Do you know the difference between an accelerator and an incubator? Reine Farhat, Arabic Editor at Wamda, contributed to this article. Accelerator Oasis 500's workplace Terms like accelerators and... Aline Mayard • 21 August, 2014 incubators Accelerators
Fun startup events are possible, just ask this #YMEstartup organizer Your Middle East is one of a new generation of media sites focusing on the Arab region, seeking to shift how news here is covered. Similar... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 20 August, 2014 your middle east startup events
Game Zanga competition draws 300+ contestants to 4th annual developing competition Last weekend in Amman, game development studio GameTako, in collaboration with publisher Game Nomads, hosted its fourth... khaled sleiman • 21 August, 2014 game zanga
Community puts Impact Hub Dubai ahead of the pack Impact Hub Dubai launched on 14 January this year into an ecosystem becoming increasingly crowded with startup-friendly venues. But CEO... Alexander Hawkes • 18 August, 2014 co-working space impact hub dubai impact hub
Startup Weekend Baghdad Startup Weekend is coming to Baghdad, on August 21th, 22th and 23rd at the Oil Cultural Center in Baghdad. SW Baghdad will follow the ... Wamda • 13 August, 2014 Startup Weekend iraq
How the Lebanese geek community has evolved over the past 10 years On a recent Friday in Beirut, the evening streets are empty as everyone prepares for iftar. But the sundown meal is not the only meeting... Ayman Farhat • 22 July, 2014 lebgeeks lebanon
Fighting infrastructure and politics, this entrepreneur built Beirut's first coworking space At one of AltCity's seemingly ubiquitous events, participants collaborate on a project. (Image via Facebook) As he sits with his beat-up... Lucy Knight • 13 July, 2014 Central Bank Lebanon Altcity beirut
First West Bank hackathon 'a new step' for Palestinian tech ecosystem With a growing tech sector and startups starved for talent, there is a need for everyone in the Palestinian technology sector to... Magnus Petersen-Paaske • 06 July, 2014 codechiefs hackathon Coding
Can lean e-commerce site ShuGeek bootstrap indefinitely? One month was all it took to launch ShuGeek, the website for so-called geeky products in the UAE. The team, adopting a lean startup... Pamela Kesrouani • 10 April, 2014 Technology E-commerce
Bahrain Young Entrepreneurs Forum: 'Barriers to business need to come down' Attendees of Bahrain's Young Entrepreneurs Forum Jetlagged, I arrived at the Capital Club — a premiere private business club at the i... Leena AlOlaimy • 09 March, 2014 entrepreneurs Bahrain conference
Startup Weekend Damascus attracts young entrepreneurs despite strife At long last, Startup Weekend, the global entrepreneurial competition, has found its way to Damascus, in spite of the three-year war... Muhanad Sabha • 25 February, 2014 3d printer robot competition
CARE Clothing wins first place at January’s Pitchlab competition in Casablanca Casablanca co-working space New Work Lab organizes monthly pitch competitions titled the Pitch Lab that... Fatim Zahra Biaz • 24 February, 2014 Pitch pitch lab Social Entrepreneurship
Meet the first class of Saudi startups graduating from Flat6Labs Jeddah Nine months after its launch, Flat6Labs Jeddah startup accelerator has graduated its first class of startups, which serve markets... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 18 February, 2014 accelerator ksa saudi
Startup Weekend NEXT Baghdad shows what's possible As a co-organizer of the first and second installments of Baghdad Startup Weekend, I’ve learned first-hand how challenging it can be to c... Marwan A. Jabbar • 18 February, 2014 startup weekend next iraq Startup Weekend
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
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
Here's why the Arab world needs a startup exchange program Ten accelerators from around the world have announced the launch of a travel abroad program called Startup Exchanges. During one month, 50... Aline Mayard • 05 February, 2014 cultural exchange exchange accelerator
Startup Weekend Damascus launches this month to create a 'paradigm shift' in Syria It goes without saying that Startup Weekend Damascus will be unlike the other Startup Weekends that have cropped up around the Arab world... Nina Curley • 02 February, 2014 Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend Kuwait Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and ... Wamda • 29 January, 2014 kuwait Startup Weekend
Wamda hosts MIT Media Lab innovation workshop in Abu Dhabi from Feb 24-27 To support the community of innovators throughout the Middle East, Wamda and MIT Media Lab are hosting a multi-day workshop to explore best... Wamda • 26 January, 2014 MIT Media Lab MIT Innovation
Should your startup get rid of traditional corporate hierarchy? Ever since online retailer Zappos announced last month that it was getting rid of job titles, the web has been buzzing with cheers – and s... Stephanie Nour Prince • 21 January, 2014 zappos holacracy
Hello Tomorrow Competition offers startups access to a world stage Istanbul increasingly seems like the place to be in 2014 if you’re an entrepreneur. We’ve previously reported on three can’t-miss tech conf... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 21 January, 2014 communications it medtech
Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking workshop This workshop, sponsored by the CHAIN Institute, advertises an opportunity for attendees to be immerse into an interactive environment... Wamda • 16 January, 2014 cybersecurity hacking ethical hacking
HAXLR8R co-founder on what hardware trends to expect in 2014 HAXLR8R, the hardware-focused startup accelerator based between San Francisco and Shenzhen, China, hosted its third demo day... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 05 January, 2014 cyril ebersweiler shenzhen haxlr8r