We got excited when we saw this and of course the whole team is honored! Check out the whole article in the Jordan Business may issue.
Here is a quote from the interview:

JB: Do you believe that the Internet experience – personified by blogs and domestic news sites – will ever be translated to mainstream traditional media?

HM: I think it’s very encouraging to see that Jordan is keeping up with the new media trends, especially when we consider that Internet penetration isn’t as high here as it is in countries that have been toying with e-mail for a while. Many of the top-visited Wes sites in Jordan are social networking pages, and some, like Maktoob, incorporate blogging elements. When u say we’re keeping up, we’re not just engaging in existing sites, but there are many local developers that are adapting concepts to our Internet and cultural needs – sites like Ikbis, Toot, and Akhtaboot are homegrown Web sites that use their tools to generate innovation, creativity and even job growth.

Even the more “traditional” media outlets in the Arab world, such as TV and newspapers, are heavily promoting their Web sites and encouraging viewer interaction, feedback and input into their programming.

“Citizen Journalism” has found a home on the Internet; it’s only a matter of time before that filters into mainstream media, which I think would be a very positive step.

Are you looking for an interesting career where you can show your capabilities, work in a great environment with smart people and assist in creating the best media site in the region? Ikbis, the leading video and photo sharing site in Arabia is hiring!

Media and Community Manager

You will be responsible for identifying and pursuing partnerships and content relations with mainstream media and production companies. You will also identify means of developing and encouraging user generated content in the region and will overlook moderators and community people at Ikbis.

• Media and content savvy person.
• Connected to what’s happening across the region (including entertainment, politics, sports and culture).
• Enjoys deal-making and building connections.
• Able to manage and guide the community team.
• Able to travel across the region when needed.
• Fluent in English and Arabic with good written and spoken communication skills.
• Social, open-minded and excited about working in a fast-developing startup environment.

Please send your CV to george@ikbis.com
All CVs will be treated confidentially.

Dear Ikbis members

A new feature has been added to other ikbis features,Yamli,which is a search engine where you can write in Arabish (which is the language used in Chat ,writing arabic words in latin letters as the 2 stands for hamza for example.yamli accepts these characters and immediatly gives you options to choose from ..and the outcome is your comment written in arabic.very handy for those who don’t have arabic keyboard or can type in arabic.

to use this feature click on* 2okotob 3arabi * ON (with the purple Y) in the comment section and there you are!!

enjoy the new feature and stay tuned for more to come

check images attached for demo

اعضاء اكبس الاعزاء

تم اضافة ميزة جديدة الى اكبس .يملي محرك بحث يمكنك من الطباعة و البحث بالاحرف اللاتينية و يحولها في ذات اللحظة الى الحروف العربية و هذه اللغة التي درجت مع استعمال المحادثة الفورية بين الناس مؤخرا حيث تستعمل مثلا رقم اثنين للتعويض عن الهمزة و رقم سبعة مثلا للتعويض عن حرف الحاء بهذه الميزة الجديدة تستطيع ان تكتب ما تريد بالحروف اللاتينية(الانجليزية) و يقوم يملي بتحويلها ال العربية ميزة جديدة تساعد اولئك الذين لا يملكون لوحة مفاتيح عربية او الذين لا يستطيعون الطباعة بالعربية

لاستخدام هذه الميزة اذهب الى قسم اكتب تعليقا و اضغط على

2oktob 3arbabi ON

و ابدا بالطباعة و سترى الكلمات قد تحولت الى العربية

نتمنى ان تكون هذه الاضافة ذات فائدة و انتظروا منا المزيد

It has been some time since the last contest on Ikbis, so it's now the time to start more contests. Just as a note, Mobily is doing a football contest for Saudi between the ages 12-16. The winner will join the dream team, and play with best European teams. Check out the contest at www.ikbis.com/mobilystars

We also started today a contest sponsored by British Airways regarding the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, we'll be giving away three return tickets to London for GCC residents, however, all Ikbis members are welcome to join, check out the small video we did, to check the contest go to www.ikbis.com/contests

We will be launching more contests soon! So watch out, don't miss our contests!

