The Motorsport in Afghanistan
While reading the post about Roya Mahboob's award in April in New York, received for what she has done in the recent years in her…
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Building Schools in Afghanistan
Building Schools in Afghanistan Written by Nikki Shaver Although in recent times more children than ever before are attending…
Crowdsourcing with Online Film, Video and blog to Improve Education in Developing Countries
Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people,…
BATMAN's Sustainable Philanthropy for Afghanistan Education and Women Empowerment
Yesterday, I went to JFK airport to pick up Roya Mahboob, our partner and CEO of the Afghan Citadel Software Company. She was with…
Online Film Distribution, Building Schools in Afghanistan, Afghanistan Economy, Sustainable Philanthropy
Do you know why I like this picture by Angela Shah* so much? Just read below. In 2006. I started Film Annex with the intent to…
Risk Adversity = Innovation Digression
Over the past two weeks I had a very enlightening look into the corporate world, and the lack of innovation it creates by having a…
Social Media Week: Women's Empowerment and Girls Education with Fereshteh Forough in NYC
This morning, I woke up earlier than usual to meet with my colleague Fereshteh Forough, one of the co-founders of Women's Annex, to…
Education for Women in Afghanistan
When someone says, "Afghanistan," what comes to mind? For me, it's war, mistreatment of women, and an element of mystery. Maybe…
ښوونیز تمویل او ټولنیزی مدیاوی د افغانستان د ښوونځیو زدکونکو لپاره
د افغان پرمختیایی پروژو نه مننه، نن په هرات کی ۵ ښوونځیو کی تر ۲۰۰۰۰ ډیر…
آیا ایمیل له منځه تللی دی؟ ټولنیزی مدیا یی ځای په اقتصادی موخو کی نیولی دی
دا چی آیا ایمیل مړ شوی دی، له ډیره وخته یی په فکر کولو بوخت وم. کله چی په ۲۰۰۱…
Women Empowerment in Afghanistan with Politics, Military, Internet Classroom
Reading news about women and their activities give you a pleasant feeling and it makes you more hopeful when it is about women in…
Building schools in Afghanistan
Schools, where the average ages of Zoo Vanda beings civilized human into the 21st century. Unfortunately, Afghanistan had not luxury…
An Introduction and an Afghan Proverb
As a famous Afghan Proverb says, “Maahee-ra har waqt az aab biggeree, taaza ast.” In English this translates as…
CUBAN AND AFGHAN EDUCATION SYSTEMS COMPARED
Education represents the basis upon which society is built. It’s the foundation of most skills and thought processes that need…
The Hulk is asking Santa for more computers for Building Schools in Afghanistan
Film Annex is like the Hulk, an ever growing beast, with millions of monthly viewers, hundreds of thousands of registered users, and…
Film Annex Collaborates with U.S. Navy Captain and Author, Edward Zellem, to Promote Afghan Proverbs
Illustration from Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs by Edward Zellem New York, NY, December 14, 2012 – Continuing its…
The Rulli Debates - Boston College opens a new humanities building for $78 million
The Rulli Debates are an evolutionary series of conversations and reflections of an "Irish guy from Philly" working with an "Italian…
Instead of Pushing Try Pulling: Social Entrepreneurs and Locality to Global
Yesterday I had the exciting opportunity to attend a community luncheon in Kingston NY, hosted by an organization titled RUPCO. The…
Critical Thinking, Motivation, and a World to Explore
I know I always recommend a blog to read at the start of most of my own blogs, but that is usually because something inspires me and…
Afghanistan Educational System
During the last decade, Afghanistan has recorded progresses through promoting and protecting human rights, women rights, freedom of…
LinkedIn: Never Underestimate the Power of Professional Social Media Networking
A little bit earlier today, I was asked an interesting question to answer, about the social media site LinkedIn. Before I address…
SUNY New Paltz, Central and South Asia & Social Entrepreneurship: Work Team Initiated
I am excited to say the first members of the SUNY New Paltz and Central and South Asia collaboration are officially signed…
On Thanksgiving Day - The Women in my life, three Muslims and a half Jew
Growing up in Philadelphia, I attended Cynwyd Public School for grades K-6 with in Bala Cynwyd with many Jews in the neighborhood.…
Social Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets. First stop, Central and South Asia.
Today, I had one of the most interesting meetings of my life. 5 motivated individuals (which I thought would be a good fit for the…
Film Annex, Peer to Peer Networking Capabilities, and Building Schools in Afghanistan
Overall, I know I have explained how excited I am to be a part of Building Schools in Afghanistan, and talking about Central and South…
Afghanistan,
Discussing with different people about the Afghan Development Project, and as Mr. Rulli elegantly states above in his meeting with…
Blogging Questions on EXAMER
In this test, students will answer questions about blogging online and Film Annex specifically. PART I A blog is a. An email…
Filmmaking Questions on EXAMER
In this test, students will answer questions about filmmaking and how filmmakers can fund, promote, and distribute their movies online.…
The EXAMER Video Challenge!
