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.”