Arabs talk taboos on Clubhouse app, but for how long?
An illustration photo taken on January 25, 2021 shows the application Clubhouse on a smartphone [ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images] April 7, 2021 at 2:35 pm
Audio chatroom app Clubhouse is on the rise in the Arab world, providing a rare platform for open debate on taboo subjects from so-called honour killings in Egypt to sexual identity in Iraq, but with some authorities restricting the use and others wary.
The app launched by a San Francisco-based company last year allows people to discuss varied topics in chatrooms, with its popularity surging after appearances by billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and its use now rising in the Middle East.
Arabs talk sex and taboos on Clubhouse app, but for how long? Reuters 2 hrs ago U.S. audio chatroom app proves popular in Middle East Clubhouse provides rare forum for open debate on taboo subjects Users, analysts wary of wider crackdown by governments
By Menna A. Farouk and Timour Azhari
CAIRO/BEIRUT, April 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Audio chatroom app Clubhouse is on the rise in the Arab world, providing a rare platform for open debate on taboo subjects from so-called honour killings in Egypt to sexual identity in Iraq, but with some authorities restricting use and others wary.
The app launched by a San Francisco-based company last year allows people to discuss varied topics in chatrooms, with its popularity surging after appearances by billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and its use now rising in the Middle East.