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https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/10/500th-post.html?showComment=1286281202056 Tarek Chemaly's Archives: 500th POST Photo credit: Fiat 500 (cinquecento) by Herbert Bos The counter of the dashboard on my blogger page could not be wrong, it marks 500 (FIV... tarek chemalyarchivespost https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/04/altered-egos-me-myself-and-i.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: The alter(ed) ego(s): Me, myself and I What do Woody Woodpecker, Normal Rockwell, and Milton Gendel have in common? (along with thousands of spoofs - specifically one about Bar... tarek chemaly https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2008/03/making-ads-out-of-nothing-at-all.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Making ads out of nothing at all.... Few things are more difficult for an advertiser than to do an ad for obvious topics where the possiblity of maneouvering is almost nul.... ... out of nothingtarek chemalyarchivesmaking https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2015/03/florence-arthaud-survived-sea-killed-by.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Florence Arthaud: Survived the sea, killed by air She is the one for whom Pierre Bachelet wrote "flo". She is the woman who braved the seas and in a typical feminist statement told Paris Ma... tarek chemalyflorence arthaud https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2013/01/copyrighting-2013.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Copyrighting 2013 There's Coca-Cola red, Cadbury purple, T-Mobile Magenta, Post-It canary yellow, and 2013 Beirut/NTSC. I own the year. Now back off. It... tarek chemalyarchivescopyrighting https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/01/survivor-eye-of-tiger.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Survivor: Eye of the tiger. "A fortnight is a long time in politics"... Well, in advertising terms, it is an eternity. So imagine my surprise seeing the now dumped Ti... tarek chemalyof thearchivessurvivoreye https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-votes.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: More votes!..... Above is the print version of the television production talked about in the last entry... Beirut/NTSC absolutely loves it!... Both of them u... tarek chemalyarchivesvotes https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2009/10/before-bigger-splash.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Before the bigger splash. Before "A bigger splash", "Mr and Mrs Ossie Clark and Percy" and other such classics, one of Britain's biggest living painters - namely ... tarek chemalyarchivesbiggersplash https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2012/12/zbele-digital-vs-zbele-analog.html?showComment=1355933746664 Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Zbele digital vs zbele analog. You know those works which can only be understood in retrospect? Movies such as "Memento Mori" or "The usual suspects" for exa... tarek chemalyarchivesdigitalvsanalog https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2013/09/that-middle-eastern-nation-with-absurd.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: That Middle Eastern nation with absurd religious demands! Quizz What if I told you there was a Middle Eastern nation that has religious leaders (and part of its population) calling for: Segreg... tarek chemalymiddle eastern https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2012/03/something-about-this-city-mall-ad-bugs.html?showComment=1332495655594 Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Something about this City Mall ad "bugs" me Just because they do not sell Anne Geddes toys does not allow City Mall to rip her off so blatantly! It is supposed to be an ad for t... tarek chemalysomething about https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2014/02/mercedes-190-still-queen-of-road.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Mercedes 180 - still queen of the road! First there was this - then this - and now... This! So Mercedes 180 is still one of the ubiquitous cars on the road. OK, no... tarek chemalyof thearchivesmercedes https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/11/counter-press-release-from-beirutntsc.html?showComment=1290760468762 Tarek Chemaly's Archives: A counter-press release from Beirut/NTSC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Beirut, November 26, 2010: I am pissed: not "pissed" as in "drunk" but pissed as in "upset". In the last few days m... tarek chemalypress releasearchives https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2009/05/challenge.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Cha(lle)nge Need I say more? Free Patriotic Movement one-off billboard by the highway. tarek chemalyarchiveschallenge https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2013/11/rymco-big-mistake-big-huge.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Rymco: Big mistake. Big. Huge! Rymco (the authorized dealer of Nissan in Lebanon) just made a blunder of epic proportions. Patrick Chemali gave a harsh criticism... tarek chemalybig mistakearchivesrymcohuge https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2008/03/baddy-cool.