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Yahya Mekkawi


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My love for computers helped me a lot pursuing a career in the field of IT (Information Technology), and yet being involved in the Art Scene of Cairo (Egypt) which was something that I have been always passionate about - since I work with music, photography and video - on amateur basis.

I've always been very passionate about working with kids and young people. And it was only last summer that I got this opportunity to work with kids through a summer-camp around the use of computers and online tools to make art and speak out their minds.

And through my involvement with some global web-communities for young people I worked as a translator and editor for their web-content (English-to-Arabic) to help getting more young people from the Arab world involved in those Online communities.

Sociology ... I'd been studying it for a long while now and let me tell you that it was my main reason to fall in love with Anthropology and Psychology! :)

I'm still passionate about helping artists and non-profits around how to use Online tools to promote their projects and reach out for more audience, since this is something that is missing around here - Egypt and Africa for sure!

Arts & Cultural categories:
electronic arts, new media & digital arts, sound recording, web design, arts in a social context, arts in schools, non-professional arts, traditional crafts & occupations, e-literature, storytelling, translation, dance, music, puppetry, street arts, theatre, graphic arts, installation art, photography
Locations:
Africa
Links:
http://del.icio.us/yahya.mekkawi
http://www.youtube.com/user/YahyaMekkawi
Thematic scope:
Artistic Practice, Arts Management & Entrepreneurship, arts marketing, co-productions, cultural businesses, festival management, human resources in the arts, private arts sector, cultural tourism, fundraising, public funding, support from foundations, copyright, cultural rights, social status of artists, Cultural Networking , cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue, national, regional & local cultural policies, anthropology, interdisciplinary, sociology, Education & Training

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