WikiArabia 2016 is held in Amman at the end of March, one week before the Wikimedia Hackathon in Jerusalem. The organization inviting us to organize a technical session. Amman and Jerusalem are pretty close geographically, but politically it takes about 5 hours of car + borders. Still, it is an interesting idea.
We are defining the details as we speak. We are still learning about the audience in Amman (more technical editors or also some developers?).
Saturday, 26 March
Open session: Introduction to Wikimedia Tech
An overview of the Wikimedia software stack from the MediaWiki engine and its extensions to gadgets, templates, and bots. How to get involved in our open source projects. How to start creating your own tools and features using the Wikimedia infrastructure, with the support of our technical community.
Audience: developers and free software enthusiasts; tech-curious editors too. Not a specialized developer session.
Duration: 50 minutes?
Needs: projector.
Regular WikiArabia session: Introduction to Wikimedia Phabricator
How to use our task management system to report technical problems, request features, and follow ongoing work in your favorite projects.
Audience: Everybody, this session is non-tech friendly too.
Duration: 50 minutes?
Needs: projector.
See also T124721: Organize a technical workshop in Ramallah (Palestine, 30 March 2016)