Northwestern university in Qatar published the findings of a survey about media use in the Arab world. It was conducted with around 10,000 respondents from Lebanon, Qatar, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. You can check all the information about this survey, its methodology and the text documents on http://menamediasurvey.northwestern.edu. You may […]

Ipsos MENA released lately interesting statistics about the internet usage and consumption habits in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The numbers were presented at the ArabNet Beirut Conference 2013 by the regional president Elie Aoun. I gathered the most important numbers concerning Lebanon in an Infographic that you will find below. You […]

Elias Ghanem, MENA general manager of PayPal, announced at the ArabNet 2013 Conference in Beirut that the famous online payment service will soon be available in Lebanon. And this is most probably happening this year. I had the chance to discuss with Mr. Ghanem (in company of Blog Baladi and Gino’s Blog) after his public […]

Khoury Home, one of the biggest retail store in Lebanon, launched its latest marketing campaign to promote their latest credit payment offer: They opted for the viral marketing advertisement. A video entitled “Mashkal at Khoury Home” (Arabic translation for “Fight”) was published today, February 6th, on YouTube. The plot-line is simple and reflects the local […]

Lately, in Lebanon burning tires became a tradition in a country where you protests are a daily activity. Caustik.tv created a satirical campaign entitled The Power Of The Tire and here is how they describe it: “Power of the tire is a satirical piece depicting the current political and economical situation in Lebanon. It is […]

Few people call me geek and a lot of others call me “Social Media Freak”, I prefer the second one but what is sure is that I am a techie person. On July 5th, an event is taking place in Beirut (Lebanon) and I encourage you all to attend it: GeekFest Beirut 5.0 – Music […]

. I already evoked the major issue of media censorship in Lebanon in the video-report I did in January 2012. On Sunday, June 25th a new Lebanese web-series released its teaser, for the first season, on YouTube and reached more than a 1,500 views in the first 24 hours. “Mamnou3!” (Forbidden in Arabic), created by […]

“CHOUCHIC.com offers high-end brands, exclusive customer care, and a modern shopping experience for members only, breaking the barrier between in-store retail and on-line shopping dedicated to the Middle East. The website combines discounted luxury items with the ultimate must haves from top international brands introduced daily for a limited time of one week only.” – Chouchi.com […]

I discovered few weeks ago on YouTube a great music artist: Alaa Wardi. This guy was born in Iran, raised in Saudi Arabia, studied music and sound engineering in Jordan and is actually living in Saudi Arabia so as you can see he spent most of his life in the Arab world. He is using […]

Here is a short video or kind of report I did as a final project for my Digital Media Literacy course at university. It tackles the issue of media censorship in Lebanon and how the web can be used to overcome it. Here is the list of some ideas covered in the report: • Arab […]