Tag Archives: Beirut

The Power of Illustration

Written by jessica. Posted on March 28, 2010. Filed under SMEX News. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
My results from Maya's Zankoul's illustration workshop.
Illustration = communication = representation, says Maya Zankoul, a graphic designer who (if you don’t already know) keeps a comics blog about Lebanese daily life at Maya’s Amalgam. It’s not just for kids or a childish act, she affirms for the skeptics in the room. It requires right-brain thinking, the kind of thinking that will [...]

Who’s Your Social Media Guru?

Written by jessica. Posted on March 16, 2010. Filed under SMEX News. Tagged , , , , , , , . 5 Comments.
Who do you want to hear from?
Most self-respecting social media experts wouldn’t think of letting themselves be called a social media guru—just listen to Mark Comerford at the recent Young Leaders Visitors Program Social Media Café earlier this month at Zico House in Beirut: Nevertheless, there are some who understand the technical and the tactical of new media better than the rest [...]

George Haddad Teaches Essential Photography

Written by jessica. Posted on March 14, 2010. Filed under SMEX Training & Events. Tagged , , , , , , , . No comments.
George shows a workshop participant how the aperture of a camera opens and closes.
On Saturday at SMEX, photographer George Haddad hosted the first of a series of four Saturday afternoon workshops designed to teach essential photography skills. In addition to teaching good shooting practices, like “get close,” the workshop focused on the basics of understanding the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and focal length. Participants were encouraged to [...]

Shankaboot Premieres on the Web

Written by jessica. Posted on March 13, 2010. Filed under SMEX News. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
Press kits came with USBs tagged with Shankaboot.com.
Last night, the new Arabic-language web drama Shankaboot, directed by Amin Dora and produced by Katia Saleh, premiered at Art Lounge. The series belongs to a new genre and is one of the first of its kind in the Arab world (Flying Kebab is another but it’s not in Arabic), intends to portray a lesser-known, and [...]

Lebanon’s Online Community Emerges Offline at GeekFest Beirut!

Written by jessica. Posted on February 8, 2010. Filed under SMEX News. Tagged , , , , , , , . 4 Comments.
Geekfest Beirut identity designed by Naeema Zarif.
For those of us who struggle to stay connected in Lebanon—and that would be just about all of us, thanks to Internet speeds that can make waiting for an image or a video to load feel like waiting for Godot—Friday night’s Geekfest Beirut was a wonder to behold. Never before had so many members of [...]