1001 Inventions Challenge Western Sterotypes
MARIUM SATTAR: An exhibition showcasing the discoveries of Islam's 'Golden Age' has attracted visitors in the hundreds of thousands, and helped overturn some pervasive prejudices.…
Ten 10 Predictions for Digital in the MidEast, 2011
CARRINGTON MALIN: Some of our predictions may seem a little obvious and some may seem a little extreme, but all should provide food for thought.…
Etisalat Plans – Mickey Mouse, but less Friendly
ALEXANDER MCNABB: My plan? What plan? It was called 'Mubashir' because nobody knew what 3G was ("I don't understand what 3G is!" "No problem, take this! It's called Mubashir!" "What is it?" "3G").…
Snow Joke: How to To Combat Travel Chaos
ALEXANDER MCNABB: It's mad to have people looking at screens talking to customers when those customers could be looking at the screens themselves. …
Assange’s Personal Dating Profile ‘leaked’
DAVID ROBERTS: In a bitter if somewhat sweet bout of irony the online dating profile of Julian Assange, the man behind the explosion of Wikileaks, has been posted online.…
The Writing’s on the Wall: The Arabic Content Crisis
MOHAMED MARWEN MEDDAH: Only one pct of content online is Arabic. Shocking yes, but the problem is much much bigger...…
Facebook, Twitter Driving Change in the MidEast
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: No longer is our best hope for change governments. If change happens, it's going to be social media fuelling the transformation.…
The Professor Detention Debate & Twitter’s Embrace
AHMED AL-OMRAN: The arrest of Mohammed al-Abdulkarim, a Saudi law professor, has unleashed a fierce debate among the Kingdom's social media community, and revealed why Twitter is such a phenomena in the Kingdom. …
The Future’s Coming, Please Tell the UAE’s Telcos
ALEXANDER MCNABB - Technology has allowed us to speak to each other in ways unimaginable five years ago. The telco operators in the Middle East, however, don't appear to have caught on yet. …
Strange Searches leading to Plastic Destination
ALEXANDER MCNABB: Fake Plastic Whore Face, Tantalise your tastebuds, mish mushkila ya habibi meaning, what is mineralised water and the Nipple souk... Fake Plastic Souks is the expert on them all...…
