Dubai Twestival September 12 at Jam Jar Gallery [updated]

Twestival Dubai February 2009

Dubai will see another Twestival on September 12 at the Jam Jar Gallery. Follow them on Twitter to get the most up to date news.

We had great fun at the Twestival in February and I’m sure there’ll be even more cool and fun stuff happening this time.

Update: Here follows the press release:

Dubai will host Dubai Twestival Local, one of the 200 Twestival Local events taking place in leading cities around the world, on Saturday using the power of Twitter to support local causes. Dubai Twestival Local (@dubaitwestival on Twitter) aims to raise money and awareness for Dubai Autism Center, a non-profit organisation Founded in November 2001, set-up to help integrate children with autism into the community and raise social awareness for autism.

Dubai Twitter users, or ‘tweeps’ as they call themselves, will converge on The Jam Jar gallery in Al Quoz on Saturday 12 September 2009 to meet other members of the Twitter community and support Dubai Autism Center (@dubaiautism) at an informal networking event sponsored by Nokia (@nokconv), ShopandShip.com (powered by Aramex, @shopnship) and Nahel.com (@naheldotcom).

“We’re delighted to have been able to organise Dubai Twestival Local during the holy month of Ramadan, since giving is at the core of the Twestival concept and is the reason that the event has been given such fantastic support from volunteers and sponsors,” said Prashant K. Gulati (@pkgulati), one of the co-organisers of the Dubai Twestival. “We’re proud to support Dubai Autism Centre, since, sadly, recognition for autism and understanding those that suffer from the condition and their families is still very low worldwide. We hope that the Twestival will make a worthwhile contribution to autism awareness in the Emirates.”

Based around the social media service Twitter, the Twestival or Twitter-festival brings the UAE into a global community using one of the fastest growing new innovations in today’s new media. Twitter is the online service that allows people to share short messages of under 140 characters.

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