But the protests are quickly turning into a platform for all kinds of causes.
But there was no broad endorsement for an Arab summit meeting that would develop into a platform for Mr. Arafat.
These daily vigils have evolved, over time, into a platform for citizens to discuss the issues of the day.
There he found his metier as editor of the student newspaper, Tharunka, turning it into a platform for student pranks.
The romance of the past is fine, but only if it can be turned into a platform for a real engagement in the present.
But suddenly a beauty company found itself at the center of Internet ugliness, with its gloss-focused social media feed turning into a platform for anonymous hate.
Now it remains to be seen whether he can again turn his comfort in the military arena into a platform for political success.
The collaboration marks another step in Google's attempt to turn YouTube, which it owns, into a platform for increasingly polished content which draws regular viewers for longer periods.
But, instead of turning Vine into a platform for sharing photos, animated GIFs, and other art forms, Twitter shut down the service, last fall.
In July, Bannon boasted of turning the rightwing site Breitbart News into a "platform for the alt-right", a far-right movement in the US.
But the youngest Keeping up with the Kardashians star has turned her Instagram feed into a platform for launching an anti-bullying campaign, #Iammorethan.
