2010-03-12 - The spread of the internet and the surge in social networking offer new opportunities for wider dialogue.Rachid Jankari in Casablanca, Siham Ali in Rabat, Hayam El Hadi in Algiers, Jamel Arfaoui in Tunis and Mohamed Yahya Ould Abdel Wedoud in Nouakchott contributed to this report – 12/03/10
Social media is taking over the Maghreb.
"Facebook has become the only way that we can know what's going on around us," said Tunisian student Thamir al-Ayyadi.
Al-Ayyadi is one of a growing number of people worldwide who have come to rely on social media to find information and connect with others. Millions in the Maghreb are now using sites like Facebook and YouTube. Facebook, for instance, has 1.3 million users in Morocco alone.
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