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Al.Gayla with Talal & Mic

A week a go I received a kind invitation from my dear friend Mic Embalta3 to Al.Gayla’s press conference in Lenotre. As always.. I got there late, and I was really surprised seeing my Camera turned on; no battery :|

Anyway, Al.Gayla is the first radio show to be run and organized by a private firm (Senyar MB) as Mr. Khalid Al.Roudan announced during the conference, and is to be presented by Talal Al.Yagout and Mic Embalta3 on Kuwait radio station. They’ve talked about the diversity of topics they will cover during the show, and I was really happy knowing that they welcome bloggers input into the show! WOW! This is new, and very creative :)

Wish you all the best dear friends :)

Thanks to 7ajidude for the pics

 

Eid Mubarak

Born To Be Wild – ولد ليعيش

I have received a kind invitation from both Mr. Nawaf Al.Rudaini & Mr. Mijbil Al.Mutawa to attend the premiere show of “Born To Be Wild – 3D” in the iMax theatre, in Scientific Center – Kuwait. The movie tells the story of wild life animals, elephants and monkeys in specific, after losing their mothers in random hunting and how two scientist women have dedicated their lives to care of these baby animals.

The movie is produced by Warner Bros & iMax, and will have it’s exclusive middle-eastern release here in Kuwait, exclusively in the Scientific center starting this Eid. It is highly recommended not to miss this movie! below is the movie trailer:

Official press release:

المركز العلمي يدشن فيلماً جديداً في عيد الفطر

سيكون عشاق الشاشة العملاقة في المركز العلمي التابع لمؤسسة الكويت للتقدم العلمي على موعد مع أحدث أفلام آي ماكس بالبعد الثلاثي ، و هو فيلم “وُلِد ليعيش” و ذلك ابتداءً من أول أيام عيد الفطر السعيد ، هذا ما أعلن عنه رئيس مجلس الإدارة و العضو المنتدب للمركز العلمي مجبل سليمان المطوع.

حيث صرح المطوع بأن الفيلم هو من أحدث أفلام آي ماكس ، و يأخذ المشاهد إلى غابات كينيا و جزيرة بورنيو في شرق آسيا ليسلط الضوء على الفرصة الثانية التي حصلت عليها الفيلة و القردة.

وُلِد ليعيش” يحكي قصة عالمتين كرستا حياتهما للعناية بأيتام الفيلة و القردة بعد صيد و مقتل أمهاتهم.  حيث تعتني الدكتورة بيروتي جالديكاس بصغار القردة في جزيرة بورنيو ، بينما تعتني الدكتورة دافني شيلدرك بصغار الفيلة في غابات كينيا.  حيث قامت كل منهما بإنشاء ملاجئ متكاملة لهذه الغاية ، تقومان مع طاقم العمل بجلب أيتام الفيلة و القردة إلى هذه الملاجئ و توفير كل سبل الراحة و الأمان لها.  و بعدها يتم نقلها إلى ملجأ آخر لتتعايش فيه مع فيلة و قردة أكبر منها و للتعلم كيفية العيش في البرية ، حتى تحين لحظة عودتها للبرية مرة أخرى.

وُلِد ليعيش” يجسد الإلهام الناشئ عن العلاقة المتينة بين الإنسان و الحيوان.  و يحمل رسالة غاية في الأهمية ، و هي للمحافظة على الكائنات المختلفة.

علماً بأن جميع عروض آي ماكس خلال عطلة عيد الفطر السعيد حتى يوم السبت الموافق 3 سبتمبر ستكون للفيلم الجديد “وُلِد ليعيش“. و يمكن لزوار المركز العلمي حجز تذاكرهم لمشاهدة فيلم “وُلِد ليعيش” أو أي من المرافق الأخرى عبر موقع المركز العلمي على شبكة الانترنت www.tsck.org.kw أو الاستفسار على 888 848 1

Pictures from the event:

VIVA Bloggers Ghabga

I have received a kind invitation from VIVA to their bloggers Ghabga last Thursday. It may be late to post about this, but I’m posting this now as I have just restored my blog. I have absolutely loved the warm atmosphere and the amazing branding of the Six Palms tent at Marina hotel. Many of my fellow bloggers attended the event and enjoyed meeting each others, as well as the amazing Mic Embalta3! Very professional and funny.

Not to mention that VIVA was very kind to provide us with an amazing gift; The New Huawei Android and a gergean bag. I have personally wished to meet with Mr. Salman Al.Badran, VIVA’s CEO, a man whom you would definitely want to meet and learn from. elyayaat akthar enshalla ;D

Thank you VIVA, and special thanks to May Al.Subaei, Mohammed Yaqoub, and Abdulrazaq Al.Eissa.

It’s time to CRUSH IT!

Yes, it’s the perfect time to learn how and to actually start and grow your social media using strategies and tactics that have been tested and proven by experts. An introduction to this challenge was hosted last week by Zain, and is sponsored by Burgan Bank, Zain, Cinescape, and of course is organized and managed by Al-Zanki enterprises. I  had the pleasure to meet with Mr. Khalid Al-Zanki, Mrs. Hind Al-Nahedh, the wonderful social media & PR management from Burgan Bank, and my friends from Zain, as well as a group of my fellow bloggers, and I could tell how excited they were about this challenge.

