Dubai: YouTube sensation Zach King, famous for his special-effects clips, has made a video in Dubai that will be uploaded in “a couple of weeks”.

King, who did not disclose the plot of the video, said the aerial shooting took place over the Palm. It is expected to be around 12 seconds long.

“We shot it yesterday [Monday]. I was in the helicopter, hanging by the door. It was good,” he told Gulf News on the sidelines of the Arab Media Forum in Dubai where he spoke at the 20-minute session. The US Vine star and film-maker, who said he eventually wants to feature his digital talent in Hollywood, was thronged by fans seeking selfies at the forum.

 

 

20-minute talk

If we learn to use them [drones] improperly, governments will shut us down, said Matt Waite, Professor at the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, when addressing the use of drones in journalism. When using drones, individuals and entities must think wisely of how they will use them and for what purpose. In order to use drones properly, Waite explains that users must use them compassionately and responsibly to avoid putting people’s lives in danger. He said that the world is at a stage where the rules don’t make sense because the law can never keep up with technology. Technology is moving faster than laws and the devices keep changing rapidly.

By Maria Bortos, Special to Gulf News

 

20-minute talk:

Describing it as one of the biggest humanitarian crises to take place, former journalist Nareen Shammo told AMF in a 20-minute talk about the thousands of Yazidi women kidnapped, raped, and brutalised by the terrorist group Daesh. Shammo talked about the documentary Slaves of the Caliphate telecast by BBC Arabic, which documents the stories of women who were kidnapped, then sold and bought within the Daesh community- and those she helped escape. Through a series of images, she recalled heartbreaking stories of the women and children who survived the violence under captivity by the terrorist group. Around 10,000 Yazidi men and women are either killed or missing, and more than 1,500 children have been kidnapped, she said.

By Jumana Khamis, Staff Reporter