Bassel Khartabil
NationalityBirthdayGender
Syrian
Palestinian
May 22, 1981
Male
LinkBorn inDeath Location
Damascus, Syria
Unknown Location, Damascus, Syria
Death dateposition(s)Education
October 3, 2015
Research Scientist, Mit, Media Lab, 2015
Digital Cultural Preservation Fellow, Creative Commons, 2015
Masters of Software Engineering, Riga University, Latvia, 2004.
Bachelor of Computer Science, Damascus University, 2001.
Nickname(s)Recognition(s)
Bassel (sounds like Art 'Basel')
2013 Index on Censorship's Digital Freedom Award
2012 list of Top Global Thinkers, Foreign Policy
About this person

Bassel Khartabil was a technology innovator who opened the Internet in the Arab World through Open Source Software and Open Hardware. He was also a notable filmmaker, author, and artist, whose works are being discovered anew.

Bassel was unlawfully detained by the Assad regime from 2012, and subsequently executed in October 2015 extrajudicially.

This page is dedicated to Bassel's artwork and creative technology projects. Bassel's Wikipedia entry focuses on his technology work and life.

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  • There are many articles, books, interviews, publications, and lectures covering Bassel's life online. This page is about specific art related works from Bassel. (@rejon)
  • It is unknown how many artworks Bassel produced. (@rejon)
  • Bassel made several artworks from his unlawful detention in Syrian jail, there is a discovery effort underway to locate them. If you know of any, please add them as an artwork here! (@rejon)
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