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TOP 20 INTEGRATED AND ACTIVATION CAMPAIGNS
20 TOP INTEGRATED AND ACTIVATION CAMPAIGNS


1ANNAHAR Election Edition Agency: Impact BBDO On February 2, Lebanese newspaper AnNahar did not print that day’s edition for the first time in its 88 years of publishing. Instead, the ink and paper intended for that day – named the Elections Edition – were sent towards the printing of voting ballots for the 2022 Lebanese Elections.
2UAE GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE Warmest Winter Livestream Agency: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives The campaign collaborated with content creator AboFlah to support hundreds of thousands of refugees and families in need in Africa and the Arab world.
3UAE GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE Empty Plates Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi – Publicis Groupe In Dubai during Ramadan, people spotted empty plates on cars. The reason was to raise awareness about
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the millions of empty plates that often go unnoticed.
4JEEP The Call of Adventure Agency: Publicis Groupe Publicis Middle East created a new language of adventure based on the Jeep brand grill’s distinctive dots and dashes, which have become a symbol of the Jeep brand’s adventurous spirit. Just as morse code is made up of a series of dots and dashes, the Jeep grill has inspired the Jeep ‘Call of Adventure’ font.
5ALWAYS Nasiba Hafiz’s Not Hot Collection Agency: Leo Burnett Lebanon The Not Hot Collection is the world’s first designer period wear, inspired by Always Cool & Dry, a product that keeps women feeling cool on their periods by keeping moisture away from their skin.
6HOMEBOX Hidden Room Agency: Leo Burnett Dubai Many domestic workers’ living spaces
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are very small. To address this issue, Home Box partnered with Leo Burnett Dubai to launch ‘The Hidden Room Collection’, designed in collaboration with Home Box’s design team.
7DUBAI SCIENCE PARK Hostages of Depression Agency: Serviceplan Middle East The campaign aimed to raise awareness on the subject of depression and encourage people to seek help.
8ANNAHAR #RedressLebanon Agency: Impact BBDO The campaign makes a statement by transforming the fabric of mesh cut directly from the exterior of Annahar’s building into a dress.
9IKEA Imagine if we could be as flexible as IKEA furniture Agency: Memac Ogilvy Al-Futtaim Ikea announced the launch of its new collections, room setups and home furnishing solutions with a new campaign – ‘Imagine if we could be as flexible as Ikea furniture’. Ikea imagines if your family could be as a flexible as a dressing table or as a lamp. It aims to display the multifunctionality and the ability to adapt in Ikea products and people.
10 KFC Chicken Stock Agency: TBWA/RAAD TBWA/RAAD created the KFC Chicken Stock, an image database filled with delicious drool-worthy chicken for anyone, especially cafeterias and restaurants in the MENA region, to use by downloading high-resolution KFC photos in all their glory, absolutely free.
11 BEEAH GROUP Race For Life Agency: Publicis Groupe – Leo Burnett MEA Held as a part of the Al Marmoom Camel Race Festival, the campaign focused on a camel named Oklah (the name refers to a camel that gobbles up anything it sees) as it stayed immobile during the race and drew the attention of the audience. The camel’s body was adorned with





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drawings of plastic waste that camels consume and a message that read, ‘My race is against what’s inside me’.

12 HILTON Waitographer Agency: TBWA/RAAD Hilton launched the Waitographer programme that trains its servers in smartphone photography so they can record guests’ celebrations with sharp, colourful and vibrant images that display the correct composition. After completion of the training programme, team members will receive a certifi cate and a badge so that hotel guests can easily identify Waitographers while in a Hilton property and ask for their assistance when they wish to have their picture taken.

13 DELIVEROO One Star Cookbook Agency: And Us Full of dishes inspired by real online one-star reviews of delivery disasters, the book contains 36 unique creations made from real delivery mishaps. It reinforces how important an ingredient the delivery is for any dish, with each dish aiming to serve as a reminder of what Deliveroo works to avoid.

14 FNP.AE T20 Cricket World Cup Agency: Pinstorm FNP’s broadcast campaign in the UAE, during the cricket T20 World Cup, featured 50 diff erent ads, which were precisely custom designed for specifi c games between particular teams and for specifi c stages of each game. It made a very relatable connections with FNP and the sport through plays-on-words and cricketspecifi c jokes.
15 CLOROX Go Anywhere Agency: Horizon FCB Dubai To prove that with the disinfecting power of Clorox you really can go anywhere, the brand found the only toilet for 52km in a very popular hiking destination in Ras Al Khaimah, and built a billboard off ering free samples of Clorox on-the-go wipes with a message: “For when you really have to go”.
16 NETFLIX MENA Stranger Things Season 4 Agency: Science and Sunshine The campaign included an eerie teaser video, projection of the interdimensional rift at AlUla for 24 hours and a live immersive experience with the recreation of scenes and sets in Jax District. The installations of the portal also made an appearance across several malls in KSA.
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17 KFC Colonel’s Shield Agency: Powe League Gaming KFC’s latest invention “Colonel’s Shield” is a new controller skin that will save gamers and their controllers from irreparable damage while munching.
18 ADIDAS Run the Oceans Billboard Agency: Havas Middle East In line with the brand’s ongoing sustainability eff orts, the movement off ered that for every 10-minute run, Adidas’ long-standing partner Parley will clean up the equivalent weight of one plastic bottle from the oceans. A live counter on the billboard showed the minutes tracked on the Adidas running app.
19 WARNER BROS ABU DHABI Outdoor Campaign Agency: Initiative/ Media Mix Advertising The out-of-home campaign placed Warner Bros’ cheeky hoardings around competing theme parks in Dubai. Warner Bros’ characters, such as Tweety and Bugs Bunny, called out the visitors for visiting the other theme park and encouraged them to visit Warner Bros Abu Dhabi instead.
20 RIOT GAMES Harbor Agency: Living Room Dubai Living Room Dubai worked with Indian artist Shahul Hammed on the launch of Riot Games’ new agent Harbor for Valorant. Breaking stereotypes, Harbour was a cool Indian action hero rather than a tech nerd.