Gemyhood 's Blog - مدونة جــيمى هود: About Me [EN]

Mohamed G. Beshir [a.k.a @Gemyhood] is an Egyptian Blogger and Writer since 2005, New Media Expert-Trainer, Comics Artist and R&B Singer.

Currently, Mohamed is working as Website Content Manger for Al-Forssan Sports Magazine, developing a new concept of sports video reporting and social media in Sports Journalism. He has worked as the Website Content Manger (and Founder) of El Dostor Daily News, where he developed a concept for the newspaper’s website and introduced the idea of an interactive web site to encourage the participation of young readers.

Gemy is a United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Fellow [AoCIF].

He is committed to freedom of expression and the importance of publishing online, and he sees New Media and Social Networking tools as vital for this process.

Mohamed G Beshir is also an Author, he’s been recently published by “Daw'n - دون” publishing house in Cairo. His first book “The Ultras Book” was written after many years of observation and field study about the particular football aficionados organized movement called “The Ultras”. It’s a profound conceptualization and a precise description of the life style, the ideology and the secrets of the Ultras movement.

Beshir is considered as the only “Ultras movement” expert, journalist & speaker in the Arab world. He’s been interviewed in several Newspapers & invited to speak in different TV shows. [1] [2] [3] [4]
“The Ultras book” turns out to be the first and only book in the world, that gives a 360° sight inside the world of the Ultras.

Mohamed is also a professional New Media and Digital Campaigning trainer in Egypt and Morocco. His last project was in Rabat, Morocco where he was Trainer for the "Be Heard Now" project, providing young leaders with a long-term training course in how to use New & Social Media in campaigns. Training Modules included: 1) New media overview and strategic planning; 2) Organizing and managing campaigns; 3) Social Networks and online communities; 4) Digital films.[Short Film about the training]

Mohamed has been blogging under the name of @Gemyhood since 2005 at www.gemyhood.com with subjects including Online Journalism, VBlogging, New Media, Web2.0, Anachism, Egyptianism, Comics, Photographing, Music, Egyptian Folk Music, Cities and Countries. Gemyhood.com covers writings about his activities in various areas and articles about his vision of social reform, in addition to his original cartoons. Many of Gemy’s stories have been followed by prominent media (CNN, BBC, Aljazeera, France24, etc).

Mohamed (Gemy) is also a web-comics artist, comics writer, speaker for comics workshops, and is Co-founder of "El kartoona" the 1st Arabic underground comic magazine for adults.

In addition, he is currently involved in making short films and documentaries. He has created two films. The first film is about car accidents in DC area during his internship with Slate.com (Washington Post company) USA. The second film is entitled "Online" and explores Internet freedom in Egypt. (Gowa El-Shabaka "Online"). This film was shown in the "ICANN" (http://cai.icann.org) conference in Egypt for internet activists internationally, as well as shown in Italy and Germany in Special Honor by The Cairo Human Rights Film Festival (CHRFF).

The Founder of Sega Band the 1st Street Vocal Band in Egypt, Mohamed left the band after one year and is working now on his 1st Web Music Album [#3 Saga - ملحمة رقم 3] (R&B). [ TV interview with the Band ]

Mohamed is a former Leader of the Egyptian Federation for Scouts & Girl Guides, through which he has participated in various development projects in Egypt's villages and governorates. He ended his university scouting career with the title of Ideal Scouting Member in the Egyptian Universities.