Ahmadz Village

I received this email today from S2B Program, and I’d like to share it with you.

I encourage you to have your own S2B account, register now!

Thank you,
Ahmad Fathy

The Young Arab Leaders and the Microsoft Students to Business are offering new Internships/ jobs in UAE, Palestine, Egypt, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain  and Lebanon with different companies and in different fields so Go NOW and Apply.

Please make sure to send your applications to programs@yaleaders.org and to make sure to follow the steps below :

Applicants may be either University Students or Fresh Graduates dependant on the requirements of the training companies. Duration of the internships is also dependant on the training companies.

Basic criteria for applicants:

● be pursuing / have a degree relevant to the internship content,

● write and speak English fluently,

● be of Arab origin,

● present an enrolment letter from the university, if needed by the company,

● have teamwork, communication and intercultural skills.

Basic requirements for application:

To apply to this program, applicants must prepare & provide the following documents:

● CV and Letter of Motivation,

● University Transcripts / Certificates with grades,

● Letters of Reference from previous employers (if available),

● Confirmation of enrollment at a university,

● Cover letter.

* The cover letter should mention where/how the applicant was made aware of the opportunity.

*Interested applicants should send all required documents to the contact person mentioned within the job description.

Good luck Everyone!

Best Regards,

S2B Team

Dear students,

Microsoft is offering Windows 7 Professional Edition (x86) and (x64) for MSDNAA members for FREE.

It’s recommended to check Windows 7 System Requirements before downloading:
http://windows.microsoft.com/systemrequirements

If you have an MSDNAA account, you can start downloading directly (Alexandria University Only):

• Windows 7 Professional (x86) - DVD (English)
• Windows 7 Professional (x64) - DVD (English)

Then press ‘Add to Cart’ button, and continue logging in. That’s it.

If you do NOT have an MSDNAA account, get a copy of your academic ID (a recent one) and send it to one of the MSPs (Microsoft Student Partners) in your university. You will get your account very quickly!

To find an MSP in your country/university, press here.

If you are a student in a university in Egypt, please refer to MSP Egypt’s blog.

Thank you.

Ahmad Fathy

The IT industry increasingly requires students to enter companies with real-life, hands-on experience, as well as deep theoretical background.

The S2B program makes that possible through internships with Microsoft in association with  top IT Companies - internships that provide relevant work experience on innovative projects that greatly enhance students’ value in the job market. In collaboration with universities, students will have access to online training, workshops or courses as part of their degree.

As well, students will have access to many Microsoft applications through the MSDN AA Program, in order to provide the tools students need to be immediately productive in a company.

Projects and training will be focused on the most recent and innovative Microsoft products and technologies.

Therefore , I encourage you to all go and register NOW in www.s2bprogram.com/mea

Hi Guys,

Today I got the update email from Live Team announcing the new MSN Messenger version 2009.
Once I got it, I downloaded and installed it. It looks more simple compared to the previous version although it has many graphics.

I think the interface designers are very smart; for example, in chat window, you can find the display picture of you and the other contact surrounded by a color representing your and his/her current status. (i.e. yours is surrounded by green if you’re available and his/hers is red if he/she is busy)

In addition, at the lower corner, you find the panel “What’s new”; this panel displays all updates regarding your contacts’ personal messages and display pictures that have been done even when you were offline!

It’s totally new and I like it more than any version before!

Download: http://download.live.com/?sku=messenger

Thanks

What is the Microsoft® Students Club?

- Microsoft® forms groups of undergraduate students at universities all over the world in entities called the "Students Clubs". A Students Club does a lot of activities managed by the Microsoft® Student Partners at each university. The Student Partners along with the Club both represent Microsoft®.

- The Students Club’s activities include holding and organizing technological events, activities, seminars, student festivals, booths and competitions, as well as promoting the Microsoft® free products and services at university, and hence, providing support and help to all the club members as well as other students.

What is this Students Club like? What will be its main activities?

- The Club will be managed by Microsoft®, through the Microsoft® Student Partners. You first have to become a member, among the large group of students who will benefit from the club. In addition, there are also positions available for the club members who are willing to take part in managing its activities and be part of its organization. These positions will be as follows:

• Coordinators: The main responsibility of the Coordinator is to run and support one of the club processes.
  • Imagine Cup™ Board Coordinator: to update a wall-board or write e-newsletters about the latest Imagine Cup™ news and events.
  • MSDNAA Coordinator: to publicize, in cooperation with the university’s administration, the MSDNAA among students and make sure that everyone gets their free copies of the software they need.
  • Membership Coordinator: to manage the members’ lists and database.
  • Operations Support Coordinator: to keep track of the number of students who take part in any activity, and do some statistics and data collection about the clubs events.
  • Public Relations Coordinator: to help in publicizing the Imagine Cup™, and other club’s events, as well as motivate students to join the club and take part in its activities.
  • Advertisements Coordinator: to design attractive announcements and advertisements, using simple graphics, for the club’s advertisements, handouts and publications.
• Senior Members: A group of members who support the Coordinators.

If I join, what are the benefits?

- You will be part of the universal movement of Microsoft® Students Clubs.

- You will be connected with all the other Microsoft® Students Clubs all over the world.

- You will have a direct connection with Microsoft® Egypt through the Microsoft Student Partners at university.

