Teenager, Becomes Social Media Phenomenon By Tweeting About War". International Business Times. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ al-Mughrabi, Nidal (Aug 11, 2014). "Gaza teen's war tweets make her a social media sensation". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ "16-year-old describes life in Gaza". CNN. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ a b Reading, Anna (2016). Gender and Memory in the Globital Age. Springer. ISBN 9781137352637.
- ^ Smith, Alexander. "Palestinian Teen Farah Baker Live Tweets Nighttime Bombardment in Gaza". NBC News. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Sanghani, Radhika (29 Jul 2014). "Teen girl 'live tweets Gaza bomb attack'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Khan, Azmat (August 1, 2014). "Sudden Gaza spokesgirl: 'This is my third war … but this is the worst one'". Aljazeera. Retrieved 31 July 2020.