محضر:Ahmed Gharbeia meeting

Meeting with ahmed gharbeia

ADEF staff and board member Jan 22nd 2012

• does open source work and translating software into Arabic

• will give us tour of Moqattam area

• important to have signs in the space

• medical student at Ain Shams called Hala who does origami and community library work

• on library: needs to always be staffed. perhaps there can be shifts and a mentorship scheme for this

• the older young people in their 20s etc would give the space its culture

• not have time or ideas at the moment but type of thing would do is training etc

• ?on payment: no charge for workshops. have a donations box but perhaps some workshops would pay a nominal fee 

• computer staff should always be present and on-hand

• places young people hang out: by awlad ragab supermarket on street 9 - is a garden and kiosk. also Lo'lo'a garden near hezb wasat been there for years, are computers etc

• Moqattam increase in population in recent years and increase in building. used to have more empty space and more of a 'village feel'. most people work outside Moqattam. zilzal is sh3bi does not mean everyone there is poor

• nadine shams moqattam based filmmaker