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Is Gitex Riyadh 2010 even recognized by GITEX?

Update: Thanks to Haitham Ghazal for inquiring about it. He contacted GITEX in Dubai and their answer was: “Gitex Saudi is not associated with the same GITEX Technology WEEK in Dubai. The event is franchised in name only and is not organised or sold in any way by the Dubai World Trade Centre”. That proves it,

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Gitex Saudi Arabia 2010 in Riyadh

The next Gitex Saudi Arabia in Riyadh will be from 25 to 29 Apr 2010.

Gitex Riyadh 2010 will be held for the second year at the new Riyadh Exhibitions Company. Gowalla location here.

Don’t expect it to be good. I am sure it will be a STC vs Mobily expo

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Earth Hour Saudi Arabia 2010

Earth Hour is “a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take

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Riyadh Tweetup for November

Register for the tweetup here which will be held Thursday November 5th at Second Cup Coffee Shop at Tahliah street

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A Day About Japan

Sakura of the Kingdom, a site with interest in Japanese culture in Saudi Arabia is having an event today in Riyadh called “Day About Japan”.

You can find more information about the event

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Comedy tour in Saudi Arabia with Ahmed Ahmed and Maz Jobrani

There will be a standup comedy show in Riyadh and Jeddah in the next few days. The event will be starring Ahmed Ahmed and for the first time in Saudi Arabia, Maz Jobrani. Each ticket will cost 350SR. It will be on 3rd June 09 in Jeddah and 4th & 5th June 09 in Riyadh.

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Second Riyadh Tweetup

Remember to register for the second Riyadh Tweetup

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More info about Gitex Saudi Arabia 2009

We talked earlier about Gitex participation. Here is the full showroom floor map. As expected it is dominated by STC and Mobily. You can watch the whole PDF map here.

Arab Tech TV will provide live streaming from Gitex at 7 p.m. You can watch the stream here.

Shufflegazine from the UAE is covering Gitex as well. You

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All you need to know about Gitex Saudi Arabia 2009

Riyadh Exhibitions Company has finally updated their website just in time for Gitex Saudi Arabia 2009 in Riyadh. Probably not the best design but it is an improvement over the old one.

As usual it’s mainly a shopping exhibition: Gitex Saudi Arabia 2009 and Gitex Saudi Arabia Computer Shopper 2009. I am not looking forward to “WAP

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DemoCamp Saudi Arabia

The first DemoCamp Saudi Arabia which is a launch event for new products, technologies and companies will be held at King Saud University in Riyadh at 6:00p.m. on Wednesday 11th of March 2009 in hall 26.

The websites that are participating in DemoCamp Saudi Arabia are: 3zeema, Fwateer, Moshtry, Kammelna and Books-Exchange. You can find more information

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