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Anne Jafery: Being a Woman Entrepreneur

Anne Jafery, the Managing Partner of Channels, UAE, discusses the challenges of being a woman entrepreneur and the innate juggling act...

Fatma Ghaly of Azza Fahmy Jewelry: "We Need More Creativity"

Fatma Ghaly, the Managing Director of Azza Fahmy Jewelry, discusses how the region can cultivate creativity.

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Tony Bury of Mowgli Foundation

Tony Bury, the Founder and Trustee of the Mowgli Foundation, talks to Wamda about what it takes to be a mentor and how mentorship works.

Soraya Salti of INJAZ Al-Arab

Soraya Salti, Senior Vice President MENA for INJAZ Al-Arab, tells the story of her personal journey working to change education models and...

H.E. Sheikh Sultan al Qassimi on Failure

H.E. Sheikh Sultan al Qassimi, the Chairman of the Young Arab Leaders UAE Country Office, discusses how the entrepreneurial ecosystem can...

Lina Shehadeh and Iyad Kamal of Aramex

Lina Shehadeh and Iyad Kamal of Aramex chat with Wamda about Aramex's culture of fostering employee innovation as well as entrepreneurship...

Dale Murphy, of the Dubai School of Government

Dale Murphy, Director of Entrepreneurship at the Dubai School of Government, discusses what steps need to be taken to create a regulatory...

Judith McHale of the U.S. Department of State

Judith McHale, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of State talks about steps that...

Khaldoon Tabaza: Building the Perfect Incubator

Khaldoon Tabaza of Riyada Enterprise Development discusses building the perfect incubator.

Entrepreneurship & Mentors: A Hero's Journey

Tony Bury, Founder and Trustee, and Ian Prosser, a Mentor at the Mowgli Foundation, as well as the rest of the Mowgli Team, conduct a...

Female Entrepreneurship in the GCC

The Dubai School of Government hosts a conversation on female entrepreneurship; May Al Dabbagh of the Dubai School of Government moderates...

Loay Nazer of the Nazer Group on Principled Decision-Making

Loay Nazer, Founder and Chairman of the Nazer Group, Saudi Arabia, discusses principled decision-making.

Sheikha Lubna on the Role of Government in Entrepreneurship

Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan al Qasimi, the UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, has been named as the Most Powerful Arab Woman according...

Greg Behrman of the U.S. State Dept at Tech Wadi on U.S. Commitment to Supporting Middle East Entrepreneurs

Greg Behrman of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. State Department discusses the U.S. government's commitment to connecting...

Sabah al Binali of Saffar Capital on Leadership and the Evolution of the Private Sector

Sabah al Binali, CEO and co-founder of Saffar Capital, describes the ways in which an entrepreneur must transcend traditional business...

Hal Gregersen of INSEAD: On Staying Connected

In discussing leadership, Hal Gregersen highlights the value of child-like thinking as well as the importance of remaining engaged with the...

H.E. Amr Abdallah al Dabbagh: Public-Private Sector Alliance

H.E. Amr Abdallah al Dabbagh, the Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, Saudi...

Arif Naqvi of Abraaj Capital on Empowering Entrepreneurs and Fostering Innovation

Arif Naqvi sits down with Shahnaz Pakravan of Wamda to discuss the necessity of fostering entrepreneurship in the Middle East, North...

Hala Fadel: Making Entrepreneurship Accessible

Hala Fadel, the Chapter Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan-Arab Region, discusses her work to promote the spirit of...

Dr. Hala Hattab on Supporting Global Entrepreneurship

Dr. Hala Hattab of the British University of Egypt champions women’s entrepreneurship and discusses the role that investors play as mentors ...

Rana Baitamouni. Empowering Through Education

The founder of the pioneering Syrian Modern School and now principal of the Syrian National School in Damascus discusses the need for...

Fadi Ghandour at Arabnet 2010

Jordanian Fadi Ghandour, Founder and CEO of international delivery service Aramex, talks frankly about the values and approaches...

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