MBAs, Media & the Middle East.

Middle East Museums.

I have put together a short presentation showcasing some of the upcoming museum projects in the Middle East for my art fund project and I am keeping a collection of relevant delicious links too. Pretty exciting!

Chicago GSB MBA Info Sessions Dubai + Cairo.

GSB-sponsored Fall Events These University of Chicago Graduate School of Business MBA Admissions Receptions are hosted by a member of the admissions staff and will consist of a traditional information session as well as an alumni panel. Registration is now open for GSB-sponsored Admissions Receptions in the following Middle Eastern and African cities: City Date [...]

Middle East MBA Information Sessions.

A list of upcoming MBA sessions in the region

MTV Arabia.

Dana El Bataji writing for Arab Media & Society believes that: MTV Arabia “has not only translated a western medium to suit an Arab audience; it has also translated the western definition of what is and isn’t cool and made it pertinent to the region. That is, by all accounts, a laudable feat, especially given the cultural, social and political divides between the west and the Arab world.”

Wow. Really?

Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation.

I received an email from the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation on August 28 2008 (The Foundation is a really exciting initiative launched by the ruler of Dubai that runs a Fellowship Program offering scholarships for Arab MBA / MPP / MPA students).

Salt of this Sea.

I recently received an email from Suheir Hammad updating me on her latest:

“last year i spent 3 months in palestine, the longest amount of time i’d ever been allowed to stay there. i had the honor of working on annemarie jacir’s film, salt of this sea. the film is important to me for many reasons, and while i’m not an actress, the film’s story and the larger story it was engaging in are very dear to my heart. we all did our best, and cannes noticed by officially selecting it for the un certain regard category.

the film’s site has a link to a facebook page which is updated with festival news, awards, press and photos. please fwd the links to your friends and groups of good folk. there is info for festivals and distributors on the site as well.

other than a bit of press, i haven’t talked much about my experience because it was so much. it will take me years and times to express the magic fully. in the mean times, holla.

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the GMAT.

As I first starting planning to applying to B-school back in 2005 or 2006 I ended up starting a few different GMAT prep programs without completing them. When I started studying properly I was scoring around 600 on the diagnosis tests. I ended up scoring 740 with the help of various courses / books etc: [...]

LBS interview.

I was invited to interview with the London Business School a few weeks ago. The interviewer was a consultant at one of the big firms in Dubai (pre-MBA he was a banker). The interview took place on the weekend at his firm’s offices in a conference room (he was on an assignment out of town [...]

ouds and grass-roots in abu dhabi.

Sana Munasifi touches on a great point in her recent review of the Fifth Annual Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival. She highlights the recently opened Abu Dhabi branch of the Arabian Oud House as an example of the type of grass-roots, ground-up, regionally relevant and contextual initiative (= investment) that may ultimately produce results [...]