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Mideast Tunes, the Indie MySpace of the Middle East, Announces Partnership with Shazam

In 2010, when MySpace-style music platforms were just launching in the Middle East, opinionated blogger Ahmad Al-Shagra took a stand,...

Digital Marketing Mobile Music

Video-on-Demand Portal Istikana Announces Deal with Umniah in Jordan

Istikana, one of the region’s major video-on-demand portals, has just announced a partnership with Jordanian telecom company Umniah. Inked t...

Digital Marketing Mobile Video On Demand

9 Ways to Increase your Chances at Getting a Job

As the demands of the job market become more and more specialized, it's becoming harder to get a job. Unemployment on the whole in the...

Advice Programme Job Recruitment

How the Middle East Can Reclaim its Creative Work Culture

“8-5 shifts”, “lunch breaks”, “weekends”, and “vacations” are part of the not-so-wonderful jargon we have inherited from the Industrial Revo...

Advice Ecosystem Education

Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Middle East’s Newest Crowdfunding Platform: Zoomaal

For entrepreneurs in the Middle East seeking investment, a new platform is launching in February to offer crowdfunding for creative...

Crowdfunding Investment

Is Streaming Music a Viable Model in the Arab World? A Look at the Future of the Music Industry [Wamda Debates]

This post is the first in a new content series called Wamda Debates. Every other week, the Wamda team debates a topic, industry, or...

Mobile Mobile Apps Music

Sallaty Brings Online Grocery Shopping to Jordan

When Samia Jarrar first met her husband, she had no idea that she would end up starting a company with him. But in 2011, six years after...

Delivery E-commerce Food & Beverage

Twitter Finally Expands Ad Products To The Arab World. Is It Preparing for an IPO?

Startups in the Middle East now have a new ad channel on the world’s favorite micro-blogging platform. In an event in Dubai yesterday, T...

Digital Advertising Digital Marketing Expansion

7 Co-working Spaces in Cairo

Tired of the corner coffee shop, many entrepreneurs in Cairo are choosing to join a coworking space to get their startup off the ground....

Coworking Spaces

Mobile App Nabd Offers Personalized News in Arabic

With the abundance of news websites and a constant stream of article and video shares coming various social networks, online users can...

Arabic Content Digital Advertising Digital Media

Yala Music Announces Ad-Based Downloads: Pushing Back Against Anghami

Mobile application Anghami has received a lot of buzz since it launched its music streaming service this November, leaping to the top...

Advertising Mobile Mobile Apps

6 Tools For Improving Your Team's Communication

In the Arab world, having a team across several countries is not uncommon, especially in a tech startup. Whether due to a lack of talent in...

Mobile Mobile Apps Social Media

Meet Bahrain's Newest Startups Graduating from Tenmou

Bahrain’s accelerator Tenmou has announced its second round of graduates, three diverse startups aiming to sell to Bahraini markets and q...

Accelerators Gaming

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 20-24

The life of an entrepreneur typically includes overcoming challenges, learning from failure, and taking risks in order to drive a startup...

Gamification Health & Beauty Weekly Wrap-Up

10 Secrets for Building Online Traffic from Women's Magazine Layalina

After several years of working in the media production business on daily, weekly and monthly periodicals, Awi, a publication company based...

Advice Arabic Content Data

Introduction to Video Game Design

The Design Institute Amman is hosting a course titled “The Age of Videogames: from Pong to Gamification.” By defining game design pri...

Gaming Mobile Gaming

Why Jordanian Startup TakTek Closed and What it Means for the Gaming Sector

“I’ve let everyone go,” Gaith Kawar confessed to me over coffee at Starbucks in Abdoun last month, giving a look of resignation through his ...

Advice Failure Gaming

Maysalward Localizes New Mobile Game ShaqDown for the Arab World

A new battle is being fought in the Middle East, thanks to Jordanian gaming company Maysalward. Basketball legend Shaquille...

Mobile Mobile Gaming Gaming

An Anatomy of E-Commerce in the UAE [Infographic]

For e-commerce companies in the UAE, it's time to go mobile, reduce your prices, and advertise in the evening. These conclusions may...

E-commerce Infographic

Corporate Entrepreneurship Responsibility, by Fadi Ghandour

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