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Dubai Lynx Shortlist Announced: UAE leads the Middle East and North Africa in creativity March 18, 2007

UPDATE: Dubai Lynx 2008 coverage and pictures from the event on www.copywriterjournalist.com:

1. 2nd Dubai Lynx Awards entries cross the 2000 mark in 2008
2. Dubai Lynx shortlists, advertising seminars and workshops keep delegates busy on Day 1
3. Steve Harrison shares tips on pitching big advertising ideas to hesitant clients at Dubai Lynx
4. Dubai Lynx awards winners and pictures
5. Dubai Lynx Awards winners’ pictures in Outdoor category

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DOWN MEMORY LANE: Read Dubai Lynx 2007 coverage and see pictures from the event:
1. Dubai Lynx Winners (with pictures) Part 4 - Gold Winners in Print and TV/Cinema
2. Dubai Lynx Awards Winners Part 3 (with pictures) - Gold winners in Integrated, Interactive and Direct
3. Dubai Lynx Awards winners Part 2 (with pictures) - Gold Dubai Lynx for Outdoor advertising
4. Dubai Lynx Awards Winners Part 1 (with pictures and download links of Dubai Lynx winners): Global jury selects 111 top ads in the Middle East
5. More about the author of these posts: Farrukh Naeem – copywriter, journalist and advertising blogger in Dubai, UAE

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The Dubai Lynx shortlist of creative advertising from across the Middle East and North Africa has been announced. Advertising agencies in the UAE are leading the region in creativity in all categories - TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, Radio. Team Y&R, Fortune Promoseven, JWT, Saatchi & Saatchi and Lowe MENA are names that repeat often in these categories.

In the Direct category, UAE entries are on the top with Wunderman (my favourite UAE agency) clearly dominating the shortlist. In the Interactive category again, UAE agencies are ahead with ARC Dubai and Impact Proximity in a tie for most entries shortlisted.

The Integrated category shorlist has Impact/BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai, Team Y&R and Brandcom Middle East from the UAE and and JWT and H&C Leo Burnett from Lebanon.

You can download the shortlist from the official Dubai Lynx website:

* Download TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio Dubai Lynx shortlist
* Download Direct, Interactive and Integrated Dubai Lynx shortlist

The final winners of Dubai Lynx 2007 will be announced at the Dubai Lynx Awards gala dinner and ceremony on Monday 19 March in Dubai Media City Amphitheatre at approximately 11:00 pm UAE time (2300 hrs GMT). I plan to attend and blog about the event (thanks to highly efficient PR and Press team of the event, in particular - Amanda Benfell and Camilla Cole).

If you’re an editor interested in a feature on Dubai Lynx 2007 but unable to make it to the event or send over a correspondent, email me at farrukh.copywriter(at)gmail.com. I’d also be happy to meet up with this blog’s readers at the event - my picture is on Farrukh Naeem’s Bio page on this blog. You’d most likely find me picking up wisdom from the hot creative gurus at the show.

Dubai Lynx 2007 - Useful links for you:
1. The official Dubai Lynx 2007 website
2. The Middle East Gets Its Own Advertising Awards: Enter the Dubai Lynx
3. Dubai Lynx 2007: World’s top advertising creatives to gather in Dubai, UAE (List of the jury members)
4. Dubai Lynx 2007: Profiles and pictures of president and jury members of TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, and Radio categories (useful for my journalists friends hoping to get interviews and face time)
5. Dubai Lynx 2007: Profiles and pictures of president and jury members of Direct & Interactive categories
6. Book your table/seat at the Dubai Lynx 2007 Awards Ceremony and Dinner on Monday 19 March in Dubai Media City
7. Subscribe to the Dubai Lynx 2007 newsletter for email updates on winners

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