- You will be part of the organizing team for the Imagine Cup™ competition, which is the world’s premiere, most prestigious and most famous student technology competition worldwide. Imagine Cup™ finals will be held this year in Egypt during July 2009.

www.imaginecup.com

- You will have a guaranteed place to attend any event held by Microsoft® all over Egypt, including a free invitation to the annual Egyptian Developers Conference (EDC).

- You will take part in organizing many of Microsoft® events held at university.

- You will have a chance to have a special tour at the Microsoft® Egypt premises.

- You will receive special promotional materials from Microsoft®: T-shirts, caps, etc.

- You can benefit from Microsoft® discounts over selective services or products.

- Most importantly, you will get to enjoy your time, explore a new community, join in many interesting and amazing activities, whether technological or social.

Who can join?

- If you’re a university student studying engineering or sciences, then you can certainly become a member!

- If you want to become one of the Coordinators or Senior Members, then we will hold a meeting and the available positions will be assigned to those who are willing to show dedication and creativity in what they want to do.

How can I join?

If you would like to join for the academic Year 2008-2009, send us your full name, email, academic year, department and telephone number at alex.club@student-partners.com

Don’t worry it’s totally FREE to join!

Microsoft Student Partners
Ahmad Fathy - ahmad.fathy@student-partners.com
Evronia Azer - evronia@student-partners.com

Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Computer and Systems Engineering Department

http://www.student-partners.com

Hello

A couple of weeks ago, I announced MS Student Festival in my Ahmadz Village … And now, I’m starting a new wave to document this event.

Share your festival experience NOW!

I will try to get students’ opinions from everywhere so if you attended the festival, and you are interested to write even one expressive comment about it, please contact me:

ahmad.fathy@student-partners.com

and it will be published as soon as possible!

(Ahmed Abd ElHamed, Waseem, and me inside MS Internship 2007 booth)

Some photos:
Thanks to: Evronia Azer

    (MS Student Festival flag)

 
    (Hall @ the festival)

  (The Smart Village where the festival was held)

 
 
  (with my colleagues, I’m the one at the leftmost-bottom)

Hello,

Egyptian students are invited for the first time to attend the new event Microsoft Student Festival. You should be 2nd, 3rd or 4th year CE/CS/EE student to attend.

Hany Helal, the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and Ali Faramawy,Microsoft vice-president, will attend

It will be on March 1st at the Smart Village, Egypt.
Meet you there

(Click on the invitation for original size)

More information:
visit now!
Agenda
Microsoft Student Festival event on Facebook

AGENDA:

1. Sun and Open Source
Discover how is Sun contributing to open source and find out about Sun’s key open source initiatives such as NetBeans, OpenSolaris, Glassfish and OpenOffice.

2. NetBeans 6 - New & Cool
This session provides an overview of new tools available in the upcoming release of NetBeans 6.0. You will see demos of new Java editor in NetBeans 6, we will demonstrate various new features of NetBeans GUI builder in action and NetBeans Profiler which helps analyze performance of Java applications.

3. Technologies for Creating Rich Internet Applications *Creating highly interactive web applications is a must today. During this session you can find out how to use different technologies to create Ajax-enabled applications to provide better user experience for end users.

4. Introduction to Swing Application Framework and Beans Binding *Swing application framework and Beans binding are new frameworks which greatly simplify desktop application development. Together with NetBeans’ Matisse GUI builder you can develop desktop applications much easier than before. All features will be again demonstrated in action inside of the IDE.
5. NetBeans Mobility Pack

Java is very popular by mobile applications developers. Discover what’s new in NetBeans Mobility Pack, the ultimate tool for creating mobile applications. It’s visual designer is not only easy to use but also very flexible and supports latest standards such as CDC and SVG.

Venue: Dar Al Defa’ Al Gawy, Nozha St. Nasr City
Date: November 21st, 2007
Time: 10 am.

This event is open to developers free of charge. Places are limited, so please register early. All attendees are invited to stay for lunch. All pre registered attendees will receive a free NetBeans developer pack and T-shirts. 

Registration: http://www.mercury-com.com/sun/sun.asp

I was wondering why Google doesn’t have a branch in my lovely Egypt ?!!!!

I found that it’s an old issue somehow. I found many article says that Google decided - at June 2006 - to open its Middle East Regional Office in EGYPT. The country manager for Google Egypt is Sherif Iskander. I quote this paragraph from Stravinsky’s Sizzlin’ Shack blog:

"Most of us Google fans in the Middle East and much of the Arab world always thought that Google would be launching their regional office in Dubai, but the leader in the search engine industry worldwide has looked way past the hyped-gorgeous city of buildings and have decided to base their Middle East regional office in Egypt. Google Israel already has a RnD lab for the region in Haifa and it looks like their marketing and sales operations for the rest of the Middle East will be located in Cairo."

Google Egypt still has available positions to hire, here is the list:

Positions available in Egypt:

• Agency/SEM Head - Cairo
• Business Development Associate - Cairo
• Business Development Manager - Cairo
• Enterprise Solutions Sales Engineer - Cairo
• Industry Leader Travel - Cairo
• Local Product Tester - Cairo
• Product Marketing Manager - Cairo
• Software QA Engineer, Localization/Products - Cairo
   

   

More article about this issue can be found here:

• Search Engine Journal
• Stravinskyss
• Check available jobs in Google Egypt
   

   

It’s really excellent news even I have known so late. I want to end the post with this funny photo

(Click on the photo for full size view)