video contest : arabian star

ikbis.com and waleg.com will give you the chance to share your talent with the world,

all you have to do is sing,shoot a video,upload it and ask your friends to vote

you might be the first online arabian star and of course win 500 $

for more info click here

Photo contest : ikbis loves you

ikbis loves ..so do you love ikbis back?

shoot any picture of anything or anyone and upload it to the contest

and the winning photos will get to be hanged on the wall of ikbis office

plus winning an ikbis mug

For more info click here

We are glad to announce the launching of the new comedy channel that is powered by ikbis

Ground Zero is the name and laughter is their game

Two creative talented young men

Mike V.Derderian and Mohammad Jaradat

want you to visit Ground zero and promise you to have the time of your life

Each week there will be a new episode

You can see the movies you love in the Doblage section

but they will seem differant to you, Funnier for sure

Professor Eshmael who will provide you with the newest trends in translation.

He is even better than many dictionaries you have known

The pirates of Amman Downtown will let you sneak a peek

at the newest DVDs in Town

Hope you enjoy your time

In an interview with Jordan Business, Queen Rania has mentioned Ikbis and Toot as examples of “homegrown Web sites that use their tools to generate innovation, creativity and even job growth.”

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!

Hi Ikbisers, I know many of you got pissed when it was removed some time ago. Anyway, now you can see the comments that you left on other users' videos and photos.

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