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Comedian Dean Obeidallah on Arab World Comedy

"Believe me, you follow Arab politics, it's a laugh a minute." Listen to acclaimed Palestinian-Sicilian American comedian Dean Obeidallah...

Explore Google's Art Project

Feast your senses thanks to Google's Art Project, which reveals the world's masterpieces up close. With the use of their street view...

Wamda Recommends: Half The Sky

An inspirational call to eradicate the needless suffering and enslavement of women around the world By Nicholas D Kristoff, Sheryl...

How Your Business Can Benefit from Google Voice

Will free phone calls for Gmail users spur another internet revolution? And how can your small business benefit? By Kartik Ram Google is ...

Entrepreneur in Focus: Mohammed Kilany

This article first appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of The Explorer, Aramex's thought-leadership magazine that investigates issues...

Maya Zankoul Sketches the Species of Entrepreneur

. . . . . . . . Today we are defining entrepreneurship. What are the different species of entrepreneur?........... The content of...

Fake Vintage Website Advertisements

Thie article was originally posted on Urlesque by Cole Stryker. Brazilian ad agency Moma designed some fake posters advertising Facebook,...

BOOK REVIEW: Life Inc.

Life Inc: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back Douglas Rushkoff Books lamenting the all-powerful corporation, the...

BOOK REVIEW: Whoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone

Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay John Lanchester It’s perhaps telling when the testimonials on the cover of a finance ...

You don’t have to be Bill Gates to be an entrepreneur

You shouldn’t have to be Bill Gates to be considered an entrepreneur. By Yusuf Mansur. This article first appeared in venture magazine. Do ...

Habib Haddad: Localization: Imitation or Art?

When the Chinese internet giant QQ released Fanfou a few years ago many criticized it as an obvious clone to twitter. The same again...

BOOK REVIEW: Everything Bad is Good for You

It is perhaps of no little comfort that someone has decided that hours spent watching mass-market television, twitching thumbs and...

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,...

How many hats does the Mini Entrepreneur wear?

Episode 6: Watch the Mini Entrepreneur juggle multiple jobs at his startup. How many different job titles do you have?

The Mini Entrepreneur Fights for Creativity

Episode 3: How does the Mini Enterpreneur face the dark forces of oppression, thought erasers, and idea killers that threaten to suppress...

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...

Impressions from CoE 2010

What did participants say about the Celebration of Entrepreneurship 2010?

The Mini Entrepreneur gets his first client

Episode 4: Watch the Mini Entreprenur's blood, sweat, and tears as he tries to please his first big client. Should he continue with the job?

The Mini Entrepreneur Starts Hatching ideas

Episode 2: How does an entrepreneur incubate and hatch ideas?

Maher Kaddoura of Meydan on Inspiring Social Entrepreneurship in the Next Generation

Maher Kaddoura of Meydan and of Hikmat Road Safety discusses the methodology he created in starting Hikmat Road Safety and the importance...

Wael Attili Outlines the Story of How Passion Ignited his Animation Company

Wael Attili sketches the story of how he left architecture and graphic design to start animation company Kharabeesh because of his passion...

Endeavor

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...

Peter Diamandis: Awarding Big Ideas

Founder and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, Peter Diamandis believes that competition can drive radical innovation in the sciences. He...

Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything

From the EG conference: Productivity guru Tim Ferriss, author of bestseller The 4-Hour Workweek, delivers a series of fun, encouraging...

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