Jordanian education leader pioneers online university, Arabic web encyclopedia Amid recent buzz about higher education going online, one of Jordan’s leading education institutions has launched an online education p... Wamda • 15 July, 2013 EdTech Education
Why we need better arts education in the Arab world “If the Arab world continues to under-value arts education, it risks falling even further behind developed countries in preparing students ... Oubai Elkerdi • 09 July, 2013 Art Design Education
10 tips for adopting the right entrepreneurial mindset I genuinely believe that entrepreneurship is both a science and an art. The science will fast track your success but won’t get you there. T... Bassem Fayek • 02 July, 2013 EdTech Tips Education
Google for Entrepreneurs supports new co-working space in Egypt Are Egypt's tech entrepreneurs ready for a co-working space with device testing facilities? Google for Entrepreneurs has announced support... Wamda • 19 June, 2013 Expert Advice Training Coworking Spaces
AUC launches new incubator for startups across Egypt “In Egypt, we need to create 800,000 jobs every year, but you have to start somewhere,” says Dr. Sherif Kamel, Dean of the American Uni... Glen Dalakian II • 17 June, 2013 Incubator Egypt Accelerators
Sketch In Motion Founders Launch BeeLabs to Build Educational Apps for Kids After spending almost ten years producing interactive media and cartoon animation for television and the web,... Maya Rahal • 03 April, 2013 Mobile Gaming Arabic Content Education
Why education reform won’t succeed without a cultural revolution What does it mean to be educated? Nowadays, anyone who goes to school and receives a degree after spending a few years in university is... Oubai Elkerdi • 04 June, 2013 Education
How to raise your kids to be entrepreneurs Some children may not be born to be lawyers or doctors, or to get good grades in a traditional school, but they might have other skills... Aline Mayard • 30 May, 2013 Education
The challenges of launching a startup in Doha Entrepreneurs are hard to come by in Qatar; small and medium-size enterprises make up only 15% of the economy and only about 2% of Qataris... Christina Paschyn • 27 May, 2013 Consulting Training Ecosystem
YouTube and CairoDar Launch education portal for Egyptian high school students Students studying for tawjihi in Egypt now have a new online resource: YouTube and CairoDar's new education portal, which will provide... Nina Curley • 27 May, 2013 Students EdTech Education
Why every child in the Middle East should be taught to code Coauthored by Carine Abi Akar and Nafez Dakkak. Ever since the successful launch of Facebook in 2004, and perhaps as early as the first... Nafez Dakkak • 21 May, 2013 Coding EdTech Education
10 ways to be a lifelong learner and make it count at your job “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write; but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn,” said wri... Lama Ataya • 23 May, 2013 E-Learning Tips Mentorship
Dubai startups bond at Astrolabs' first Scaling Online Startups workshop New platform Astrolabs isn’t just another mentorship network. Sprung from the minds of ex-Namshi founders Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki, ... Shaimaa El Nazer • 14 May, 2013 Dubai Astrolabs Namshi
Entertaining and educating Palestine's children: Anoud Games After the First Intifada in Palestine, there weren't that many educational games for kids in Arabic. At least that's Palestinian... Glen Dalakian II • 13 May, 2013 Education Gaming
Egypt's Eduudle makes it easier to find the right Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Bassem Fayek is a man on a mission to "make MOOCs more popular.” A former consultant in the process of getting his MBA, Fayek launched E... Nafez Dakkak • 14 May, 2013 MOOC Education
Why the Arab world needs an education system that creates entrepreneurs [Report] By 2020, between 80 and 100 million jobs need to be created in the Middle East and North Africa just to maintain current unemployment... Ahmed Gabr • 02 June, 2013 Social Entrepreneurship Education Social Change
What are MOOCs, and how can you benefit from them? One of the hallmarks of an established education system is its glacial pace of change. For all of the recent advances in technology, we... Nafez Dakkak • 13 May, 2013 MOOC Education
Lebanese Government and Intel overhaul education by putting tablets in the hands of students Intel and the Lebanese Ministries of Telecom and Education are hoping to make students' backpacks lighter this year, by offering them new... Glen Dalakian II • 13 May, 2013 Public-Private Partnerships Government Education
Developing Low Cost, High Quality Education in Egypt Every year, Egyptian parents face the dilemma of choosing a school to enroll their children in, often debating between a range of... Hanan Solayman • 08 May, 2013 Egypt Education
AUC Venture Lab Challenge Deadline - Cairo, Egypt The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP) at the American University of Cairo School of Business, in cooperation with Intel, has... Wamda • 24 April, 2013 Incubator Egypt Education
STC Announces First Investment in Saudi-Based Education Platform Acadox STC Ventures, the venture capital arm of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), has announced investment in Acadox, a Saudi Arabia-based... Nina Curley • 18 April, 2013 STC Ventures E-Learning Investment
Should You Get an MBA or Start a Business? A few years ago, I completed my MBA at HKUST in Hong Kong, which is currently ranked 8th worldwide by the Financial Times. I’m now running ... Abdullah Alshalabi • 14 April, 2013 MBA Advice Education
Born of the Revolution, Culture Corner Challenges Egypt's Intellect The day after the Egyptian revolution, six youths decided to start rebuilding the country their way, by creating a Culture Corner. The idea... Shaimaa El Nazer • 10 April, 2013 Social Change Education Social Entrepreneurship
Meet the First Arabic Music Teaching Platform Correction: We received an update that I3zif may not be launching an e-store. After struggling to learn how to play the guitar in Jordan,... Maya Rahal • 11 April, 2013 Education E-commerce