Meet Qatar's First Raw and Vegan Food Company

Qatar has one of the highest obesity rates in the world. About 40% of its citizens are obese, and experts predict that number could rise...

Christina Paschyn • 01 April, 2013

Organic Food Food & Beverage

Tahrir Academy Looks to Revolutionize Education in Egypt

Capitalizing on the momentum for social change in post-revolution Egypt, one new online initiative has launched a “revolution against the t...

Rola Tarek • 01 April, 2013

Education Animation

How Hsoub Bootstrapped its Way to Success

It’s not often that an Arab startup goes head-to-head with Google, but Hsoub is trying. In March 2011, Hsoub launched Hsoub Ads, a service t...

Omar Aysha • 31 March, 2013

Digital Advertising Advertising Egypt

New Incubator Supports Social Ventures in Saudi Arabia

Tasamy, established with the support of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, was created to help set up volunteering initiatives across Saudi...

Ahmed Gabr • 31 March, 2013

Social Entrepreneurship

Weekly Wrap-Up: March 24-28

Feeling inspired this week? Check out this week's top posts to learn how to pitch in under 12 minutes, choose which of Egypt's coworking...

Wamda • 28 March, 2013

Music Weekly Wrap-Up Arabnet

Could France's Innovative New Coding School Be Replicated in the Arab World?

“I’ve been working in the Internet industry for 20 years. And for 20 years, I've been facing the same issue: How can I recruit good talent ...

Aline Mayard • 28 March, 2013

EdTech Technology Education

Does Appearance Affect Your Chance at Success in the Workplace? [Infographic]

83.4% of MENA respondents link appearance to success. It’s a startlingly high statistic, but respondents in Bayt.com’s recent poll of over ...

Lama Ataya • 28 March, 2013

Job Recruitment Programme Job Creation

Social Media Awards Beirut Announces Finalists, Public Voting Begins

Yesterday, the Social Media Awards Beirut announced their competition finalists at an event at the Phoenicia Hotel in downtown Beirut....

Glen Dalakian II • 28 March, 2013

Social Networks Social Media Competitions

Will Saudi Gamers Enjoy a New FarmVille-style Title for the Arab World?

Get ready, Zynga addicts- the Arab world is getting its own FarmVille. But this time, it's coming from a local player. Nezal...

Glen Dalakian II • 27 March, 2013

Gaming

5 Takeaway Questions from Arabnet Beirut 2013

Despite the conflict next door, Arabnet Beirut managed to rally a good crowd this year for new debates on the state of tech...

Nina Curley • 27 March, 2013

Online delivery Digital Advertising Advertising

13 Quick Stats about Internet Usage in the Middle East [Stats]

During the second day at Arabnet this year, Elie Aoun, the Regional Manager of research firm Ipsos shared a few statistics that...

Maya Rahal • 27 March, 2013

Arabnet

Can Yahoo! Maktoob's New Football iOS App Compete?

Yahoo! Maktoob have launched a new iPhone application for football lovers in the Arab region. The Arabic iOS app, called Maktoob Football...

Ahmed Gabr • 27 March, 2013

Sports Mobile

8 Tips for Building a Successful Company, from the 5th Startup Q8

Our fifth monthly Startup Q8 (Kuwait) event may have been our very best. We had two sessions: Designing Customer Experience by Haider...

Abdullah Alshalabi • 26 March, 2013

Customer Service Startup Q8 Advice

New Citizen Journalist Program Trains Jordan’s Storytellers

After the Arab Spring, new media has gained tremendous traction, as internet penetration grows, and users look to track the...

Shaden Abu Al-Haijaa • 26 March, 2013

Film Citizen Journalism Jordan

How to pitch in 12 minutes: Tips from Omar Sati of Dash Ventures

As an Endeavor Jordan Venture Corp member, I was asked by the team to share some insights and provide tips to startup founders pitching...

Omar Sati • 26 March, 2013

Pitching Advice Angel Investment

Tired of Guitar Hero? Try Quirkat's new game for Oud

So you've gotten good at Guitar Hero? How would you fare on oud or tabla? For those who want to duke it out with friends over more...

Glen Dalakian II • 26 March, 2013

Quirkat

Bahraini Startup Boosts IT Security in Saudi Arabia

As a tech-savvy 15-year old with a dial-up internet connection in the late 90s in Bahrain, Ahmed Husain didn’t expect to make a career out o...

Leena AlOlaimy • 25 March, 2013

IT Security Tenmou Bahrain

Palestinian Platform Helps Arab Students Find International Scholarships

Improving education is the goal of every government in the Arab world today. Yet rather than wait for governments and political situations...

Maya Rahal • 25 March, 2013

Education

Investors in Egypt: Who's Hot, Who's Not

This piece does not represent the opinions of Wamda; it is based on a survey of over 200 entrepreneurs conducted by Contributor...

Omar Aysha • 25 March, 2013

Can User Experience Design Help Egyptian Startups Find Success?

While most digital startups in the Arab World focus on their revenue and technology, perhaps they don't focus on user experience as much...

Hanan Solayman • 25 March, 2013

User Experience Design

Reviving Egyptian Waqf to Catalyze Social Change

Change starts when citizens start asking questions to solve local issues, and themselves try to find new alternatives to traditional work...

Rola Tarek • 24 March, 2013

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

A Reality Check for Game Developers in the Arab World

This week's Game Development panel at ArabNet touched on a few counterintuitive themes which, whether you agree with them or not, are...

Glen Dalakian II • 24 March, 2013

Ecosystem Mobile Gaming Arabnet

Why Digital Music Services Have Yet to Disrupt the Arab Market

One of the most heated panels at ArabNet last week was the Mobile Music panel, which brought together 3 major music streaming services in...

Fares Ghandour • 24 March, 2013

Music Mobile

7 Co-working Spaces in Cairo

Tired of the corner coffee shop, many entrepreneurs in Cairo are choosing to join a coworking space to get their startup off the ground....

Ahmed Gabr • 24 March, 2013

Coworking Spaces