Archive for 'Middle East'
Effective Semi-Animate Advertising On Elevator Doors
From AdBlogArabia. A Taekwondo school succeeds in capturing attention using innovative advertising. Consumers today are numb to traditional advertising mediums. Therefore, coming up with innovative ways to capture attention and deliver your message is becoming more [...]
British Graffiti on West Bank Barrier
360East caught this on the BBC. The British artist Banksy has painted new murals on the West Bank barrier which runs beside Bethlehem, dividing Palestinian and Israeli territory. Banksy is a well-known pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist. [...]
Video: Camel-Jumping In Yemen
A unique traditional sport from my native country of Yemen. [...]
Green Advertising? Advertising on Carrots
Optometrists – 1, Carrots – 0. In the age-old conflict between home remedies and professional medical advice, doctors at Magrabi Medical Center in Oman drove a stake through the ‘root’ of the competition… and tagged an [...]
SMS Kills!
A great new ad from the Dubai office of DDB. Click on image to enlarge. Notice the attention to detail. The models were chosen to reflect the cultural diversity of the UAE and, ofcourse, the ever present crane [...]
Yamli: The Next Billion-Dollar Google Purchase?
A new software by Boston-based Lebanese tech entrepreneurs Habib Haddad and Imad Jureidini has the makings of the next big Google or Yahoo acquisition. Language Analytics LLC, an internet startup, unveiled Yamli.com, a web-based tool that [...]
Branching Your Business to Dubai? Watch Out For Office Space!
As Dubai continues its incredible economic boom, more and more companies are seeking entry into the UAE market by opening a branch of their operations in Dubai. However, real estate service firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) [...]
Identity Crisis of Muslim Expats
A post on 360east.com noted a video on ikbis (an Arabic YouTube-like website) that comically showcases a common dilemma facing Arabic/Muslim expats in the west. The video shows a Jordanian father talking to his son who [...]
UAE-USA Trade Deficit: Opportunity for Canada
The United States Bureau of Statistics recently announced what many trade professionals have known for some time now: trade between the US and the Middle East is on the decline. Exports from the USA to the [...]
More Masdar City Photos & News
A previous entry on Your World Today noted the ambitious project in Abu Dhabi to create a zero-carbon and zero-waste walled city called ‘Masdar City’ (Masdar means ‘Source’ or ‘Resource’ in Arabic). Two days ago, BusinessWeek [...]
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Stumbled upon this accidentally and didn't finish reading, but I'm won
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Salam All, This is in response to the comment from Abdirizak and all
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Nice article. It just goes to show that the Canadians are becoming the