Decentralized Archivist Communities

Middle East & North Africa

Countries in Focus

May 31, 2023

Memo from Khartoum: Responding to Documenters’ Needs in Escalating Conflict

In a moment of escalating conflict in Sudan, our recent needs assessment with a local human rights organization offers an insightful glimpse into the realities, challenges, and opportunities that Sudanese human rights defenders face as they document and archive evidence of injustice.

May 11, 2023

Memo from Baghdad: Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Iraqi Documenters

In a moment when free speech is under direct threat in Iraq, our recent needs assessment with an Iraqi partner organization offers an insightful glimpse into the realities, challenges, and opportunities that Iraqi human rights defenders are facing as they document and archive evidence of injustice.

User Personas

Through the Human Rights Centered Design Methodology, we create anonymized, archetypical personas based on real Save users. These anonymized, archetypical profiles reflect the goals and characteristics of larger groups, helping us design for real-world constraints.

Arazu

Age	28
Gender	Female
Role	Project Manager
Skills	Oversees and manages the reception, organization, and potential distribution of media/data.
Base Location	Sulaymaniyah, KRI

Mohamed

Age	42
Gender	Male
Role	Independent journalist and human rights defender
Skills	Records evidence and documents information first-hand
Base Location	Mosul

Noor

Age	37
Gender	Female
Role	Researcher
Skills	Simultaneously records evidence/documents information while also developing, maintaining, and growing a database where these records and information are stored and potentially analyzed.
Base Location	Baghdad

Amal

Age	38
Gender	Female
Role	Investigator
Skills	Simultaneously records evidence/documents information while also developing, maintaining, and growing a database where these records and information are stored and potentially analyzed.
Base Location	Khartoum

Leila

Age	27
Gender	Female
Role	Investigative Journalist
Skills	Records evidence and documents information first-hand
Base Location	Sudan (unspecified city)

Nasser

Age	49
Gender	Male
Role	Media Project Manager
Skills	Oversees and manages the reception, organization, and potential distribution of media/data.
Base Location	Sudan (unspecified city)