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		<title>The Freedom Meme</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander McNabb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from the University of Washington’s Project on Information Technology and Political Islam comes to the conclusion that social media played a central role in the events we have all come to call ‘The Arab Spring’. Ever since &#8230; <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/the-freedom-meme/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring PR people for the digital age</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrington Malin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What skill sets should PR job candidates have in the digital age? Carrington Malin explains how Spot On PR's list of recruitment criteria just got even longer.  <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/hiring-pr-people-for-the-digital-age/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Arabic Rising</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrington Malin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[User of Facebook's Arabic language interface now account for more than a third of all Facebook users in the Arab world with Facebook Arabic growing at 175% per annum. <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/facebook-arabic-uprising/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strong MENA interest in mobile apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrington Malin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Effective Measure &#124; Spot On PR survey shows that 85 percent of mobile Internet users in the Arab world download apps. <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/strong-mena-interest-in-mobile-apps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Egypt revolution reading list</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrington Malin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Egyptian people&#8217;s uprising is undoubtedly one of the most shocking, significant and, some would say,  hopeful major socio-political events (update: and now must be said highly dangerous!) that we&#8217;ve seen in our 16 years of business in the Arab &#8230; <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/egypt-revolution-reading-list/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt Facebook demographics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrington Malin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egypt leads the Arab world in numbers of Facebook subscribers, with 5 million members. Here's are updated Facebook demographics. <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/egypt-facebook-demographics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Middle East bloggers on air!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander McNabb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tune in to Alexander McNabb on Dubai Eye 103.8FM on Tuesday January 25th at 10am to listen to the Dubai Today show and hear about Middle East blogging from seven bloggers in the region. <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/middle-east-bloggers-on-air/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can we say Twitter revolution now? Can we?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrington Malin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s already been quite a lot written about the role of social media in the ousting of Tunisia's President Ben Ali. Here's our 2 cents worth, plus a list of useful links for anyone interested in learning about the role of social media in Tunisia's regime change. <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/twitter-revolution-and-tunisia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Middle East digital predictions for 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrington Malin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Communications and marketing agency Spot On's top ten digital marketing predictions for the Middle East in 2011. <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/middle-east-digital-predictions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is social media really that important for marketers in the Arab World?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrington Malin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re now quite used to people looking at us aghast as we talk about the importance of social media in communications and marketing strategy. Reactions often include incredulity, annoyance, perplexity, anger and even, occasionally, well-reasoned disagreement. How can we have &#8230; <a href="http://www.spotonpr.com/is-social-media-important-for-marketers-in-the-arab-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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