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"The researchers found an association between tweeting about oneself and high narcissism scores" well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/doe… about 23 hours ago via Safari on iOS from Arlington, VA
@SarahAWildman @zeenat pick a time and place and I am there 2:02 PM May 18th via web in reply to SarahAWildman
@SarahAWildman @zeenat so glad I got in on this industry early :) 1:45 PM May 18th via web in reply to SarahAWildman
BorowitzReport Worldwide, people use #Facebook to protest their governments; in the US, we use Facebook to protest changes to Facebook. 12:19 PM May 18th via web Retweeted by shahed and 192 others
Perhaps you knew that there was a TEDxMogadishu today, and it was live-streamed: tedxmogadishu.com 1:17 PM May 17th via TweetDeck
@PITAConsumer @pitapolicy @stephanieDahle @AlecJRoss Social media rewards provocative dialogue more than it punishes moderation 7:29 AM May 17th via web in reply to PITAConsumer
@pitapolicy wish I was there! take good notes! 6:24 AM May 17th via web in reply to pitapolicy
Spent part of today laying the groundwork for a @GenerationChg chapter in Morocco 9:18 AM May 16th via TweetDeck
Just met with a delegation of human rights workers fighting traficking of persons; the scope of the problem is sobering 2:29 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
@Kr3amp00f you'll really be surprised at where the first mosque in the US was built - Ross, ND, population 97: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross,_Nor… 11:13 AM May 15th via web in reply to Kr3amp00f
@Kr3amp00f this is likely the oldest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Mo… 11:01 AM May 15th via web in reply to Kr3amp00f
@RandyNasson i finally uninstalled it, no way I'm paying for that 6:41 AM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to RandyNasson
Largest mosque in America celebrates 50th b'day (old, but not oldest in US) with black-tie dinner, carnival: pressandguide.com/articles/2012/… 6:24 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
Out with the old, in with the new instagr.am/p/KpayMkpNu_/ 5:24 AM May 15th via Instagram
@joshuafoust great to meet you today - looking forward to picking your brain in the future 5:18 PM May 11th via Twitter for iPhone from Washington, DC
@NasirJamshaed wow thanks for sharing 5:21 AM May 11th via Twitter for iPhone from Arlington, VA in reply to NasirJamshaed
@lsarsour well, I *was* in Sudan, this was a webchat 12:56 PM May 10th via web in reply to lsarsour
If you haven't seen @omar_ahmad's TED talk, "Political Change w/Pen & Paper", you should: ted.com/talks/lang/en/… #bigkahuna #rememberingomar 12:00 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Thanks to @usaembassykht for hosting my new media training session today, happy to meet some of Sudan's up-and-coming bloggers & tweeps 11:50 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
@ns_mehdihasan will try to make it! 6:54 AM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to ns_mehdihasan

Name Shahed Amanullah
Location Washington, DC
Web http://www.shahed...
Bio Senior Advisor at @StateDept working on digital diplomacy. Founded @halalfire, created @altmuslim & @zabihah. Tweets do not represent US gov't.