Although ikbis had its first birthday back in november but We decided to celebrate iKbis belated birthday with our dear members,too late is better than never.

The event took place at Gloria jean’s cafe mecca mall,on Friday february the 7th, and our lovely members showed up.we had wonderful time together,we talked,discussed ikbis,introduced watwet,and viewed some selected clips which added a nice flavor to the event.

interacting with each other on the personal and human level was geat ,since most of the time we only contact each other online. our dear members took some shots,and even videos that were posted today on ikbis by yousefkawar and khobbeizeh(mohammed elqaq) jansait blogged about the event and added some photos too.deepblue loved the ikbis stamp on his hand and posted a photo of it.

members and the iKbis team had the chance to meet at last,we are not just avatars and written info on the net anymore

we wished that all ikbis members were there,we really wish to meet each and everyone of you,and hopfully in the future we will

i leave you now with the creative video of khobbeizeh

and yousefkawar’s

and the bithday cake photo courtesy of jansait

and here is Deepblue’s hand stamp (we all had this stamp on our hands)

this post will be updated whenever new shots are added

Captain abu Raed

A film by Amin Matalqa won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Awards.

Director Amin Matalqa accepts the World Cinema Audience Award for his film ‘Captain Abu Raed’ at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Sundance said that it was the first feature film from Jordan in 50 years

(sundance interview with matalqa and Sawalha)

Recycle

Inspired by his reporting on al Zarqawi and Al Qaeda for international news agencies, Jordanian/Palestinian filmmaker Mahmoud al Massad returns to Zarqa, where he grew up, to make Recycle. With ravishing cinematography that belies the unforgiving landscape, Massad charts the daily life of a religious Islamic man trying to survive in one of Zarqa’s poorest neighborhoods.

Mahmoud al Massad – Independent filmmaker Mahmoud al Massad was born in Zarqa, Jordan. After studying film and art at Jordan’s Yarmouk University, he worked in the television and film industry in Romania, Italy, and Germany. Since 2002, al Massad has been consistently returning to Jordan to work on projects including Recycle, Jackie and the 40 Yellow Cabs, and DNA. Recycle was made with the support of the Sundance Documentary Lab and the World Cinema Fund, Berlin.

Mahmoud Al Massad won the World Documentary Cinematography Award.

Congrats to Matalqa and his crew,Masaad and his crew ..we are so proud of you

Dear Ikbis users,

We'd like to inform you that we are facing some problems with audio. We are working on solving the problem, all videos will be working properly by tomorrow.

Sorry for the inconvienience!

Dear Ikbis Members

Didnt you ever wish that you can display your ikbis shots on facebook?

Dont you wish you can show your friends and family your favorite clips?

or even share with them special moments?

now you can do it

you can post your ikbis shots to your facebook profile

and here’s the way to do it

First you have to add an application called My Stuff

this application allows you to insert any code you wish

now choose the clip you want to display

copy the embeding code of the clip

and paste it in the box

then click on : add to profile

and there you are..your ikbis clip is now on your Facebook profile

you can click on share and share it with friends

and you can also post it to many other websites like my space,blogger,Hi5 etc

of course this can be applied to all your shots whether public or private

I tried this application and as you can see i was able to add my clip of snow on my Facebook profile

May you always enjoy ikbis wherever you Go

و انسخ الكود الموجود في اسفل الفيلم

و هنالك ايضا خاصية المشاركة

First position: Online Sales Manager

Is Online Sales your passion and do you have experience in the field? Are you the type of person that likes to close deals and enjoys selling online ads? If so, send your CV to george@itoot.net now!

Second position: RoR Developer

Are you a RoR developer or interested in taking the RoR path and think you can learn it fast? Do you want to build your career on RoR? Interested developers send your CVs to karim@itoot.net

Third position: Junior Designer

Are you a passionate web designer? Are you good with Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash? Do you have experience in user interface and information architecture? Do you have basic knowledge about CSS and html? Send your CVs to wael@itoot.net

General requirements:

Only people that are excited about working at a fast growing startup are allowed to apply!

All applicants must be living in Jordan.

All applicants must be fluent in English.