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Baddy cool..... In a survey reported by Communicate magazine, Pepsi was elected as the least loved Brand by Arab youth - Coca Cola scored second best loved ... tarek chemalyarchivescool https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2009/02/twingo-slovenia.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: twINgo sLOVEnija It's not the car, it's the brilliant ad!... Obviously the message is "IN LOVE" embedded inside the Twingo Slovenija (A Reneault made in th... tarek chemalyarchivestwingoslovenija https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/01/1am-street-art-insomniacs.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: 1am - the street art insomniacs. 1 am (Short for 1st amendment) is a street art gallery with strong ties to the community... Their circle of life show is a pleasure to see... tarek chemalythe streetarchivesartinsomniacs https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-case-of-mistaken-identities-26-50.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: A case of mistaken identities 2 Alton Jeans Attie Freres (confiseurs) Bonjus Bubblegummers shoes Falcon Crest Georgina Rizk (Miss Universe 197... tarek chemalyarchivescasemistakenidentities https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2008/10/markus-evans-on-customer-customization.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Markus evans on customer customization and relationships Markus Evans is certainly not your typical Brit. Anyone coming with notions of reserved, introverted and otherwise distant people will co... tarek chemalyarchivesmarkus https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-touristic-slogan.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: New touristic slogan I just coined a new touristic slogan for the Slovenia: "Welcome to sNovenia!" - It has been snowing non-stop and the upcoming forecast is ju... tarek chemalyarchives newtouristicslogan https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2011/06/carel-adem-wishes-upon-star.html?showComment=1309067680537 Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Carel Adem wishes upon a star. Lately, Tammana, an association which among other things aims to defend the image of women in advertising, launched a competition among univ... tarek chemalyarchivescarelademwishes https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2008/09/schizofremia.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: SchizoFREMia Photo of the outdoor altar during the St. Ephram celebrations 2008 My name is Ephram. My nephew's name is Ephram. "Frem" for short. In ch... tarek chemalyarchives https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2012/08/bubbliegumntsc-now-out-on-7upstairs.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: "bubblegumntsc" now out on 7UPstairs Publishing Open publication - Free publishing - More beirut ntsc To be very honest I did not expect to release a book so soon but now is a go... tarek chemalyarchivespublishing https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/07/wake-me-up-when-september-ends.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Wake me up when September ends.... Artwork: Al Mehdi magazine, July 2009 issue. I was once speaking about the war in Lebanon with my students, bit by bit, I came to understa... wake me uptarek chemalyarchivesseptemberends https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/10/nucular-vs-nuclear.html?showComment=1286881184188 Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Nucular vs Nuclear. Photo credit: BBC So "nucular" is the way George W. Bush pronounces it. Nuclear is the way the rest of humanity does (Including Iran). Ahm... tarek chemalyarchivesnucularvsnuclear https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2011/09/final-pre-release-teaser.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Final pre-release teaser Just add this to the books that will be released very, very soon!... tarek chemalypre releasearchivesfinalteaser https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2012/03/dita-von-reveal.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Dita Von Reveal A couple of teasers-revealers in the market now. The Fransabank initiative for women empowerment (we-initiative.com) - sure, the ad... tarek chemalyarchivesditavonreveal https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2014/01/exotica-my-take-on-their-horrible-dubai.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Exotica - my take on their horrible Dubai ad. Exotica got itself a horrible ad to announce its opening in Dubai. Flowers seem to pop from the clouds (yeah I know, a reference to the ... tarek chemalymy take https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/06/usek-graduates-elsy-nohra.html?showComment=1276780186429 Tarek Chemaly's Archives: USEK - The graduates - Elsy Nohra Project: State busses Selling line: Na2le w naw3iye (a transport in quality - a shift for a better quality) Graduating top of her class, ... tarek chemalythe graduatesarchivesusekelsy https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2009/04/guardian-goes-onion-like-on-twitter.