The Domino’s effect (Part 1): Social media use the MENA region can learn from
We are all fascinated with social media even though recent reports and surveys from the MENA region have stated…
Category: Social Media
How did AL Jazeera channel become number 1 Arab social brand in the Middle East?!
Through the report of the top 40 Arab brands in the Middle East, completed through Forbes.com in 2008,…
Middle East Social Media Marketing Conference
A very interesting event that will hopefully provide better insights for all the marketers in the region on social media…
The rise of the social customer in the MENA region!!
Social media has changed the way customers interact with brands, forever! Customers have evolved with the growth of social media,…
Social media marketing is the gold rush of the MENA region
Last week I bumped into Amer Massimi, a Communication manager at Leo Burnett MENA & social media enthusiast working from…
Jo Bedu: Social media can be fashionable
Our friends at JO Bedu a clothing company founded in 2007 by two young entrepreneurs Tamer AlMasri and Michael Makdah…
Egypt is the 22nd biggest country on Facebook
A report released by Inside Facebook analyzes the growth of Facebook globally in 12 months from April 1st 2010…
Controversy or social evolution?
As I was doing my morning routine of checking whats going on in the world and reading the interesting things…
Twitter vs. Facebook traffic
I was taking a look earlier today at our Google Analytics report to see how we’re doing in terms of…
And you say social media doesn’t do any good!
We, people in the MENA region, know how powerful social media is, just ask the ousted leaders and they’ll give…
New Report: The state of digital media in the MENA region
A report released on April 12th at the Digital Cream Dubai event compiled by econsultancy and Arabian Business shed’s light…
Why Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Stopped Using Social Media?
Haven’t you noticed that High Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of UAE,…
Apple started unleashing hell on Playbook retailers
While Devin Coldewey of Techcrunch blogged about a rumor yesterday between Best Buy and Apple, he remained at the surface…
ictQatar: Taking the lead on online engagement in Qatar
ictQatar, the supreme council of Information and Communication Technology and the most active government body responsible for setting ICT policy…
Survey: E-commerce in the Middle East conducted by Gonabit and YouGovSiraj
A recent survey carried out by Gonabit and YouGovSiraj was released during the ArabNet 2011 Forum and it gives a…
Abu Dhabi money not good for Zynga – *Revisited
* Correction: Ok so I posted this article below and thanks to Eamonn an tomgara (2 of our readers, I…
Events happening in the MENA region
There are a couple events going on in the coming weeks in the region which present a good channel to…
Q&A with Aranim Media Factory
Not too long ago I published a post about social gaming in the MENA region and mentioned how Aranim Media…
Facebook statistics in the MENA region
This report has been updated, you can read the latest numbers and statistics from the second release of the Arab…
Avenue Social: new social media player in the MENA region
Everybody by now knows the power of social media especially with the recent uprisings and demonstrations being organized on social…