We have the great honor to announce to you that we will be screening a “work in progress” and holding a discussion at Harvard’s Peabody Museum on April 5th.

The event is free and open to the public so if you are in the Cambridge, MA area, please come join us.

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Semitic Museum present film clips and conversation, “Garbage City and the Informal Economy,”  on Thursday April 5, 2012 at 6:00 pm at Northwest Lab, Rm. 103B (52 Oxford St., Cambridge). The free event will be followed by a public reception.

Hi everyone.

First and foremost, Happy New Year!!! Hope it started great for each and every one of you.

It's been awhile since our last update so I thought I'd share a few new things with you.
We are currently in post production in Beirut and things are going great. The film is really coming to life with the help of our amazing editor, Wajdi Elian. 

We are also very excited to share a great article written about the film by Waste And Recycling News Magazine.

http://tinyurl.com/87pwm7f

There is also a webisode that features our film as well as a snippet of audio from director, Justin Kramer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqKKc3o5X_k&feature=youtu.be

The last thing (and probably burning question).... "What's up with my reward?"

Well.... I have an answer to that. Postcards, prints and posters are going to be going out this week. Please look for them in your mailbox soon.
Digital download links will be going out soon for your Hi-Res stills as well as the options for those of you who are entitled to a Limited Edition photo print.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please feel free to write us at: zabaleenproject@gmail.com

Thank you so much and wish you all well.

-The Zabaleen Team

We are proud to announce that thanks to your support here on Kickstarter, the film is officially in the edit. The very talented Wajdi Elian is busy cutting as I type. We are so excited. The film is really taking shape. 

In other news, we have confirmed an event with the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. In April, we will come to the museum and show a "work in progress" screening of the film followed by a q&a with producers Carrie Vermillion, Lauren McCarthy and director Justin Kramer. The event will be open to anyone to attend. Once we have the complete details on the event, you will be the first to hear about it.

Also, we need your help. Yes..... Again, haha.  IndieWire has just opened the voting for their "Project of the Month" award. We are in second place right now and need a MASSIVE push to take the lead. If you have a Facebook page and 2 free minutes, we would really appreciate your vote. Here is the link: http://www.indiewire.com/article/decide-who-gets-to-talk-to-the-sundance-institute-vote-for-indiewires-december-project-of-the-month Please share this link with all of your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, local grocer, taxi driver.... Basically anyone who will listen. If we win this vote, we get a consultation with Sundance Institute!!! We really want this to happen and with your help, we think we can do it.

Thank you so much for your support.
Happy holidays and happy new year!
 -Justin

This past week we were pleasantly surprised to be featured as IndieWire’s “Project Of The Day”.

As we mentioned on our blog, voting would open today…. And it has.

So we really need your help in the voting.

If you have a Facebook page, its as easy as a click of the mouse.

If we win, we would be qualified for “Project Of The Month”!!!!

This would be massive for our film and we would be forever grateful for your vote.

So please log on and vote for us here: http://www.indiewire.com/article/vote-for-project-of-the-week

Here's another little bonus video (shot on my phone) from our last trip to Cairo.

Mourad's got the moves.