Zainab Jabla
Major Research Paper
Games have become a medium to spread awareness and educate the youth, as they spend most of their time on games. Thus, a good educational game can keep the players hooked along with educating them about a specific topic. In my research project, I am building a board game that talks about an old Indian social practice called Sati, where widows were burnt along with their dead husband. Even though it was outlawed years ago, this practice is still carried on in few rural areas of India. The board game portrays the perspectives and beliefs of different groups in the form of individual players, who either support or oppose the tradition. Hence, the game can help to educate the urban population about such absurd social practices and perhaps stern steps can be taken to prohibit them.
Education
- Bachelors of Business Marketing
Specialization
Digital Content Creation and Oil Painting
Biography
Zainab Huseni Jabla, born and bought up in Kuwait and moved to Canada for further education in the creative field. Completed her Diploma and Bachelor’s in Business Marketing from the Australian College of Kuwait.
During the third year in College, she joined the Annual Injaz Company Competition which requires building a company from scratch with an innovative product or idea. With a team of seven, she built a firm which was focused on preserving the national language of Kuwait which is Arabic and won the best company of the year award among other colleges and universities in Kuwait. This sparked her interest in the creative field of business, and she moved to Canada to further explore her creative capabilities.
She is already a professional artist in oil painting, who has been a part of many galleries within the Gulf. This is one of her many hobbies. Apart from studies, she has been a part of many non-profit organizations that involve feeding the less fortunate, raising money for cancer and conducting smoking awareness campaigns in schools to educate children about the harmful effects of smoking.
Why Digital Media?
The environment is dynamic and digitization is evolving rapidly. Thus, learning about the latest technology and understanding how each act effects our life as well as those around us spikes my interest. While I was doing a short course in graphic designing, I realized that digital media is much diverse than the tiny field that I am currently enrolled in. Hence, I decided to take up Master’s in Digital Media to deeply understand the field and explore additional opportunities. MDM has also introduced me to the computer languages which I had not explored earlier. After completing my thesis, I would love to continue my PhD in the digital field.
Links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artisteeque/
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/zainab-jabla-35827013a