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How Social Media Made 8 Egyptian Nobodies Internet-Famous
By now, the people on this list are household names in Egypt. But before they skyrocketed to Internet fame, they were just normal (well, relatively speaking) people playing around on their laptops....
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Your Definitive Guide for What Not to Do on Social Media
Lately, we’ve all had our eyes plastered to our phones with our fingers seamlessly fluttering away over the glistening (albeit sometimes badly scratched and cracked) screen for hours on end. Our whole...
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How Social Media Fueled Social Action In 2014
AddThis has released its annual year-end infographic, which sums up the year in social action via social media. They make a bold claim by linking the act of social sharing with empowerment, arguing...
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8 Types of People on My Facebook Feed Right Now
DISCLAIMER: This post is not meant to express my opinion on the attacks in France, it is just meant to capture my reaction to my Facebook timeline for pure entertainment purposes by relentlessly...
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Viral Visual: Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
Did you know that the average person spends four years of their life on their cell phone? In this thought-provoking video, Prince Ea confronts our digital addictions and reminds us that the more we...
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‘There Is No Single Secret To Social Media Success’
Katie Morse, VP Social Media at Nielsen in New York is one of the keynote speakers at the Marketing Kingdom Amman, Jordan’s first ever global marketing event, taking place from May 10-11, 2015 in...
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The Marketing Kingdom Is Coming To Egypt
Twitter at the Marketing Kingdom Amman Kosta Petrov, CEO of P World and Event Director for the Marketing Kingdom, has just announced that the Egyptian edition of the Marketing Kingdom, one of the...
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Social Media Summit Egypt 2015 at the GrEEK Campus in Cairo
The biggest event for social media stakeholders in Egypt is back this weekend, Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13 at the GrEEK Campus in downtown Cairo. Social Media Summit Egypt, in conjunction...
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#Mecca_Live Shows the World the Peacefulness of Islam
Last night, Snap Chat live streemed snaps from Muslims in Makkah participating in the Ramadan rituals of one of the holiest nights for Muslims: Laylet El Kadr. While Islam has been viewed as a religion...
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Can We All Stop Bullying and Making Fun of Each Other on Facebook?!
I was the biggest and most obnoxious bully in my college years. I hated where I was so I took out my anger on everyone around me and I thank God daily for getting a grip years and hundreds of enemies...
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The ‘Durex Egypt For Him’ Facebook Page Admin Is A Goddamn Genius
Handling social media accounts can be very tricky. You might think it is all photo posting with good captions, hashtags and doing nothing all day, yet you never see the graphic design proposals, the...
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Dear Influencers, I Think Almost Everyone Hates You
He looked incredibly familiar. I spent half my night at Cairo Jazz Club staring at this bearded face trying to remember who the hell he was. The dimensions just seemed all wrong, I knew him as a...
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#DMFCairo: The Digital Media Forum Is Coming Back in November
The Digital Media Forum is coming back to Cairo for another highly-anticipated round of inspiration and insight from industry professionals. Taking place on Sunday, Nov. 15 and Monday, Nov. 16 at the...
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Q&A: DMF Founder Najla Mazboudi on the Evolving Digital Landscape
Following the success of the inaugural Digital Media Forum in Cairo last year, DMF is coming back in November for another round of insights from industry leaders in the country, region and around the...
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17 Most Offensive Social Media Moments that Left Egyptians Fuming in 2015
Another year of social media ranting has passed and Egyptians did not disappoint. The minute something impresses us, along come the haters to rain on our parades. It has been exceptionally difficult...
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The كن مثل بلال Facebook Page Is Our New Social Media Hero
We make daily mistakes on social media that could have been avoided if we used our brains for three minutes before we start typing. Luckily, Facebook graced us with a new page كن مثل بلال where Belal...
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13 Reasons Why Egyptian Parents Shouldn’t Be Allowed on Social Media
Parents often like to reminisce about the good old days before smartphones and social media existed. They don’t need to remind us of the fact that they grew up in a social media-less world though, it’s...
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Fake AlMasry AlYoum Blog Reports Fictional Egyptian as World’s Youngest...
A post has been going around social media from a fake “AlMasry AlYoum” blog, claiming that a young Egyptian, Ahmed El Messiry, is the world’s youngest billionaire. Honestly, we were taken back by the...
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Mommy Diaries: An Open Letter to Mothers Who Act Like Horribly Judgmental...
I’m going to have to warn you, this is an over the top rant. I am angry and I am using this diary as a tool to voice my frustration and anger. I am going to sound irrational and crazy. And that’s...
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These Egyptian Film Icons Are Slaying It While People Are Making Fun of Them
A photo surfaced on social media of Egyptian starlets Lobna Abd ElAziz, Samiha Ayoub and Elham Shahin attending the Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival. As usual, we can’t find it in us to leave...
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