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Social Media Awards Beirut Announces Finalists, Public Voting Begins

Yesterday, the Social Media Awards Beirut announced their competition finalists at an event at the Phoenicia Hotel in downtown Beirut....

Social Networks Social Media Competitions

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

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

13 Quick Stats about Internet Usage in the Middle East [Stats]

During the second day at Arabnet this year, Elie Aoun, the Regional Manager of research firm Ipsos shared a few statistics that...

Arabnet

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

8 Tips for Building a Successful Company, from the 5th Startup Q8

Our fifth monthly Startup Q8 (Kuwait) event may have been our very best. We had two sessions: Designing Customer Experience by Haider...

Customer Service Startup Q8 Advice

New Citizen Journalist Program Trains Jordan’s Storytellers

After the Arab Spring, new media has gained tremendous traction, as internet penetration grows, and users look to track the...

Film Citizen Journalism Jordan

How to pitch in 12 minutes: Tips from Omar Sati of Dash Ventures

As an Endeavor Jordan Venture Corp member, I was asked by the team to share some insights and provide tips to startup founders pitching...

Pitching Advice Angel Investment

Jordan

Tired of Guitar Hero? Try Quirkat's new game for Oud

So you've gotten good at Guitar Hero? How would you fare on oud or tabla? For those who want to duke it out with friends over more...

Quirkat

Bahraini Startup Boosts IT Security in Saudi Arabia

As a tech-savvy 15-year old with a dial-up internet connection in the late 90s in Bahrain, Ahmed Husain didn’t expect to make a career out o...

IT Security Tenmou Bahrain

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

Investors in Egypt: Who's Hot, Who's Not

This piece does not represent the opinions of Wamda; it is based on a survey of over 200 entrepreneurs conducted by Contributor...

Can User Experience Design Help Egyptian Startups Find Success?

While most digital startups in the Arab World focus on their revenue and technology, perhaps they don't focus on user experience as much...

User Experience Design

Reviving Egyptian Waqf to Catalyze Social Change

Change starts when citizens start asking questions to solve local issues, and themselves try to find new alternatives to traditional work...

Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

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

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

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

Weekly Wrap-Up: March 17-21

The month of March has been really exciting so far, with the kick off of our Mix N' Mentor 2013 in Cairo, and our Angel Network Event with...

Weekly Wrap-Up

Can Indian Review Site Zomato Satisfy the Gulf?

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