3 Lessons for Building a Popular Arabic Content Portal There’s no shortage of demand for Arabic content online today, but building a niche site that will captivate and consistently entertain a l... Nafez Dakkak • 12 August, 2012 Arabic Content Digital Media
Pursuing the Extraordinary: Curiosity Key to Innovation and Bold Leadership At first glance, the five men on the stage of the Al Ain Men's College auditorium had little in common: Former astronauts and soldiers,... Knowledge @Wharton • 09 August, 2012 Wharton
Moving On from Oil: Asia's Lessons in Adaptation and Innovation for the Middle East Gulf governments have put millions into cultivating innovation and trying to develop future economies not dependent on fossil fuels. In... Knowledge @Wharton • 02 August, 2012 Wharton
Can Facebook Spice Up Place Reviews? Jeeran Launches Social Update Today, Jeeran is making location reviews in the Arab World a more social experience, by launching an updated iPhone app and website that... Nina Curley • 31 July, 2012 Ratings Sites Endeavor
Announcing Wamda's Ramadan Daily Video Series [Wamda TV] Beginning this Ramadan, Wamda will be launching a video series, offering daily videos of our footage from this year's Arabnet... Wamda • 29 July, 2012
Mowgli Welcomes New CEO, Signs Agreement with PICTI in Palestine After spending the past couple of years setting up in the region, the Mowgli Foundation is blossoming in 2012. This month, the UK-based... Nina Curley • 26 July, 2012 Mentorship
Protecting Your Data from a New Generation of Hackers Cybercrime is a rapidly growing threat, and one that businesses and consumers don't seem to fully appreciate. As more and more business is... Knowledge @Wharton • 26 July, 2012 Wharton
Facing the Legal Challenges of an Art Startup: Draw Me a Song When Lebanese entrepreneur Nour Tohme started posting musical illustrations of songs for fun on her blog, she had no idea that she was... Fernande van Tets • 24 July, 2012 Competitions Design MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition
GameTako Launches Online Game to Benefit Syrian Refugees This Ramadan, Saudi gaming studio GameTako is launching a new game to assist donation to Syrian refugees. The goal of Kubba, an online... Nina Curley • 23 July, 2012 Gaming
Endeavor Launches in Saudi Arabia Endeavor has announced the launch of a new office in Saudi Arabia that will bring its global support for high-impact entrepreneurs to the... Nina Curley • 23 July, 2012 Endeavor
Lebanese Recipe Sites Localize for Ramadan To cater to cooks during Ramadan, two Arabic recipe sites have recently taken steps to make content their content more local and... Nina Curley • 23 July, 2012 Food & Beverage Trends
Community and Media Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE Similar to some of the content in the Wamda Country Info Center for UAE, this series of articles by Kia Davis offers an up-to-date,... Kia Davis • 23 July, 2012
Finding a Recipe for Success During a Revolution: Egypt's NOLA Cupcakes Laila Sedky has achieved a lot so far for a 25-year old. By founding NOLA cupcakes just before the Egyptian revolution, she’s managed t... Shaimaa El Nazer • 22 July, 2012 Food & Beverage
Moroccan Startup LaCartePlz Debuts Online Food Ordering in Rabat Among the things I love most about my job are the innovation and creativity, but also contact and interaction with people like real... Karim Jazouani • 22 July, 2012 Food & Beverage
Animated Superhero Series The 99 Launches in the Middle East for Ramadan This Ramadan, Islam-based superhero series THE 99 is finally launching in its region of origin, the Middle East. Starting on the... Nina Curley • 19 July, 2012 Animation
Developers at GameTako's Game Zanga Build 43 Arabic Games in 72 Hours The second Game Zanga, game development studio GameTako's yearly competition, was organized last weekend... Alaa Chehayeb • 19 July, 2012 Gaming
Jeeran Co-Founder Leaves to Venture into Product Reviews Ever since co-founder Laith Zraikat left Jeeran earlier this year, the Jordanian tech scene has been curious what he’ll do next. He’s not... Nina Curley • 19 July, 2012 Mobile Mobile Apps
Lebanese Entrepreneur Invents Lego For Electronics, Raises $3.65M from US VCs Lebanese entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir will now be able to bring snap-together electronics toys littleBits to a wider audience, thanks to a new... Nina Curley • 19 July, 2012 Investment
Can Entrepreneurship Bring Change Where the Arab Spring Has Not? Gathered together around a wide table, the group of entrepreneurs in Dubai for this year's MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business... Knowledge @Wharton • 19 July, 2012 Social Entrepreneurship Wharton
Regional Where To Register Your Company: Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE Similar to some of the content in the Wamda Country Info Center for the UAE, this series of articles by Kia Davis offers an... Kia Davis • 18 July, 2012 Legal
YouTube Launches Ramadan Channel, Bringing Favorite Series Online In Cairo today, YouTube announced the launch of a new Ramadan-dedicated channel that will feature 50 premium shows during the... Nina Curley • 18 July, 2012 Digital Media Google
Silicon Valley Fund 500 Startups Invests in Jeeran Silicon Valley-based seed fund and accelerator 500 Startups has today announced investment in Jeeran, the popular Amman-based user review... Nina Curley • 18 July, 2012 Investment Endeavor
Where to Find Services in Dubai: Resources for Entrepreneurs in the UAE Similar to some of the content in the Wamda Country Info Center for the UAE, this series of articles by Kia Davis offers an... Kia Davis • 18 July, 2012
Demystifying E-Commerce: Payment Gateways in the Arab World [Infographic] For e-commerce startups looking to solve the issue of online payment, this infographic, created by e-commerce solution company ShopGo,... Wamda • 17 July, 2012 Demystifying E-Commerce E-commerce Payment Gateways