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		<title>Introducing AltCity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We&#8217;ve never seen something like this,&#8220; states Munir Nabti, co-founder of AltCity, a nascent but innovative event space overlooking bustling Hamra Street in Beirut. That&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Illustration</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illustration = communication = representation, says Maya Zankoul, a graphic designer who (if you don&#8217;t already know) keeps a comics blog about Lebanese daily life at Maya&#8217;s Amalgam. It&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Your Social Media Guru?</title>
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		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most self-respecting social media experts wouldn&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Haddad Teaches Essential Photography</title>
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		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;get close,&#8221; the workshop focused on the basics of understanding the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and focal length. Participants were encouraged to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shankaboot Premieres on the Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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