This is a significant story on influence and AI in UAE: Ryan Heath & Ina Fried, Axios, U.S., Microsoft elbow China’s AI in Gulf, 17 Apr 2024 “Microsoft’s new...
Arab News, Dubai-based Telegram platform to hit 1 bln users within year, founder says, 17 April 2024 “The Telegram messaging app, one of the most popular social media platforms...
Cathrin Schaer, Deutsche Welle, Ramadan: How are influencers changing the Muslim holiday?, 13 March 2024 “During Ramadan, influencers in the Middle East are more active on social media than...
Mohamed Alaa, Guardian, Egypt’s economic woes lure digital nomads – but cast others out to sea, 16 Feb 2024 “The number of digital nomads rose sharply during the pandemic, when...
The National, Turkey’s gaming start-ups raise more than $1bn over five years to outpace Mena region, 16 Sep 2023 “The $1.2 billion attracted by these companies during the five-year...
Cathrin Schaer, Deutsche Welle, AI-enhanced identification: A danger in the Middle East?, 23 Aug 2023 “The use of digital biometric identification — recognizing people by their unique features —...
This looks interesting: Charles, M., Friedland, R., Afary, J., & Yang, R. (2023). Complicating Patriarchy: Gender Beliefs of Muslim Facebook Users in the Middle East, North Africa, and South...
Vaughn Rasberry, New Lines Magazine, In Search of African Arabic, 30 September, 2021 I missed this article the first time around: “For more than a millennium, Arabic in Africa...
Arab News, Swedish Acast partners with MidEast podcast networks Sowt and Kerning Cultures “Podcasts are an estimated $6 billion market opportunity in MENA and have largely gone untapped. We’re...