Last Saturday a group of more than 30 Jordanian Twitters met at Wild Jordan in Jabal Amman. We discussed the positive idea that I talked about earlier regarding the best 50 things we like about Jordan. The media was there, I did an iReport for CNN's "Inside the Middle East" and also "Aramram" a Jordanian Web TV were there.
The event was realy fun, not just a social meeting for us to meet the faces behind the Tweeps but also to express positive things that we barely here in the media. I believe it was a great way to show the world the good things about the Middle East despite the negavtive image we have in Western media outlets.
This event was an open invtitation for anyone, we sent invitations on Twitter to The Queen, the Mayor of Amman, the foriegn minister, and some CEOs. Her Majesty Queen Rania responded by saying on her Facebook account "So sorry I missed this! The top 50things we like about Jordan.. There are millions of reasons. These are just a few.."
Below is the full version of the video that I took but was edited by CNN and only 1.5 minutes of this was broadcasted on TV.
Full Video:
The CNN video:The report starts at minute 6
The Aramram Video is below:
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Grrr, I am so jealous of you guys! But I am glad you all had fun and enjoyed this, and most important telling the world we're all a nice bunch and not hooligans!
am still shocked u didnt interview me on ur CNN video man ;p but yalla i still got couple of moments there 1:40 - 1:44 LOL just kiddin ;p that was awesome u iReporter :D
I hope that whoever is reading this did not have the chance to see your first #Top50Jo contributions. ;)
just joking man, la 3an jad, ya3teek il 3afyeh, looks like it was well organised.
Well done & congratulations
Mashalla ,ktir helou! I started same initiative in Bulgaria:) Like great!
sweet!
It was really awesome :) I am watching and really enjoyed.
Twitter is becoming a great medium to carry cultural thoughts throughout the world.
Proud of guys.
KJ, khalas next time you will be here, its a must!
Rani, you were too busy with #shusmo ;)
Hamza, thanks
Ruslan, that is just great to know, positive all the way
Naser, Mohammad, thanks guys
Great to see tweetups are now happening more frequently in Jordan!
FYI Just posted a round up of the region's Twitter-events on the Spot On blog and mentioned this tweetup.
How fun! Wolf Blitzer, move over and make room for Ali.
Great job, man. Sorry I missed it. Out of town relatives came in and blew the plans :(. I'll plan on the next one!
Malin, thanks for posting, I just checked it out
Marvin, not yet, still need to train more ;)
Momma, and I was wondering where have you been.
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