Can this Bahraini couple's startup help fight childhood obesity in the Gulf? Yoga, Team Awesome, Muay Thai, Zumba, and Parkour all sound like classes you can take at a gym that combines fun with fitness. This is... Leena AlOlaimy • 13 February, 2014 child obesity obesity children
Zee3 Enta provides a forum for expression for Egyptians of every persuasion Egypt’s revolution, beginning January 25, 2011, revolutionized citizen journalism. Since then, several initiatives have launched that seek ... Eman Mostafa • 12 February, 2014 Citizen Journalism Egypt
Global Jordan's Bitcoin Meetup Group weighs in on the cryptocurrency's recent crash In the world of the internet, a bug is not something to take lightly. So Monday, when MTGox, the first Bitcoin exchange site... Reine Farhat • 12 February, 2014 Bitcoin
Iranian developers gamify a 1,000 year-old poem The story of how Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh first met Hossein Jalali, his partner at their new startup, GameGuise, is “a MAKE Business ... Nina Curley • 11 February, 2014 Gaming
TIEC incubator now accepting applications The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) is calling for applications to its next incubation cycle starting in April... Wamda • 11 February, 2014 technology innovation and entrepreneurship center tiec start it
Wamda launches Wamda Debates in Casablanca When a topic is good, time always runs out. We've seen that first hand at our Mix N' Mentor events where we often are forced to cut c... Wamda • 11 February, 2014 PAYMENT Wamda Debates mobile payments
4 lessons from Fishfishme's successful investment round Some of you may already know that we just closed a $200,000 USD financing round from some angel investors Sim Whatley, Saif Alzarouni,... Abdullah Alshalabi • 11 February, 2014 Angel Investment Investment
New data proves Facebook's extensive reach in Morocco For many in Morocco, it seems that Facebook is the most popular destination on the internet. A healthy 73% of the total population visited... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 11 February, 2014 Data Facebook
Why Hanan Abdel-Meguid stepped down at OTVentures Hanan Abdel-Meguid will step down from her position as CEO at OTVentures to personally focus more on supporting the startup scene in... Nina Curley • 10 February, 2014 OTVentures
Another Turkish Venture Capital fund looks to enter the Middle East As a result of the country’s bruised economy, Turkish startups are struggling, just one year after The Economist anointed t... Maya Rahal • 10 February, 2014 Venture Capital
Meet 8 Palestinian startups this Thursday in Amman! Join Endeavor, Gaza Sky Geeks, Fast Forward, Oasis500, and PALinnO this Thursday to get a taste of history in the making. For the first t... Wamda • 10 February, 2014 gaza sky geeks palinno Endeavor
Na3m Games' latest (accidental) release tops Saudi game charts An accidental release has been a serious success for Saudi game developer Na3m Games. Harwil Ya Wahsh!, the company’s free-to-play iOS g... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 10 February, 2014 na3m games Saudi Arabia Mobile Gaming
4 ways to use Twitter lists to develop your business Regionally, Twitter is the second popular social media site after Facebook with almost 4 million users in the Middle East... Muhanad Sabha • 10 February, 2014 twitter
3 lessons in startup culture from Beirut's sudden success, Jai Kitchen This is the first in a series on the business of starting a food & beverage company in the Middle East. Check back periodically for... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 09 February, 2014 jai kitchen f&b beirut
Egyptian pharmacist creates Dawaa, a digital pharmaceutical drug index Designed to bridge the gap between the conventional hard copy drug reference manual and the digital lives of today's physicians, Dawaa is... Ahmed Gabr • 09 February, 2014 Healthcare Health Mobile
As tourism plummets, Bazaar in Egypt brings traditional handicrafts to the US Back when Western tourists went to Egypt, typical souvenirs bought from street vendors – ankhs, hieroglyphs, mini Sphinx figurines, etc. – ... Eman Mostafa • 09 February, 2014 Bazaar in Egypt Egypt E-commerce
