Archive for the 'Filmmaking' Category

6 interesting usages of Ikbis.com

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Over the past few years, Ikbis.com has grown in size and in depth. Ikbis Channels, in particular, have been multiplying in number and are being used by a wide variety of users and organizations: from people sharing a an interest to global broadcasting organizations reaching out to Arab audiences.

Here are 6 examples of what I [...]

How to swear in Arabic, using web and tech jargon!

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

This video, the product of the “sick minds” at Kharabeesh was first shown at the Jordan Web Awards a couple of days ago. It was one of the highlights of the evening! So watch or I will RSS your face!

Abu Saleem Al-Almani Al-Ammani

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Any name that starts with “Abu-something” and ends with a “ni” or “we” sound, might remind us of militants is Afghanistan.. But this Abu is different. Meet Abu Saleem the German-i. He may be no turbaned militant. But he has a bit of a beard. And he’s fighting for a cause: Environmental awareness in Jordan! [...]

The longevity of content: Iftah Ya Simsim, the Sesame Street of Arabia

Monday, October 5th, 2009

I have three kids, aged 11, 6 and 3. So its obvious that a lot of children TV and content is consumed in our household. Kids today have an amazing array of media targeted at them: from Bluray quality Pixar movies in vivid detail, color and surround sound, to online Flash games and YouTube [...]

Grendizer creator Go Nagai coming to Amman!

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

A flying robot..

An his creator..

..are coming to Amman!!

Go Nagai, the man behind Grendizer is coming to Amman and giving two lectures.

7 October at 11 am at the Princess Sumaya University
8 October at the Royal Film Commission.

This is fantastic. Details here.

When I blogged about Grendizer five years ago, the amount of comments I got was overwhelming. [...]

Video: From Amman to Zarqa, by train!

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Ikbis.com’s very own video master Mohammad Jaradat took a ride on the ancient train from Amman to Zarqa, and came back with an FANTASTIC video report. The video speaks for itself. The train, the stations, the reaction of the people and the areas it passes through together tell a tough [...]

A video from 2004.. I can’t believe half a decade passed!

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

While doing some searching on the web, I chanced upon a very low budget (no budget!) video that I created for the Immedia 2004 conference. This is something I even blogged about in the early days of 360east.

I watched the video with amusement. A number of familiar faces are featured. [...]