Monday, June 8th, 2009
JoCr8 is a portal created to connect visual communicators and artists in Jordan, and to be a one-stop resource for them for everything related to design and visual arts. The site is open to everyone who practices any of the visual arts disciplines; from the traditional painter to the designer to the 3D artist. Users [...]
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Sejaal is a new online community portal for Arab poets and poetry competitions that was recently officially launched by Jeeran, a leading Arabic user generated content portal, in its efforts to enrich the Arabic internet with a new type of genuine content and a new crowd of users. Sejaal’s vision is to be the place for poets [...]
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Mecca.com, the Muslim community portal, that also integrates a social networking and user generated content platform, has just rolled out a new look, unveiling a new logo and a re-design for their whole website. The new design is more colorful and looks more hip; it also feels better organized, optimizing the use of screen real [...]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
If I Can Vote is a new service launched from Dubai to give people from all around the world a chance to voice their opinions on elections and causes from around the world, that they’re not necessarily eligible to vote in. In an ever so interconnected world, the results of an election in one part [...]
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
The Mohammad Bin Rashid Establishment for Young Business Leaders has signed an agreement to create a new online portal for small and medium enterprise (SME) members, made possible through the partnership of Tejari, a Middle Eastern e-commerce network, considered to be the hub of online trade for the region and emerging markets across the world. [...]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Ikbis, the popular Arab video and photo sharing website, launched a new design last night. The new design feels a lot neater and more organized, which is great and isn’t that easy to achieve for a media content site. A new ‘Contests’ tab has been added, so it’s clear Ikbis are going to be launching [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Darrb is a new and interesting service launched from Dubai, UAE, that aims to solve people’s shipping needs, at better prices and faster than the conventional methods of shipping. The idea behind Darrb, which means “way” in Arabic, is to build an online community around an auction based marketplace, that connects people willing to send [...]
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