Wamda

Creating Communities with Comedy: Jamil Abu Wardeh [Wamda TV]

Jamil Abu Wardeh, the Managing Dictator for JAW Original Content, describes his struggle to create good comedy shows in the Middle East,...

The Pioneers of Jabal Amman – Books@Cafe

Books@Cafe owner Madian Al Jazira is perhaps the pioneer who brought Ammanis to the oldest and most authentic neighborhood – Jabal Amman a...

Building a Location-Based Mobile App [Wamda TV]

Dubai-based Karan Singh of iShopaholic.com, describes how he built the free mobile app on the iPhone and Blackberry to provide...

Building a Social Recommendation Platform in Syria: Kinan Sweidan of Shooofi.com [Wamda TV]

Kinan Sweidan, the Managing Director of Syrian startup Shooofi.com, explains how his website works to showcase social recommendations and...

Creating Your Own Success without Investment: Graphic Designer Maya Zankoul [Wamda TV]

Maya Zankoul, a Beirut-based Graphic Designer and author of Maya's Amalgam Vol. 1 and 2, talks about her decision to start her own design...

How My Wife Kickstarted My Business: Brahms Chouity, the CEO at At7addak.com

Brahms Chouity, the CEO and Slayer at At7addak.com, describes how his pregnant wife kicked him off the couch and gave him the push he...

Endeavor

Fadi Bizri of iSpice Photos: Creating a Facebook-based iPad Application

Fadi Bizri of iSpice Photos describes how, at Yalla Startup Weekend, he started building iSpice Photos, an iPad application that aggregates...

Arabnet 2011's Startup Demo Winner: Hassan Baydoun of Cashbury.com

Hassan Baydoun of Cashbury.com, the Winner of Arabnet 2011's Startup Demo, describes how he formed the idea while receiving loyalty cards...

Arabnet

Arabnet 2011's Ideathon Winner: Alaa Khalifa

Alaa Khalifa of Presto Wireless, the winner of Arabnet's 2011 Ideathon, describes his idea for facilitating faster and more reliable...

How Extensive Research Paid Off

Amad Almsaodi, the CEO of Yemen-based Aqarmap.com, a location-based real estate portal for the Middle East, discusses how Aqarmap fills a...

Developing a Product to Fit Market Gaps at Biryani Express in the UAE

Amer Qavi, the co-founder of Biryani Express, talks about bringing Biryani into the 21st century with fresh ingredients and biodegradable...

How to Build an ICT Company in Morocco

Here Hamza Bernoussi, the founder of Greendizer, and Ali Bassit, an investor in Greendizer, discuss entrepreneurship and success in Morocco...

The People's Republic of Wild Peeta

Peyman and Mohamed Parham al Awadhi. the co-founders of Dubai-based Wild Peeta, tell the story of how they founded the unique shawarma...

Wael Attili: Storytelling Evangelists and Converts

Wael Attili, the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Kharabeesh, talks about creating Kharabeesh and the power of storytelling.

Endeavor

Wa'd Taweel, Injaz's CEO of the Year

Wa'd Taweel, the winner of Injaz al-Arab's CEO of the Year Award in 2007, talks about her experience with Injaz al-Arab Palestine and...

Adel Ali: Breaking Through Stereotypes

Adel Ali, CEO of Air Arabia, explains how he applied his experience and knowledge of the transportation market to create UAE-based Air...

Bedriye Hüyla Empowers Women with B-Fit Gyms

Bedriyë Huyla of B-FIt gyms in Turkey discusses how she empowers women by employing women at B-Fit gyms, encouraging them to think about ...

Wa'd Taweel on Winning Injaz's Best Student Company

Wa'd Taweel a student at Babson College, discusses winning Injaz al Arab's Entrepreneurship prize for CEO of the Year and the Best Student...

Lama Hourani, Founder of Lama Hourani Jewelry

Lama Hourani discusses founding her company, Lama Hourani Jewelry, from scratch in Jordan and how she expanded into markets overseas.

Sharad Agarwal, CEO of Ekotribe

Sharad Agarwal, CEO of Ekotribe, chats with Wamda about launching go-green.ae to reduce the carbon footprint of the UAE, and showcases some...

Stephen Garrow: Film 10-9-8

Stephen Garrow, the CEO of Rushmore Associates, chats with Wamda about 10-9-8, a film about teenagers from low-income communities that go...

Tarek Dajani: How to Maintain Customer Relations

Tarek Nabil Dajani, the Co-founder & CEO of web consultancy and design company Cleartag in Lebanon discusses the origins of Cleartag as...

David Munir Nabti: Empowering Entrepreneurs in Lebanon

David Munir Nabti talks to Wamda about empowering youth to tell their stories, and supporting entrepreneurs in Lebanon to create truly...

Naif al Mutawa: The 99 Mistakes I Made

Naif al Mutawa of Islam-inspired comic book series The 99 gives a very personal account of the lessons that he faced over the course of his...

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