The Sixth Session at FIKR 10 was about Women as well as Youth and Cyberspace. Moderator Mahmoud Al Werwary from Hiwar AlArab at Al Arabia started the session by asking whether the Arab Spring would have happened without the new media and whether we can call it a Youth revolution or an Internet Revolution.
Sultan Saoud al Qasemi, non-resident fellow at the Dubai School of Government, responded to a question about the alternative media and its role in the initiation of revolutions, by saying that "social networks are the only means used by young Arabs" as a new media is only a tool of communication to express the views of the rebels, but it was not the main producer of Arab spring. This is especially that only 20% of the Arab world use the Internet. He also said that the new media is a trusted media and that there are ways to know whether a tweet is true or not. Al Qasmei saluted Arab bloggers, mainly blogger Alaa AbdulFattah who is now detained while his first son was born.
Fayes Alsherhi, writer and researcher in the new media field from KSA was skeptical about who uses the internet, and whether only youth use social media. He stated that the uprisings, facilitated by the internet were the result of decades of oppression and general depression. In today’s revolutions, said Alsherhi, there is no need to rely on TV stations and the conventional press as we have the new media to express our opinions.
Asma Hedi Nairi, researcher in criminal sciences and parliamentarian in the International Youth Parliament of Water and representative of Arab and African youth, said that the absence of the official media and civil action made the field of the new media a virtual space for the meeting of Arab Youth.  She stated that over the years numerous protests were held in the Arab countries but they were not covered, then the Internet came and made it public and available to everyone. Nairi said that the New media defied the news monopoly and unveiled their bias and unprofessionalism. Nairi concluded by also admiring the role of women in the recent uprisings.
Samir Younis, regional trainer and social activist from Jordan asked whether he, a young Arab Facebook user represents the Arab youth. He said that social media helped the infiltration of news during the revolution, but at the same time admitted that internet could be used to create rumors. Younis also said that new media has power. “If you have 3000 followers on Twitter then you are as powerful as a president ".
Ghassan Hajjar, Managing Editor of An-Nahar Newspaper in Lebanon stated that there was an “enforced coalition” among all the media, traditional and new, that contributed to the success of these revolutions. He was also wondering whether TV today is still as fast and reliable as twitter for example. He admitted that Newspapers and TV stations are afraid of losing their presence in the near future. He also said that bloggers laid the base for the rest of the new media during this wave of revolutions. Hajjar defended the traditional media by saying that they have to follow laws, and they are limited by the time and the place of the coverage, this is why new media can be more powerful in certain occasions.  He also defended conventional media, stating that all types of media still wait for newspapers to be released early in the morning in order to confirm stories and that "the truth, the truth and the truth" can't be guaranteed in electronic media.
Mr. Fayez Alshehri, Writer and Researcher in New Media, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia added that the news social media has established itself as a new dictatorship excluding all opposing views.