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CONNECT

I am hosting CONNECT, a weekly TV show on OTV Egypt that talks about IT and technology.

In Connect the viewers get to witness all of the latest and most exciting from the world of IT and technology as we take a close look at the newest gadgets, programs, websites and games. Each episode is divided into 4 segments: Hardware, Software, Internet, and Games. In each segment we take a look at the latest news from all over the world, before moving on to the main topic of the day. We closely analyze the topic of discussion to help viewers decide what to buy and how to make full use of it. We wrap up with the conclusion on the product/topic and move on to the e-mail segment.

In the e-mail segment, we read out the most relevant questions received from the viewers and solve the problem or answer the question.

CONNECT airs every Sunday at 8 pm, and has several re-runs including Friday at 6:30 pm (Cairo Local Time).

For more information, visit the OTV website: http://www.otvegypt.com/


Video-Editing Projects

God Bless Oil: Energy of the Free

A Documentary that discusses the issue of oil, or the lack of it. I focus on the usage of cars in the United States, searching for explanations to the market trends that do not correspond with the oil crises world-wide.

I interviewed several different professors at Penn State as well as random car owners across town in search for solutions and alternatives to the shortage of resources available.

Please contact me for a copy.


Egyptian Vertigo

A short scene made to be the transitional point between the two parts of Alfred Hitchcock's classic, Vertigo.

In the movie, James Stewart enters a depression afters believing that his love has died. This scene is a unique approach to how he was able to find the motivation to move on with his life and go forward. The only twist is that it is all in Arabic and between two Egyptian friends.

Credit to my good friend Taha Belal for his support and assistance.


Gas Nation

One of the first video projects I made at Penn State. It was at an experimentational phase and therefore there was more emphasis on the tools and their capabilities.

The idea was to convey the frustration I felt at the apparent obsession with cars that I witnessed during my time at the United States. I was also observing the arguably poor infrastructure that seemed to have obliged citizens the own and deeply rely on cars.