Friday 1 June 2012

Help Wanted! - Syrian Youtube Channel Listings Project - NEW UPDATE

UPDATE 2 - Sorted more Youtube channels, added more unsorted channels, and added some Bambuser channels.  Help still highly appreciated.

UPDATE - Thanks for the response so far, see the bottom of the post for the channels already sent to me.

As you probably all know there's hundreds of Youtube channels posting videos from all over Syria.  Some of these are channels that copy videos from elsewhere, sometimes unhelpfully leaving out key information or mislabelling videos.  What I'm really interested in are Youtube channels where videos are first uploaded, generally run by local activists, and that's given me an idea for a project.

What I'd like to do is create a list of all those Youtube channels where videos are first uploaded, then list them by region, ideally linking them on a map of Syria so it's easy for the user to look at a region and see what Youtube channels cover that area.  There's also Bambuser profiles and Facebook pages for certain regions I'd also like to list alongside them, creating a resource for

Now there's hundreds of channels, Bambuser profiles, and Facebook pages, and I've already started working on a list, but it's a big job and it's easy to miss channels, so I'd like to ask you, my dear reader, to contribute any channels you think might fit the criteria. 

So, if you know of any Youtube channels that appear to belong to a certain region, and aren't just reposting videos from elsewhere, or any Bambuser or Facebook pages belonging to certain towns or regions please send me the details.  You can email me at brownmoses@gmail.com, tweet me the details @brown_moses, or add a comment at the bottom of this article.

Hopefully we can create a resource that will be very useful in the coming months, and help spread accurate and useful information about Syria.

UPDATE - Here's a rather unsorted list of channels sent to me so far, I've still got to review them and figure out which ones are just reposting videos from elsewhere, but here's what I've got so far:

Aleppo
Youtube
Freedom Aleppo
AlepNews
Birayeti - Ashrafiyeh/Sheikh Meqsud - Kurdish districts of Aleppo
babfree87 - Al Bab - Aleppo suburb
Yassinsy  - Tel Rif'at

Bambuser
halab2012

Atareb
Youtube
atareb1

Barzeh
Youtube
Barzeh

Daraa
Bambuser
mzeereb
shreef11989
zamanalthora2
daraabalad
mmmm56
ebta-a
kafor1
yadodeh
daraacity

Deir Ezzour
Bambuser
deerpressmedia
ERN.network
alfurat2freedom
dier-ezzor1
Deerpresslive1
Deerpresslive2
Deerpresslive3
Deerpresslive4


Douma
Youtube
alfatehe

Hasaka
Bambuser
bazazadi
kikannews
skani1

Hama
Youtube
Hama Revolution

Bambuser
syria-syrias1

Homs
Youtube
yousuf916
homshoms2011
Syrian2011x
Homs Live
waseemov1 - Qusour
Syria Pioneer - Activist killed in Homs
Live19820 - Baba Amr
el Jernas - Baba Amr
Dirb3lba1 - Deir Balba
Hamedhhdd - Deir Balba

Horan
Youtube
horanmartyr2's

Houla
Youtube
hassan699721
Freedom al Houla
nontherful
samerd3

Lattakia 
Youtube
Free Lattakia

Mazzeh
Youtube
Mazzeh Freedom

Rastan
Youtube
alrstn
ebnalrstn2
Rastan Twilight

Misc Youtube
ANA Channel - Subtitled
Syrian Scenes - Subtitled
Ugarit News
Syria Hama
SHAMSNN - Daara based
The Syrian Martyrs
abobkr001 - Active, some sort of news channel?
ffefti - Inactive, reposts?
Syria News FNN

Unsorted

Daretezzah
freeanes
aboualazzz90
salimmedan
xmanw2011
MsSamer010
ZawyaMedia
freeqouser
anasouri74
sleimand4x

So that's what I've got so far, and I'm still looking for more, so if you have any, let me know.

1 comment:

  1. The Syrian Uprising 2011 Information Centre has been producing daily interactive maps of the videos coming out of Syria since last year.
    https://www.facebook.com/syrianuprising

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