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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...

Organic Food Food & Beverage

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...

Online delivery Digital Advertising Advertising

Textile Training Helps Women Out of Poverty at Artistry Egypt

Women in Cairo don't have it easy under the new regime, but a new non-profit is offering artisan training to those in...

Social Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

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 ...

EdTech Technology Education

New Incubation Project Supports Non-Profits in Saudi Arabia

I recently wrote about major challenges that startups are facing in Saudi Arabia, but as support programs at KAUST and...

Social Change 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...

Music Weekly Wrap-Up 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...

Gaming

Why Digital Music Services Have Yet to Disrupt the Arab Market

One of the most heated panels at ArabNet last week was the Mobile Music panel, which brought together 3 major music streaming services in...

Music Mobile

U.A.E

Can Indian Review Site Zomato Satisfy the Gulf?

India's market of over 1 billion has been enough to sustain most of its tech startups, including success story FlipKart, the online book...

f&b Reviews Expansion

A Reality Check for Game Developers in the Arab World

This week's Game Development panel at ArabNet touched on a few counterintuitive themes which, whether you agree with them or not, are...

Ecosystem Mobile Gaming Arabnet

Synergos Launches 3rd Round of Social Entrepreneurship Program in the Middle East

The Synergos Arab World Social Innovators (AWSI) program, which launched its first round in 2008, has supported 40 civil society leaders,...

Social Social Change Mentorship

Dubizzle Seeks to Change Culture of Ownership in Egypt

Global market research firm YouGov recently conducted a survey on the buying and selling behaviors of Egyptian internet users...

Social Change Egypt E-commerce

Who Loves Labneh? Lebanese Brand Krock's Eyes the Gulf

Day after day, Ramzi Jalbout and his colleagues would gather during their lunch break at St. Georges Hospital in Beirut. Usually 9-to-5ers...

Scaling Expansion Food & Beverage

6 Tips on Developing Games for Mobile, from Richard Rabbat of Zynga

As Zynga looks to make a comeback by focusing on mobile, developers in the Middle East may want to take notes on its tips and tricks-...

Zynga Social Advice

Job Interviewing 101: How to Succeed in Any Situation

It's become hard to land a job these days, but it helps if you write a good job pitch, leave these items off of your résumé, and present y...

Job Recruitment

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...

Sports Mobile

Palestinian Platform Helps Arab Students Find International Scholarships

Improving education is the goal of every government in the Arab world today. Yet rather than wait for governments and political situations...

Education

Wamda Launches EdTech Mapping Project - Register Here

Education in the Middle East and North Africa is in crisis. Employers lament low skilled job seekers, unemployment is at an all time high,...

Mapping EdTech Education

EduKitten Helps Expats Teach their Children Arabic

Capitalizing on the increasing use of mobile phones and tablets among kids, Egyptian startup EduKitten was created by a...

Education

Business4Change Conference

Bringing together Arab youth, aged 16-30, from across the region, PepsiCo and Al Ahli Holding Group CSR Division are organizing the...

Social Entrepreneurship Conferences Ecosystem

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...

Education Animation

Weekly Wrap-Up: March 10-14

Ready for Mix N' Mentor? We are! Read up on this week's top news and announcements, and meet us at the Swiss Club in Cairo. See you at Mix...

Zynga Weekly Wrap-Up Mobile Gaming

Jordan's MENA ICT Forum: Bigger, Bolder, Now with Mentorship

Organised by int@j, the MENA ICT Forum returned bigger and bolder this year, to bring many of the region’s tech movers and shakers to t...

big data Jordan Cloud Computing

touch Cloud PitchFest

Apply to the PitchFest by March 29th to pitch your mobile app in a private session with investors, judges, mentors, and a select group of...

Developers Competitions Mobile

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