September 26, 2009
The International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)*, in association with a group of active and experienced bloggers, is sponsoring a workshop on September 28 in Kuwait. The event will be held at the Marina Hotel at 7pm.
The workshop will provide local bloggers and members of the public interested in on-line media and citizen journalism with the opportunity to learn more about issues affecting freedom of expression and the internet in Kuwait. Panelists and participants will discuss:
The growth of blogging in Kuwait
The effect of blogging on public debate and the traditional media
How to create and maintain a successful blog
Legal concerns and restrictions on bloggers
The panalists:
Bader Al-Furaih (founder of Kuwait blogs and Safat)
http://kuwaitblogs.com
Reem Al-Shammari
http://chilloutkuwait.blogspot.com
Abdullatif Al-Omar
http://GlobalVoicesonline.org
Hasan Ramadan
http://fernas.blog.com
Zayed Al-Zaid
http://alaan.cc
Mohammed AbdulQader Al-Jasem
http://aljasem.org
to register in the event please go to:
http://www.irex-mena.org/blog/
the event is open for everyone to attend, we expect and look forward for your participation
for more information please contact 66189918
Posted by Forzaq8 under General, Political, Kuwait | Comments (6)
September 9, 2009
So today is ninth of September year 2009, or 9/9/2009
Nice number and a load of bloggers and newspaper writers have noticed the discrepancy between the implication of the date in Kuwait and Dubai
While Dubai is opening (or has opened depending on what time I post this) it’s new Metro Lines
Yes part of it not finished (10 stations out of 29 in the green line, red line to be opened late 2010) but you know what? They went ahead and opened it
But here in Kuwait, we keep blaming the Parliament (Majlis) for all our problems, why? I never understand, the government could have done everything, and still do everything wrong with or without the parliament, even things that the parliament didn’t intervene with they still trip and fall and blunder
It sadness me each time I read the newspapers or browse the blogs , not only we are sinking deeper and deeper , but even most people do not get it , logic is missing , and it seem everyone has no problem with it , parliament members demanding a minister to do his job ? They are labeled as personalizes, parliament members demanding a special session to discuss the problem of H1n1 (swine flu) they get label as trouble makers,
Newspapers instead of pointing the blame to the ones who are to blame, blame people who read Quran, really? That is the problem? The government has a prize for Quran reader? So if we canceled that suddenly we are going to beat Singapore?
If you think we are in disparate need of a prize for things other than Quran why not do one? Start one? Start a campaign for one? Or you just want the government to give money as always
I was going to work on a side project for the blog , but because I didn’t want it to be redundant I’m not going ahead with it , and working on a new one ( the reason of lack of posting lately )
Posted by Forzaq8 under General, Kuwait, Rants | Comments (3)