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 Marina

Hotel
at 7:15pm.

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 panelists:

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

The panel will be moderated by veteran blogger and occasional Hilaliya Guest Writer Mohamed Al-Yousifi (http://www.ma6goog.com/).

To register for the event please go to:
http://www.irex-mena.org/blog/

This event is open to the public.

For more information please contact us on 66189918