Month: August 2007
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Cool mobile film experiments
The camera on your mobile phone is a powerful tool. In the right hands, and with an experimental attitude, some cool stuff can done with it. Just see what our friend, director/filmmake Amr Toukhy is doing with his mobile and uploading on Ikbis. Go and shoot something! Read these related posts on 360east: Amman the…
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Turkish Cola: Good for cross cultural learning..
Two hilariously great TV commercials, starring Chevy Chase, for Cola Turka! I am starting to love this brand! Read these related posts on 360east: Coca Cola changing colors? Quote of the day: “Learning is not compulsory, neither is survival.” Ikbis pioneers online video advertising in the Arab market, with Coca Cola BOBS interview: Die Zeit…
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Blogging from Turkey
Where they already have their own version of Coca Cola Black. And yes.. I am on vacation. Read these related posts on 360east: Turkey: Secularism, Islam and Nationalism in one shot Invitation: Adel Iskandar talk on “blogging arabia” this Thursday Ending my self-imposed blogging hiatus Toot and Arab blogging to be featured today on Amman…
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Jordan’s weird capitalism: semi-finished malls and restaurants that miss the summer season
Why is it that everything we do in Jordan has to have the “Jordanian curse”? What’s the “Jordanian curse” you ask? It’s always some sort of imperfection that manages to creep into our work (and I am not exempting myself from this, by the way). You’d think that this is a “governmental phenomenon”. But it’s…
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Jordanian criminals feel so safe that they leave their phone numbers at site of crime!
Wherever you go in Amman.. this sprayed on commercial “ad” greets you. This entrepreneur specializes in “fencing farms”, but his commercial message rivals those by multinational brands on the walls of the city. If this were political or social graffiti I would not bother to write about this. But this is a damn ad! And…
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Why did ATV miss it’s launch yesterday?
Jordan’s first independent/private TV channel, ATV was supposed to start its broadcast at 5 PM Wednesday. Well, 5 PM came and went and.. nothing happened. THe channel’s broadcast on Nilesat just kept showing their promotional loop. Al-Ghad daily (which has the same owner as ATV) is reporting that ATV’s launch was stopped by a decision…