"SHUKR Islamic Clothing’s Western Muslims: Fashion and Identity" Contest Official Rules and Terms of Participation

1. HOW TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Create a video (maximum 5 minutes in length) that depicts what you think about Islamic identity in the West and how it relates to dress. The video can discuss any or all of the following: ideas about Islamic fashion trends; how dress, religion, and identity interrelate; Islamic dress as a creative form of religious expression; Islamic dress as it relates to gender and religion; the fusion between Western and Islamic identity through dress, etc. These are only a few examples of how the topic could be explored.

2. Entries must be posted as a video response to our “Official Contest Rules” video, and must be submitted by 11:59 pm GMT on February 28, 2009 to be eligible for consideration in the contest. Entries will be declared made by the name on the YouTube account from which the entry was submitted. Submitted videos will be posted on the contest homepage after they have been screened by the contest Administrator. If your video is not posted within 2 - 4 days after you uploaded, you have not complied with the Official Rules. All eligible entries (as determined by the Administrator) will be posted on the contest homepage through the conclusion of the submission period.

Important Dates: The SHUKR Islamic Clothing YouTube Video Contest, “Western Muslims: Fashion and Identity” begins 8:00am GMT on February 1, 2009 and ends 11:59pm GMT on March 1, 2009 (“Contest Period”).

Video Submissions Period: February 1, 2009 – February 28, 2009 Judging Period: March 1, 2009 – March 15, 2009 Announcement of Grand Prize Winner and 4 Runners-up: March 15, 2009

Entry Requirements: All entries must meet the following guidelines:

• The entry must be the entrant's original work. Entrants may submit more than one entry.
• All participants must comply with international copyright laws.
• One or more people of any age may be featured in the video, however entrant must have the permission to use the audio and visuals of everyone featured in the video in any and all media without compensation. If any person featured in the video is a minor, then the consent must be obtained from the minor's parent or guardian.
• Persons featured in videos must comply with the Islamic dress code.
• Entrant must submit all required releases at SHUKR, LLC’s request, including a release from all persons appearing in the video.
• Incomplete, illegible or corrupted entries will be disqualified. SHUKR, LLC. ("Sponsor") is not responsible for lost, late, damaged, incomplete or misdirected entries. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and none will be returned.
• By submitting an entry, entrant agrees to have his/her entry posted on YouTube for the duration of the contest period.
• Content: Each entry must be suitable for display and publication, in all forms of media, including but not limited to the Internet, the World Wide Web, and print. Entries must be dignified, modest and in good taste, must not be obscene or indecent, including but not limited to: containing pornography or profanity, any content that is deemed lewd, offensive, explicit, vulgar, crude, defamatory, violent, nor contain any offensive or defamatory statements including but not limited to words or symbols that might be considered offensive to individuals of any race, ethnicity, religion, or socioeconomic group, nor include threats to any person, place, business, or group, nor invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity, including, without limitation, any third party trademarks or copyrights, nor portray Sponsor or Sponsor's products in any way that might tend to subject any of them to public contempt, scandal, disrepute or ridicule. Entries may not contain any information that can be used to personally identify an individual, such as an address, phone number or email address. Entries may also be disqualified if they are not of satisfactory quality (i.e., focus, volume, brightness) to be streamed online. Administrator has the sole discretion to determine whether a video meets these criteria and qualifies as a valid entry. No information regarding entries or judging, other than already set forth in the Official Rules, will be disclosed. Sponsor reserves the right to make determinations of suitability in its sole and absolute discretion, and to disqualify any entries it determines to be inappropriate for any of the reasons listed above, or for any other reason.

3. WINNER SELECTION: The winner will be selected from among all countries' eligible entry submissions. Entries will be judged by a panel of SHUKR LLC staff members ("Judges"), whose decisions are final in all matters relating to the Contest. The winner, as well as the four runners-up, along with their entries, will be announced on March 15, 2009 and posted on our blog and/ or website shortly afterward..

4. GENERAL RULES: Open only to those who are 18 years or older, and open to people of all faiths, creeds, nationalities, etc. except for employees of SHUKR, LLC ("Sponsor"), judges, and members of their immediate family or persons living in the same household. Void where prohibited. Subject to all applicable federal, state, local, and provincial laws. Potential winner will be notified by telephone, email and/or mail. If any prize/prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or in the event of non-compliance with any other requirements, the prize will be forfeited in its entirety and awarded to an alternate. No substitution or transfer of prize permitted except at the option of Sponsor in the event of unavailability. By participating, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and Terms of Participation and the decisions of the Judges.
In the event of a dispute as to identity of an online entrant, entries will be deemed made by the name appearing on the entry. Sponsor and YouTube, Inc., are not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections, undeliverable email, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic communications, telephone, telephone line or other telephone related problems or errors, whether caused by the sender or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest, or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in this Contest. If, in the Judges' opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the Judges reserve the right to terminate the Contest and determine a winner using all eligible entries received as of the date of termination or to modify the Contest in a manner deemed appropriate by the Judges.

SHUKR, LLC may decide to disqualify an entry if it has not been submitted by the deadline, in part or whole, or if the entry breaks any of the Official Rules and Terms of Participation stated herein. Should an entry be submitted by an individual who does not meet the eligibility requirements, SHUKR, LLC maintains the right to disqualify the entry.
Questions about this competition can be directed to contest@shukrclothing.com.

5. PRIZE: One (1) Grand Prize: $1000 or £500 in clothing from SHUKR, LLC shipping costs inclusive, via a store credit voucher that will have no expiration date, as well as, publication of the winning video and the videos of the 4 runners-up on Sponsor’s website and/or blog.

6. RIGHTS IN SUBMISSIONS: In consideration of entrant's submission being reviewed and evaluated for this Contest, each entrant hereby grants to the Sponsor and YouTube a non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid, universal license to use, copy, sublicense, transmit, distribute, publicly perform, publish, delete or display such submission, or any portion thereof, in any media now known or hereafter devised including, but not limited to, all forms of television and all forms of internet and wireless protocol without any further right of approval. Each Entrant authorizes the Sponsor and YouTube and any entities affiliated or in private with the Sponsor and YouTube, to utilize, for eternity and in any manner they see fit, the submission submitted to Sponsor and YouTube, and to make derivative works from such material. Each entrant agrees that the results and proceeds of such use shall become the property of Sponsor and/or Sponsor's licensees, and shall be freely assignable by Sponsor and that the Contest Entities and their assignees and licensees shall have no obligations whatsoever to entrant. Each Entrant releases the Contest Entities, and their assignees and licensees, from any and all claims or liability (now known or hereafter arising), including but not limited to any claims for defense and/or indemnity, in connection therewith.

7. WINNER'S LIST: To see the winning video along with the top 4 runners-up, please visit http://www.youtube.com/shukrislamicclothing on and after March 15, 2009.

8. PRIVACY POLICY: Any personal information supplied by you to YouTube will be subject to YouTube's privacy policy posted at http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy. Unless prohibited by YouTube's privacy policy or by law, by entering the Contest, you grant YouTube permission to share your email address and any other personally identifiable information with the other Contest Entities for the purpose of Contest administration, judging and prize fulfillment. Additionally, by opting-in to specific offers from Sponsor, entrant's entry information will be subject to their respective privacy policies and terms of service and entrant agrees to receive additional email communication from that company. YouTube will not sell, rent, transfer or otherwise disclose your personal data to any third party other than as explicitly described herein.