We conducted a representative survey of Mogadishu's population—the first in 25 years—in March 2012. We overcame challenges related to lack of data and poor security with the use of remote sensing, the systematic development of local contacts through the Somali diaspora, the flexible deployment of staff, and mobile technology. This article demonstrates the value of using transparent sampling methods to produce reliable estimates for humanitarian response and policy makers. The article also highlights shortcomings and lessons learned from our approach, with the goal of improving future data collection efforts in insecure environments.

Computer generated gibberish accepted in journals.

links to a recent paper on C-fast .. discusses the blinding.

But we weren’t too worried about being raided, about being arrested, about people turning on us in the street for being journalists. We feared the state, but even so we felt there were limits to its power and abuses. Now the repression seems unpredictable and boundless; and we fear the citizenry.

It is the sum total of hundreds and thousands of tiny betrayals of purpose, each one so minute that it hardly attracts notice.

The ideomotor effect.

Modifications for Piratebox installation. Move www/ folder and edit SSID.

Psychiatrist Ahmed Okasha profiles leading candidates in upcoming presidential poll, warning Egyptians against those 'who don't smile'

Abd-El-Moneim Ashour shares his life in autobiography .. may have some interesting bits on history of psychiatry in Egypt.

Resources for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders (SUD)

Research paper on trafficking of Eritreans

Lina Attalah's reading of the leaked 2013 constitution draft. She focuses on the general principles and economic, social and cultural rights.

Training module on prevention of burn out.

Like the Raspberry Pi but faster with more ram.

Detailed guide on hardening a Linux installation

MobilECG is an USB-based open source 12-lead clinical electrocardiograph.

how to use the R statistical software to carry out some simple analyses that are common in analysing time series data

Database query language SQL and how it compares to Excel.

Statistics Done Wrong is a guide to the most popular statistical errors and slip-ups committed by scientists every day, in the lab and in peer-reviewed journals.

on a story of domestic worker abuse

calendar and contacts server, php + sqlite

draft anti-terrorism law

sleep hygiene advice in arabic - work in progress

a way to create adhoc wifi voip with android phones without the need for internet or mobile coverage

A collection of interesting new networks and tech aiming at decentralisation (in some form).