An interview on WDR Funkhaus Europa (German Radio station) about the use of Instagram by Syrian Refugees on their journey to Germany or around Europe. The full episode and news article are available on the radio's page.

Interviewed on Arabnet on: “HOW TO DEVELOP BETTER OUTREACH - WE ASK THE BLOGGERS”, which was also featured on ABSOLUTE GEEKS BLOG.

Listed as one of “THE 100 BEST TWITTER HANDLES IN THE ARAB WORLD – A LIST FOR THE ARAB ENTREPRENEUR” by Payfort.

Singapore featured in Arabian Gazette digital publication, under the title: “SINGAPORE: THE ULTRA TROPICAL ISLAND EXPERIENCE”.

ON 26 AND 27 NOVEMBER 2014, I PARTICIPATED IN SAUDI MEDIA FORUM AS A GUEST SPEAKER IN A PANEL DISCUSSION AND A MODERATOR OF ANOTHER PANEL DISCUSSION; AND WAS QUOTED IN ARAB NEWS IN THE ARTICLE TITLED “HAJJAR: MEDIA INDUSTRY HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER GROWTH”, AS BELOW:

“AS A MODERATOR OF THIS PANEL DISCUSSION, I WAS QUITE INTERESTED TO LEARN ABOUT HOW EFFAT UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED BY MOHAMMAD GHAZALA ON THE PANEL, HAD THE COURAGE TO BE THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN THE KINGDOM TO OPEN THE MAJOR OF VISUAL AND DIGITAL PRODUCTION, AND THAT TOO IN A LADIES COLLEGE,” SAID MANAL ASSAD, SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT AND LECTURER AT DM3 INSTITUTE AND MODERATOR OF THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PANEL.

“IT IS A DARING AND A FUTURISTIC MOVE THAT IS PROVEN TO BE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS SAUDI ARABIA SEEMS TO BE HEADING FOR THE FIRST TIME TOWARD INTRODUCING CINEMA PRODUCTION INSTITUTES AND OTHER RELATED MEDIA PROFESSIONS.”

Participated in a panel discussion in Social Media Masters Forum 2015 at Ahlia University, Bahrain.

تناولت هذه الحلقة من برنامج آفاق الاستثمار على قناة سكاي نيوز العربية صناعة المحتوى المرئي وتوزيعه عبر منصة “يوتيوب” في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، واستعرضت تجربة مجموعة من المنتجين الشباب الذين بحثوا عن المحتوى الناقص والغير منتج في المنطقة وعملوا على انتاجه… وبذلك تم استضافتي كأحد منتجي المحتوى المتخصص في السفر والسياحة لأتكلم عن تجربتي في الانتاج واستقطاب الممولين لدعم رحلاتي… سبسكرايب لقناتي، وتابعوني على مدونتي، انستقرام وكيك لتبقوا على اطلاع بالبلدان التي أزورها وتتعرفوا على أماكن السياحة فيه

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Participated as a speaker in the Arab Women in Business and Leadership Summit 2014, where I spoke about Arab Women Tech Entrepreneurs; more about it in my blog post, and featured in news articles in YourMiddleEast, Executive Women, etc.

MY FEATURE INTERVIEW ON DESTINATION RIYADH MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA TREND MAKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA… IT CAN BE FOUND HERE ON PAGE 35 (PAGE 33 OF NOVEMBER ISSUE)

MY INTERVIEW WITH ARAB NEWS ON THE REASONS BEHIND THE INCREASE OF ONLINE ACTIVITY DURING RAMADAN.

A quote of my interview with AlAyam Newspaper on how business people can find time to manage social media for their businesses.

An article written by me in AlAyam Newspaperon how business people can manage social media for their businesses in 30 minutes a day.

AN INTERVIEW WITH ME ABOUT SAUDI USERS ON TWITTER IN ARAB NEWS.

MY INTERVIEW WITH ALAYAM NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA SCENE IN BAHRAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA. 

INTERVIEWED BY WAMDA IN ARAB SOCIAL MEDIA FORUM 2010 FOR THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN MENA.

Interviewed by Up to Date Show on Saudi Channel 2 to talk about social media and how to use it properly.

AN INTERVIEW WITH WAMDA DURING ARABNET DIGITAL SHIFT 2011 ON THE “BEST SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICES IN THE MENA REGION”

Episode 41: That Social Media Episode

I was hosted on “That Jeddah Podcast” for a discussion on Social Media:

Episode 41: That Social Media Episode

We attempt to tackle Social Media in this episode. If you’re one of those people who have always wondered what people meant when they put “Social Media Expert” on their Twitter bio, this is the episode you want to listen to.

Tell us what you think and what you drink! Email jeddahpodcast@gmail.com.

Our guests:

The Manalyst (Social Media Strategist)
Safana Sejini (Marketing & PR Officer / Social Media Entrepreneur)

NAMED AS ONE OF THE TOP 100 PEOPLE IN THE ARAB WORLD TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER BY SEEQNCE BLOG.

QUOTED IN A NEWS ARTICLE IN SAUDI GAZETTE: ~ FOURSQUARE SWARM BADGE TO DEBUT IN KINGDOM NEXT WEEK IN SAUDI GAZETTE