Last week, I went to a book launch titled “The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story” by Ramzy Baroud. The event was organized by Friends of Palestine WA. As a Palestinian, I am always interested to hear more from Palestinians and about Palestinians. Also, since my Ph.D. research involves Palestine, I became more interested to hear … Continue reading The Last Earth
A couple of weeks ago I did my “first” installation of my prototype. And I had a real mix of emotions. On one side I was proud that I have achieved what I achieved so far. I’m working with totally unfamiliar grounds. Using Unity 3D and game engines are all new to me. And … Continue reading First Installation Test
So I decided this year to give the Three Minute Thesis at my university a go. It was a really great experience. For those of you unfamiliar with 3MT. Basically it is a competition for PhD students where they have to do an oral presentation explaining their research in 3 minutes maximum for a non … Continue reading My Three Minute Thesis
Last week I took part in The Rise and Future of Heroism Science conference at Murdoch University. I have presented my first paper coming out of my PhD Research there. My presentation was titled “The Evolving Visual Representation Of Palestinian Heroes Since Year 2000”. Let me start by talking more about the conference. It is … Continue reading Review: The Rise and Future of Heroism Science 2016 Conference
There seems to be a phase that most PhD students go through. It is called the Valley of Shit. According to The Thesis Whisperer “The Valley of Shit is that period of your PhD, however brief, when you lose perspective and therefore confidence and belief in yourself. ” It seems that I’m in there right … Continue reading That Valley!
So I’ve been silent and the blog seems to fade out. The reason why I started this blog is to force myself to write more. I don’t know how come that I’m feeling more and more uncomfortable writing. It is really becoming a curse. I find myself reluctant to write in my research let alone … Continue reading The writing curse
This weekend I was asked to be part of a panel discussing (Curating “Muslim Art”: in between Islamic and Contemporary Art). This is part of Here & Now 16 / GENYM Forum which is a public program accompanying an art exhibition with the same title. The exhibition features work by young Muslim Australian artists and … Continue reading Here & Now 16 / GENYM Forum
As part of my PhD research, I’m making a prototype for an interactive immersive installation. So for the first time in my life I’m experimenting with a game engine. I’m using Unity 3D which so far I’ve been enjoying. So to make my environment I’m using Maya 2016. And the reason is I have used … Continue reading Experimentation with animation
I haven’t been very active working with my Lab. Yet I always identify myself professionally through it. The old logo was playing with Arabic text after all the name is a mix of Arabic and English. Lab and Tajribi. Tajribi تجريبي meaning experimental. I created the logo almost 5 years ago. And at that time … Continue reading New Logo For The Lab
So here I start yet a new blog. This is the sixth one I start. Out of the previous five, one remains active but I’ll tell you about it some other time. The reason why I decided to start this blog is because I want to train myself to write better. Right now I’m doing … Continue reading Hello!
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