The “Crush it” series of events will end with a seminar to be presented by “Gary Vaynerchuk”, who became an online celebrity having more than 850,000 twitter followers, and the author of “Crush It” the book. I may have nothing to add to what my fellow bloggers have posted about Crush It, but if you’re a blogger.. you should not miss registering to the “Exclusive Bloggers Circle”.. register now, and crush the challenge :)

To register for “The Bloggers Circle” (Exclusive for bloggers): Here
To register for the “Crush It” free challengehttp://www.crushitformula.com 

Sponsors and organizers:

 

Photos:

Danderma & AlZemami book signing @ 52Degrees

 

 

Our dear fellow blogger Danderma, and my dear friend Hamad Alzemami, are both having a book signing session in 52 Degrees. My recommendation? go grab your book copy from those wonderful people and get it signed. below is where and when.

 

 

Note: Hamad Alzemami’s picture was taken by Aziz Johar Hayat (flickr)

In Dubai: ME Social Media Marketing Conference

Hey everyone!

I have arrived yesterday to Dubai to attend the ME Social Media Marketing Conference organized by MarcusEvans, a 2 day event having a lot of experts sharing their knowledge and expertise in the field:

  • Ibrahim Albadawi – Dubai eGovernment
  • Sivakumar Thangaratnavelu – HSBC Amanah, UAE
  • Benedicte Hennebo – BT Global services, UAE
  • Arto Joensuu – Nokia, UAE
  • Robert Singleton – InterContinental Hotels Group, UAE
  • Randa Elhimyari – Aswaaq, UAE
  • Naif Yahya AbuSaida – Etihad Atheeb Telecom, Saudi Arabia
  • Rasha Mortada – Dubai School of Government
  • Jailan Attia Kramer – General Motors, UAE
  • Akvile Pareigyte – Jumeirah Group, UAE
  • Michael Stellwag – Qatar Airways, Qatar
  • Joseph Sindaha – Nestle ME, UAE

As well as a workshop on how to optimize you business through social media, given by Mr. Richard Margetic, the director of global social media for Dell, US.

More about the conference HERE

I’ll be posting whenever I can, Thanks!

حصري: صور تجهيز معرض زين سيتي

غدا في الساعة العاشرة صباحا سيكون افتتاح معرض زين السنوي “زين سيتي” و الذي سيكون في مول 360 في قاعة المعارض الرئيسية

 

تغطية ندوة جمعية المعلمين – نستاهل الكادر

حرصا مني على مساندة زملائي و زميلاتي المعلمين قررت الحضور ومشاركة مساء اليوم جمعية المعلمين ندوة بعنوان نستاهل الكادر وقام بالمحاضرة  نواب مجلس الامة هم مخلد العازمي ، حسن جوهر ، جمعان الحربش ، وليد الطبطبائي و بالاضافة النائب السابق عبدالعزيز المطوع

في البداية تحدث النائب مخلد العازمي وقد صرح بأن الكادر هو اول الاختبارات للحكومة الجديدة ، وثم قام رئيس مجلس ادارة الجمعية الاستاذ متعب العتيبي بالحديث و قال ان الوزيزة السابقة موضي الحمود زعلت لما شافت قانون كادر الجمعية فأجابته احدى المعلمات : كيفها ماتشوف شر

ثم فاجئنا الوزير احمد المليفي و استشر الجميع حير من حضوره و مساندته للمعلمين و تحدث عن القرارات الاصلاحية التي ستتم لاول مره بتاريخ الكويت ،، و تكلم عن اعراض بعض المعلمين من الحديث بالآمور السلبية قائلا اريدكم ان تحدثوني عن السلبي قبل الايجابي لنجد له الحلول واللي لا يتكلم عن السلبيات خلال الفترة القادمة فليس حريصا على وطنه

The offer I could not resist! from Zain

An amazing offer that I truly couldn’t resist! I have signed up for the “Wiyana 59″ package from Zain for a year, and below is what I have got:

- Unlimited Free Zain to Zain calls (local)

- Unlimited Free SMS/MMS from Zain to Zain (local)

- 5000 minutes from Zain to non-Zain networks (local)

- 1000 SMS to non-Zain (local)

- 100 minutes of video calls to non-Zain (local/every month)

- Mobile TV service for free (1 year)

- BlackBerry OR Wiyana Connect (internet subscription) included; as per your choice!

- your choice of: BlackBerry Torch Onyx 2 OR Galaxy Tab OR iPhone 4 (16 GB)

All this can be added to your existing Zain line, or a new PLATINUM line of your choice! I got myself a new platinum line.. Wooh! I think this is a limited time offer during infoconnect.. so hurry up and run to Mishref Fairgrounds – Hall 7.

Update:

I’m truly enjoying this package, specially knowing that I’m paying a fixed rate suiting my monthly need. Another topic I’ve wanted to share is that I have read about in some public forums. The claim was that Telecom companies in Kuwait do some competitions that might be considered as gambling through SMS, which is “7araam”. This is how it goes, You send an SMS to a number, you roll in the draw, and you might win.. right? WRONG! The way it goes here in Kuwait, that every single SMS service, every single SMS competition is carefully reviewed and approved by government officials and religious sheikhs. And if you have noticed, none of the Kuwaiti telecoms participates in any of those competitions. Cut the crap, it was a HOAX.