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Oct 2022
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Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.   On today's episode, Elon Musk changes his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit” during a visit to the microblogging platform's headquarters as he prepares to buy the company.   Gebran Bassil, the influential leader of Lebanon's Free Patriotic Mov ... Show More
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