Saudi BlogCamp

I will fly to Jeddah tomorrow to give a talk at the first Saudi BlogCamp. The presenters also include friends and fellow bloggers Khaled al-Nasser, Fouad al-Fahran and Essam al-Zamel. Saudi BlogCamp is the first of a series of events for bloggers to share knowledge and exchange experiences on different topics of interest. All bloggers, male and female, are invited to participate in these events and help organizing them. Saudi BlogCamp is part of Saudi BarCamp.

The first Saudi BlogCamp will be held at Andalusiya Cafe in Jeddah this Thursday, July 2, 2009. The registration fee is SR50, including lunch, and everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend you can find more information here and here. I’m certainly looking forward to this, and also looking forward to see you all there. If you can’t make it, you can still follow the event on this page which will offer a live stream from the room, and also through Twitter.

Spring Break

It’s spring break over here and we have a 7-day vacation. I’m using the break to spend time with my family. We are going to Qatar for a couple of days. Blogging will resume next week.

Back

Okay okay, I know I’m late to the party but I’m finally back. I will post my thoughts on the government reshuffle later today, but for now I want you to listen to this song from my friend Thamer, the hip-hop artist from Jeddah. He left Dark2Men and started his own band, called ReD CoasT. Here’s their debut track, titled Fawdah:

Taking a Break

I’m busy with my final exams these days and I need a break. I won’t be blogging for the next two or three weeks. I should be back in the last week of February. Till then, you can still follow me on Twitter and read my shared items.

Eid Mubarak

May Allah accept your good deeds and all your wishes come true.

Riyadh Bloggers Meeting

We have been doing a monthly bloggers meet up in Riyadh over the past few months. We stopped for Ramadhan, and now it’s back. As usual, the meeting will be on the last Monday of the month, October 27th. Starting at 8 PM in Caza Cafe in Tahlia St. Looking forward to see you there.

Alexandria… Why?

After I returned from my trip to Egypt last February, I wrote, “Egypt Air seriously needs to consider a rebranding.” One month later, an Egyptian blogger wrote about the same thing. (Is it just me or is the third paragraph of his post is almost identical to the first paragraph of my post?) Anyway, few weeks later, Egypt Air indeed announced a rebranding, updating their logo and colors, and becoming Egyptair.

Why I’m bringing this up now? Because today I will be taking one of their planes to visit the land of the Nile again for a few days. I will be speaking at a conference organized by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The conference will tackle the Role of Libraries in Freedom of Expression, Tolerance, and Access to Information, and it will take place at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria.

I’m looking forward to be there and meet the people. If you would like to do a bloggers meet up or something like that, please drop me a line.

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