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Guardian goes onion-like on Twitter The Guardian just published today one of those brilliant articles whereby they announced that they will shift the newspaper's format to ... tarek chemalyarchivesguardiangoesonion https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2014/07/ksara-sun-stood-still-while-setting.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Ksara: the sun stood still while setting Ksara came up with a super summerish campaign, makes me regret I used the title " of all these things is made my summer wine " not so lon... tarek chemalythe sunarchivesksara https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/08/yours-truly-in-nick-flynnsbook.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Yours truly in Nick Flynn'sbook. A friend of mine sent me the following statement taken from Nick Flynn's "The Ticking is The Bomb" on page 139: "The television is tuned to... tarek chemalyyours trulynick flynnarchives https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/ Tarek Chemaly's Archives tarek chemalyarchives https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2007/01/your-words-ought-to-be-worth-money.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Your words ought to be worth the money.... "ghghghmmememtmywm?" "Can you repeat that?" A scenario that has been repeated millions of times since 1996, when my hearing started going do... tarek chemalyyour words https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2009/11/sick-girl-with-iv-archewallogy-press.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Sick girl with IV (Archewallogy press kit 16) tarek chemalysick girl https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2014/02/flower-town-rose-thorn-and-campaign.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Flower Town: The rose, the thorn, and the campaign. Research credit: Georges (thank you for all the support!) So it was not a joke or a hoax after all!... At first we all did but it t... tarek chemalythe rosearchivesflower https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/07/pepsi-obvious-choice-of-new-generation.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Pepsi: The (obvious) choice of a new generation And so it was bound to happen! Paul the octopus has to endorse one brand over the other. Allyson Stewart-Allen, director of London-based In... tarek chemaly https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-low-moon.html?showComment=1282812522621 Tarek Chemaly's Archives: How low the moon! I have promised never to comment on Clementine ads in Beirut/NTSC but this compilation landed in my lap courtesy of Milad. Remember that son... tarek chemalyarchiveslowmoon https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2009/02/this-has-been-winter-of-my-political.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: This has been the winter of my political discontnent This winter, it seems those who got it right are getting it wrong and vice versa!... But with election time approaching everyone is tes... https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2008/10/akhasmak-ah-aseebak-la-arabs-and.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Akhasmak Ah, Aseebak la! * Arabs and concepts of globalization Abstract: Arabs, be it in the region or throughout the world, have always had a difficult take on globalization. Afraid it would melt t... https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-fathers-balcony-riyas-komu-shines-in.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: My father's balcony - Riyas Komu shines in Art Zuid Art Zuid is a must see currently in Amsterdam. Anyone who is anyone in the art world is there - Rodin, Dali, etc.... But also some new es... https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-year-ago-sharp-lemon-also-did-ramadan.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: A year ago Sharp Lemon also did Ramadan too! Following what I just wrote about Anthony and No Garlic No Onions, Sharp Lemon chastised me for disregarding their effort last year. Poin... a year ago https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2011/02/oui-peoples-of-egypt-its-subcommittees.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: "OUI" the people(s) of Egypt, its subcommittees and its pregnant widows. Tony Cragg - Subcommittee Like every other person in Lebanon, I am following the news from Egypt closely. In one photo someone wrote on his... https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/07/billboard-for-saydet-el-amal-hadet-and.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Billboard for Saydet el Amal - Hadet and Saadet el Sama poster Straight from Grace Kassab's desk come these two wonderful ads against drugs. One is a marathon which is called "Ijri bil hashish" (which do... https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2010/12/final-2010-releases-from-7upstairs.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Final 2010 releases from 7Upstairs Publishing (11/14, 12/14. 13/14, 14/14) I know I seem to publish books faster than other people update their blogs, but then so be it. These four books - which have the beautifu... https://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2009/02/photos-from-esotarek-exhibition-at_14.html Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Photos from EsoTarek exhibition at Plevnik-Kronkowska gallery in Celje,...