Can social media campaigns change course of Nile dam talks?
The impact of Egypt’s social media campaigns promoting Egypt’s Nile water rights on decision-makers remains to be seen as Western countries have yet to openly back Egypt.
CAIRO — A group of Egyptian journalists announced July 1 the launch of a campaign to support Egypt in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations, according to Masrawy news website.
The campaign officials created pages on social media under the name “Let Nile Flow,” to assert Egypt's right to the Nile waters. The campaign aims to highlight the dangers of the Ethiopian dam on Egypt and to rebuke and respond to fallacies.
On June 26, the Egyptian Ministry of Immigration released a short documentary — "The Nile is Our Life" — on Egypt’s historical right to the Nile waters.
Immigration Minister Nabila Makram explained on Facebook that the documentary is being released in seven languages — English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese and Arabic — and called on Egyptian expatriates to share it widely.
