The Dubai Twestival

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Having missed the last Dubai Tweet-up, I'm really excited about going to the Dubai Twestival this Thursday. Unlike my Tweeps in London (and other places with cold, miserable weather!) we're having our Twestival at the beach-side Barasti Upper Deck, Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort. Hah! Eat your hearts out!!
The organisers (@PKGulati, @DrBaher, @Esperanca, @BinMugahid and @CarringtonMalin) have done a brilliant job securing sponsorship from Le Meridien and Virgin Megastores Middle East. Last I checked, about 120 Tweeple are expected to attend the event.
Its incredible that, less than six months after it was unblocked in the UAE, Twitter is seeing the kind of growth that it is. By some estimates there are now between 300 and 500 Tweeters in Dubai, and its popularity continues to grow. We'll just have to wait and watch to see what the rest of this year has in store for Twitter in the Middle East.

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