Tarek Chemaly
Saturday, February 21, 2026

McDonald's let's not call it lent

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Every year, same charade. Major fast food joints start advertising their fish-based meals - this is an implicit way of offering people fasti...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Najjar Raqwa q2 - paint coffee by numbers

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At the beginning of my career in advertising a major coffee brand was the client of the agency I was working it. I presented my creative ide...

The Lebanese army plays the coexistence card smartly

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Lebanese army gets two birds in one stone. You have to hand it out to them. Is it opportunistic? Yes. Smart? Incredibly so. Well there you g...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

Bonlait fights with the price

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"We didn't skimp on the content, we skimped on the price", "smart price, smarter choice". So goes Bonlait, in two ad...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Dairy Khoury cruises to Ramadan

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"Greek youghourt in festive dates" - how clearer can one be? Well OK 13 Grams of protein if you want to know. Dairy Khoury plays t...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Today, the ad that does what it came to do

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"Forget about tomorrow, stay in Today" - a zero sugar chocolate with everything in Arabic except the name of the brand. A brand mi...
Monday, February 16, 2026

SNA - live ahead.

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Either my English is getting bad or this sentence makes no sense. OK "live ahead". Again, to be fair if anyone knows what this mea...

Kinza Cola, a new kid in town

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Who knew the market needed a new cola brand. If you didn't, here it is. Kinza Cola - available also in diet if you must know - is now a ...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

Mink and Valentine's: Will the real Mink stand up please?

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That I am a fan of Mink is no secret. They landed on my best yearly ads several years - no mean feat I can assure you. Their classic Ksara a...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Maggi and Ramadan go hand in hand

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Maggi and Ramadan, a real hand in hand companions. "Ramadan definately with Maggi" or alternatively "Ramadan for sure with Ma...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Vivad celebrates Valentine's

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XOXOOH where love goes out-of-home. Geddit? OOH is out of home, and XOXO is well, much kissing. Oh bummer, I needed to explain a nice wink. ...

Alfa Romeo & Giulia do their Valentine's

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Well first there was Romeo & Juliet, now it is Afla Romeo & Giulia its iconic model. So why not? A bit too stretched but once you th...

Smart, #1 #3 #5 "in every size".

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Smart. Well, yes, that Smart, and no, not that one. I know I am throwing a riddle but hear me out. Smart now comes "in every size"...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Promarché app, sports, but not as you know it.

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Promarché got a new app... One that makes you do sport. Well, the kind of sports you can practice from your couch. Because, why bother go to...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Valentine's Day in Lebanon - party like 2019

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So Valentine's Day comping up and the best clubs and venues are competing at attracting the hottest and brightest stars to celebrate - o...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Sleep Comfort, Chery, a morphed logo and... A wedding list?

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In my daily AMA (Ask Me Anything), the above ad came en masse. "Why the rings?" "What does the car have to do with anything?...

Chateau Musar makes me want to be single this year

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Just to be clear from the get-go. I am single. But that Chateau Musar atrocity for Valentine's was really a further proof I should be. ...
Monday, February 9, 2026

Roadster goes for more protein (or perhaps less)

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Roadster, the brand that reinvented itself and its branches to be less Americana and more mature, is now back with an add that screams ...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Pepsi vs Coca-Cola for the Super Bowl. Yes, really, again.

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Pepsi is launching a new ad to compare itself, once more, to Coca-Cola while using the Coca-Cola white bear. No, really. Apparently, it is a...
Friday, February 6, 2026

Ras Al Houssan - Ramadan time

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Well, the 90s called and they want their ad back. Ras al Houssan is back into the saddle (no pun) to offer us a pre-Ramadan ad (notice the l...
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