Calling all FILMMAKERS! In the age of social media, filmmakers need all the support they can get. Believe it or not, a student in…
South Asia, Step 1: Cultural Diffusion it's a Global Thing
Cultural diffusion is no longer confined within the melting pot known as America, and hasn't been for a while. This really…
17th Annual Business Day Conference (American Marketing Association)
17th Annual Business Day Conference, Hosted by the SUNY New Paltz American Marketing Association As the Executive Vice President of…
Film Production Company New York
That was a really nice busy week at Film Annex.At the beginning of the week I did corporate style interview for Jennifer Powers. She…
Building A Better Future in Afghanistan with Internet and Education
Today, a quite relavant article, titled, In the Heart of Afghanistan, Entrepreneurs Innovate For Peace, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon…
WATCH VIDEOS and don't SMOKE!
Since the very beginning of time, people have strived to reach eternal youth. My conclusion is simple: WATCH VIDEOS and don't SMOKE!…
Eradicating Polio/Measles with Afghanistan Schools as Partners
Despite threats from Taliban, insecurity and a challenging geography, a UN/Afghanistan government program to eradicate measles…
Organic Inbound Marketing and Organic Followers in the Olympic Year
The most used language online, in particular for business purposes, is English. It is not a coincidence that the Olympics opened with…
Adap.tv Applauds Film Annex
Film Annex has found another supporter for their development initiatives in Afghanistan! Check out the following video of Sean Behr,…
Afghanistan: Conquered or Partner?
Many have sought to conquer Afghanistan - and failed. Before the Soviets and most recently the US/NATO, it has been the British Empire.…
The Incubator
I don't know about you, but after I published last week's article, I was still intrigued about this whole “incubator and technology…
The Price to Pay for a Education
For most children across the world going to school means gathering knowledge in preparation for a bright future. And it generally…
Realizing Dreams of Afghans Youths by building Schools
Across the World, major newspaper headlines are talking about upcoming US election and withdrawal of US and NATO forces from…
A Broader Vision for Afghanistan's Economy and Educational System
Our friends at USAid have a target of reaching 100,000 mobile money users. We are now talking about numbers and timelines, and this…
Building Schools in Afghanistan – The Real Scenario!
Each one of us would agree that building a school is a noble deed especially in a country like Afghanistan where education is the…
Why We Fail in Afghanistan?
The US kills the bad guys, UN helps run elections and money is tossed at economic ventures; however, the effort to transform…
More Girls in Technology-But How?
“Over the coming decade, there are expected to be two million more information and communications technology (ICT) jobs than there…
Entrepreneur, Richard Grace on Film Annex's Afghan Development Project and GIVE
Film Annex talked to Entrepreneur, Richard Grace about his thoughts on the Film Annex initiatives in Afghanistan, the Afghan Development…
Celebrating the First Internet Classroom Built by Film Annex in Afghanistan
The first Internet classroom built by Film Annex and Citadel in Baghnazargah School, Afghanistan is ready to welcome its first students!…
Ambassador Mo Sacirbey on Film Annex's Afghan Development Project & GIVE
Ambassador Mo Sacirbey with Muhammad Ali at the UN Film Annex is investing in Afghanistan's educational system by building Internet…
THE FIRST TIME FOR ME AND THE SCHOOLS IN AFGHANISTAN
The Afghan Development Project is building Internet classrooms in 40 schools in Herat while the war in Afghanistan is still going…
Devin Yeager on Film Annex's Afghan Development Project & GIVE
For the fourth segment in our series of interviews with Digital Media thought leaders, we talked to Devin Yeager, the Chief…
Ryan Gombeski on Film Annex's Afghan Development Project & GIVE
For the third segment in our series of interviews with Digital Media thought leaders, we talked to Ryan Gombeski, the Director of…
Ashley Paczolt on Film Annex's Afghan Development Project & GIVE
Ashley Paczolt, the Manager of Ad Operations at Altitude Digital Partners, told us what she thinks about the recent Film Annex initiatives…
Daniel Yomtobian on Film Annex's Afghan Development Project & GIVE
We recently interviewed Daniel Yomtobian, the Founder and CEO of Advertise.com about the recent Film Annex initiatives in Afghanistan.…
The Truth About Afghanistan's Economy
In the last few days I spent time on Skype talking to our cinematographers shooting Afghanistan videos for Film Annex. We are…
Building schools in Afghanistan is for Thought Leaders
Building schools in Afghanistan has been a serious topic for the last ten years. The book, Three Cups of Tea, has been a revealing…
The Education of Women in Afghanistan is the Business Opportunity of This Decade
My father Roberto is a retired textile agent. When I was a kid, he used to take me along to visit some of his clients in Tuscany.…
