Tag Archives: Beirut

Introducing AltCity

Written by mike. Posted on July 28, 2011. Filed under Communities, For Local NGOs, News, Stories. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
Participants at the Digital Media workshop
“We’ve never seen something like this,“ states Munir Nabti, co-founder of AltCity, a nascent but innovative event space overlooking bustling Hamra Street in Beirut. That’s not hard to believe for anyone who has visited the space, which promises to be everything from a media café for citizen journalism to an alternative conference venue for high-end [...]

The Power of Illustration

Written by jessica. Posted on March 28, 2010. Filed under News. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
The illustration I did in Maya's 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 News. Tagged , , , , , , , . 6 Comments.
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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 [...]