Sharek961 is what happens when a bunch of people who love Lebanon and like technology start talking about how to support transparency in Lebanese politics.

It’s an idea that needs you to help it happen – your emails, your SMS, your pictures and reports. We take these pictures and reports and map them anonymously online – and pass them to other organizations, news outlets, and civil monitoring groups.

This project is nothing without you. We’re counting on the fact that we as a country like to share information – with our families, our neighbors, sometimes strangers in the street! Sharek961 gives you the chance to share information on a broader scale – when you see or hear something, don’t just tell your friends, tell us! Making news public helps make sure things get verified, reported, and accounted for.

It’s worth repeating: we’re totally non-partisan: we don’t favor some reports over others, or some lists or candidates. We’ll report it all, and map it against other reports; from media, from other citizens, from organizations and citizen journalists – to help give it depth and context. We represent a cross section of Lebanese ourselves, and Sharek961 will too.

If you want to know more about us you can read the official text here: About. Or you can just shoot us an email. We’re accessible like that.