LONDON

After the success of the 'Missing Z Domination' campaign on Facebook and all related posts and comics, most of you knew that I was the winner of Zaatar w Zeit's competition, and the prize was a trip to London for 6 days + Hotel + Breakfast + Class A football game ticket!
First of all, a BIG thank you goes to Zaatar w Zeit for the beautiful prize and because everything was perfect there!

I can easily say that I went through all over London... Ok except China town.
From Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and London eye to London Bridge, Saint Paul's Cathedral and all around the amazing huge parks!
And since I was there on Halloween, I enjoyed the fully crowded streets of the Covent Garden, Oxford and Piccadilly circuses with all kind of scary/funny costumes, and I enjoyed the London Dungeon at it's best, plus a 5D laser ride!

And to make my visit perfect, I went to Stamford Bridge to watch the amazing Chelsea vs Arsenal game, that ended 5 - 3 (lucky me) for Arsenal unfortunately! (since I was a Blues fan back then... back to roots now ;) )

Enjoy the photos.

Welcome to Stamford Bridge

41,801 fans! Including me.

The breathtaking Saint Paul's Cathedral. 

No photos inside. Yeah right :P

And the protesters outside

Tower of London

London Bridge

Wellington Arch

Buckingham Palace (after the changing of the guards)

The Chimes of Big Ben at 12 o'clock.

The wonderful leaning Big Ben!

الحرية والعدالة لفلسطين - Next to Big Ben

London Eye :) with the Aquarium penguin

From up there!

Saint James' Park

Amy Winehouse.

Obama next to the president :P

El Führer with something stuck in his nose.

Bruce Willis. Amazing details.

Hyde Park

Kensington Palace gardens.

For landscape photographers, Hyde park and Saint James' park are the places to be, especially in autumn.

I got a small conclusion from this trip:

• London is a very beautiful, clean and organized city, and people there were very nice and respectful (when I was there at least). And just to mention, England doesn't have any independence day and was never occupied.
• Lebanon is a very beautiful, unclean and disorganized country, and people here are very arrogant and mean (for my last 25 years). And just to mention, Lebanon has many independence days, and was occupied by more then 5 countries.

If you find this conclusion logic, then good luck!

Z Mystery Revealed!

The mystery is finally revealed!

The Z Liberation Cell are no thieves!

They were just calling for a change!

And Zaatar w Zeit's heroic reaction made it all happen:

• The re-branding is on.
• A new logo is released.
• And a whole new concept with a whole unique experience to be introduced.

To have a brief real/unreal idea of what happened, check the following comic strips:

1. The ZwZ Mystery Revealer Part I.
2. The ZwZ Mystery Revealer Part II.
3. The ZwZ Mystery Revealer The happy ending.

Most of the photos in these comic strips were uploaded by ZwZ fans on a Facebook page called Missing Z Domination and I can easily say that these guys are CREATIVE! check the rest of the photos on the same page.
You can check Zaatar w Zeit's official revealing video here (Loved it).

You will be noticing the changes soon, and of course it will begin from where it all started:

The Zaatar w Zeit's first branch in Sodeco :)

Taken from Plus961

Missing Z Domination Competition

After meeting 'Z liberation cell' (who stole the famous Zs from Zaatar w Zeit signs all around Lebanon) last Friday night, many important information concerning this whole mystery were revealed.
In fact, we are convinced that the Zs had to be removed!

So basically we decided to team up with 'Z liberation cell' to make a big buzz and make the Zs missed from everywhere!

Why?

You'll find out in around 10 days!

How you will be helping us?

Easy!
The competition is composed of 3 easy and very quick steps:

1. Like the Missing Z Domination page on Facebook.
2. Upload a funny/weird picture or photo of a missing Z.
3. Make your friends like it.

Don't forget to like the Zaatar w Zeit page.

Prize?

Upload the funniest/weirdest photo and get the most likes and the following prize is yours!
The prize is a Zaatar W Zeit new loyalty card filled with points worth of 600$ spending at Zaatar w Zeit!
You heard me! Filled with points obtained by a 600$ spending at Zaatar w Zeit!
This card can be used in any of Zaatar w Zeit branches for Dine-in and Take-away.
So hurry up! unleash your creativity and help us with the Missing Z Domination!
And the winner will be announced in around 10 days!

P.S.: You can't win if you got likes on a lame photo! BE CREATIVE!

Zaatar w Zeit and the Missing Z

After all the buzz about the Zaatar w Zeit 'Missing Z' campaign, I just want to share my thoughts and not criticize it since it didn't finish yet, even though I noticed some obvious mistakes.

Anyway, I just want to show my respect for what Zaatar w Zeit are trying to do.

It could've been a normal marketing campaign like any other campaign any restaurant will probably do.

But they preferred taking it to the next level, giving a full focus to the online social media especially by selecting the most influential bloggers in Lebanon and trusting in what they can do.

Maybe some bloggers went on TV, or written about in a magazine, but this is the first time in Lebanon, a marketing campaign is totally depending on bloggers, which we can't but respect.

Anyway, in a few hours, some things will be revealed and hope the Zs will be found and it will be a happy ending!

You can check how the Zs were stolen here (I loved this video!)