Made some sawhorses for my workshop! 👩🔧 But more importantly, since there is very few content in Arabic, I’ve always wanted to contribute and share what I know/learn and make this available to the Arab world.
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Guess How Many Parts Are inside A ... | An IGTV Series with ifixit.com
I made a guessing game where I asked people to guess how many parts are inside each product that I announced earlier, they got to see me make a completely wrong guess as well haha, then take it apart piece by piece, show
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Plant a tree in Egypt 2019
It’s that time of the year again. Every year I organize a tree planting day and fundraise and invite everyone to take part of it. It wouldn’t have happened without the support of all the people who have contributed, from inside and outside Egypt!
This year I am going for quality over quantity, for this year the goal is not to plant 1000 trees but to plant a tree that will make a huge impact on someone’s life. I personally went and visited a village in Fayoum city in Egypt called ‘Ezbet Alsheikh Selim’, they literally live in the desert, in the middle of no where, and not because they are beduins or tribes but because they cant afford to go anywhere. To be able to buy anything they need to get some sort of transportation, a tuktuk, drive for 30-45 min to the centre of the village, pay an amount that they can't afford to waste just to buy few veggies and fruits. To keep it short, the people there are not just below the line of poverty, they are not even close to the line.
The plan is to build like a "pot” to plant the trees in outside their houses and plant fruit trees; lemons, figs and berries. Also herbs like mint, rosemary, and all these plants, we will give them seeds for veggies and compost to last them the whole year. Again this year shagrha helps me with all tree matters.
We have counted 39 houses in the village I visited and we are starting off with these. The average cost of doing all this for one house will be $44 or EGP 750. The “pots” will be built in august and we will plant the trees on 6th September. I will personally go there myself. There are several ways you can donate; paypal if you are outside Egypt (just send me an email for details), Etisalat cash, CIB ATM or attend our yoga fundraising event on the 24th of August at TD Athletics in Tagamoa. Just send me an email for any details.
Kahk Stickers | Instagram and facebook Eid Stickers!
When non Arabs talk about different Arabic food, the whole conversation consists of three words; Fallafel, shawerma and Baqlava! I am exaggerating obviously but I noticed that’s all my non Arab friends know about the different Arabic cuisines. So when it was Eid time I decided to share more about the different food we have, after all food is the best way to get to know a culture and what better way to share something other than turn it into an animated GIF sticker!
Kahk is a sweet cookie that we eat in Egypt only during the three days of Eid, thankfully, you are possibly looking at 3000 cals 😅😂 Jokes aside, kahk with a cup of tea is perfection!
I made 7 different GIF stickers that can be used on Instagram and facebook or anywhere really that can embed giphy stickers and shared them so people can play around with and spread the kahk love. And It has made in total 26.3 Million views* (updated on 12th june 2019)
I make Props for Advertisements in Egypt.
Aside from the stop motion commissions I also get to do Props for advertisements in Egypt. Something I really enjoy doing, it’s usually a job with a very tight deadline (we need this in 2-3 days kind of job) so I don’t always have the time to document the making process.
This headpiece was created for a Burger King Saudi Arabia Ad, shot in Egypt by Nojara production house. I worked from a reference of a headpiece machine that collected tears to water plants. The wire frame was hand bent and shaped then soldered together to create the main piece. It also had a water pump installed to fill up a water tank at the top during the shoot.
My yearly Tree planting day!
I started a birthday tradition! Every year I plant trees during my birth month. I did it last year and turned it into an event, awesome people joined and we planted 200 trees.
I am not an “environmentalist”. It just makes sense to me that air should be something I think about like food and water, It’s even more important than the other two! So just like buying good food and healthy drinks for my tummy, I should invest in clean air for my lungs!
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Plant 500 Trees ✨
Stop motion workshop // wysiwyg* // Düsseldorf
I gave my first stop motion workshop at wysiwyg* agency in Düsseldorf. I had a great time, explained all about stop motion and animation principles, shared all my stop motion tips and tricks and they made really fun creative stop motion loops by the end of the workshop. I can't wait to see the things they'll create now!
I learnt Stick Welding!👩🏭
I finally learnt welding! Starting off with stick welding which is the most common in Egypt. We learnt all the theory then went on practicing then cutting the metal and welding a stool together!
Plant A Tree In Egypt!
So my first "reward" on Patreon for all my beautiful Patrons will be "PLANTING A TREE IN EGYPT"!!!
When I got to know about the 1001 tree project, I started thinking about how the values of things have changed, planting 1001 is cheaper than buying the latest Canon 5D camera in Egypt! So a single camera is worth more than 1001 trees, It's sad, confusing, unbelievable, kind of funny and really sad again!
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Here are some thoughts that swirl in my brains everyday, they are more of incomplete thoughts, but they are there, swirling…
I spent 2016 disassembling products that were about to be thrown away and making stop motion stories. I didn’t know squat about stop motion, I was only interested in how we consume stuff. And over the past year I couldn’t put it in any other way, I question how we consume things, be it anything!
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What's Inside My Pocket Camera?
My last Tinker object was a pocket camera Called Palm Clix. My brother bought this years ago, he doesn’t even remember if it worked or not, or if he ever even tried it! I don’t know why anyone would buy this to be honest.
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What's inside My Sony PS3 Controller?
Last week I opened the playstation3 controller as per most requests. It’s by far my most viewed and liked video ever on Instagram! Eveer! I can’t believe that more than 60k viewed the video
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What's Inside My Floppy Disk?
This was an interesting one! I kept seeing pink slugs on my instagram feed, I asked one of my insta pals and came to know about The pink slug project! And that there are actually PINK slugs in real life!
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What's Inside My Date?
This week I opened a Date! It’s Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month and there are dates everywhere! I make sure to eat a few every now and then throughout the night. But I always feel so bad when I throw away the pits!
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What's Inside My Cassette Tape?
I choose a cassette tape last week because I’ve been piling up with side projects that I wanted to do and wanted something simple to animate that week, or so I thought! Knitting on its own is very time-consuming, let alone stop motion-ing it!
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What's Inside My Euro Profile Lock?
This week I chose a lock because I got bored from opening ewaste, electronics is not something I comprehend, I like to see how all pieces come together, but examining PCBs is not something I enjoy at all. And a lock is an extremely interesting “puzzle” product.
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What's Inside My Compact Fluorescent Lamp?
Since it was earth day/hour last week I went for a bulb, a compact fluorescent lamp to be exact. I read somewhere before that these bulbs have Mercury gas inside, so before opening anything I did a bit of research on how to avoid getting poisoned. Curiosity did kill a cat, and I didn’t want to be next.
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