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
What Advice Did You Learn at Mix N' Mentor? We Ask the Crowd [Wamda TV] During our latest Mix N' Mentor event in Cairo, the first stop in our Roadshow across the region, we asked some of the present... Wamda • 31 March, 2013 Mix n Mentor Advice Egypt
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
Would You Rather Pay for Music Streaming or Downloads? We Ask the Crowd [Wamda TV] At the “Mobile Music” panel at Arabnet Beirut, panelists from Anghami, Yala, Deezer, and Vinelab discussed their competing strategies for ta... Wamda • 28 March, 2013 Music 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
Regional 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
Is 3 Months of Startup Acceleration Enough? We Ask the Crowd [Wamda TV] At Arabnet Beirut's first panel, titled “The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem - Measuring Our Progress”, panelists discussed the challenges that e... Wamda • 27 March, 2013 Accelerators Arabnet
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