Women and Gaming in the Middle East

In April 2012, 1600 women gathered in Saudi Arabia for the second annual all-female Gaming Convention. “There was huge demand and many said ...

Fernande van Tets • 26 June, 2012

Gaming Women

Jordanian Gaming Studio Wizards Productions Pivots into Mobile

2012 marks a new era for Wizards Productions, which today announced a publishing agreement with 6waves, a leading international social and...

Nina Curley • 19 June, 2012

Gaming Mobile Mobile Gaming

Game Developers, Looking for a Challenge? Create the First Aramex Game

Gamers interested in making a name for themselves might want to check out Aramex's first Game Development Competition, which is...

Nina Curley • 13 June, 2012

E-commerce Gaming

The 5th Dubai World Game Expo

On November 27th-28th, the 2012 Dubai World Game Expo (DWGE) will take place at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition...

Wamda • 19 June, 2012

Conferences Gaming

Turkish Gaming Entrepreneur Pivots into Mobile in MENA, Launching Bhalamir

The co-creator of one of Turkey's biggest web gaming platforms, Sanalika, has now launched a demo of his first iOS mobile game, Bhalamir,...

Nina Curley • 17 May, 2012

Gaming

Will Jordan's My Marbles be the next Angry Birds? TakTek Games Inks Deal with Chillingo

Amman-based TakTek Games has secured a breakthrough deal this week, signing with U.K.-based mobile publishing giant Chillingo, which...

Nina Curley • 13 April, 2012

Gaming Mobile Gaming

The Web is Darwinian: Lessons from Arabnet 2012

Today, many satisfied entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, companies, officials and others can look back at a successful third edition of...

Fernande van Tets • 03 April, 2012

Arabic Content Arabnet Conferences

New Mobile Gaming Studio Game Cooks Launches Facebook Competition

As one half of the team that developed popular mobile game Birdy Nam Nam launched Gamabox, the other half of the team, brothers Lebnan and...

Nina Curley • 29 March, 2012

Gaming

Arabic Mobile Gaming Platform Gamabox Launches

Jean Christophe Hoelt and Souad Merhebi, half of the team that launched Birdy Nam Nam, have now launched Gamabox, a platform for game...

Nina Curley • 27 March, 2012

Gaming

Jordanian Studio Quirkat Releases Arcade Game Zonkt!

Chosen to give the impression of a robotic metal sound, Zonkt! is the name of a new iPad game launched by Amman-based videogame development...

Maya Rahal • 26 March, 2012

Gaming

Prayer, Media, and Gaming Apps Win at the Innovation Theatre Competition at QITCOM

After 10 teams pitched their ideas yesterday at the Innovation Theatre, in a competition hosted by Potential at QITCOM, the 5 team that...

Nina Curley • 07 March, 2012

Education Gaming Mobile

Rumor: Saudi Game Platform Kammelna Acquired by Peak Games for $10 million?

Today we heard a rumor that Saudi multiplayer card gaming platform Kammelna was acquired by Turkish game developer Peak Games. The...

Nina Curley • 13 February, 2012

Gaming Investment

twofour54 Abu Dhabi and Ubisoft Debut Arabic Video Game Studio

Investment vehicle twofour54 has announced the opening of the first major video game studio in Abu Dhabi, in partnership with French video...

Nina Curley • 26 October, 2011

Gaming Mobile Gaming

Turkish, European Powerhouses Partner with MENA Talent at Dubai Game Expo

The pervasive call for improved infrastructure and regional unity in the Middle East is not a new trend. But at the 4th Dubai World Game...

Nafez Dakkak • 11 December, 2011

Gaming

Quirkat Releases MENA Speed, a Game for Car Lovers

Jordanian video game developer Quirkat has announced the release of a new game for the Sony PlayStation Network, called MENA Speed...

Nina Curley • 16 November, 2011

Gaming

Egypt

Cairotronica: Cairo International Electronic and New Media Arts Symposium

Cairotronica will be taking place for two weeks on May 3-17, organise in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Fine Art Sector ...

Wamda • 03 May, 2016

international artists digital art Art exhibition

New social game launches in Egypt, inspired by protests in Tahrir Square [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] In the midst of Egypt's current tumult, a new social game on Facebook was recently launched to let players experience the events ...

Hanan Solayman • 07 August, 2013

Egypt Gaming

Building a gamer community for women in Saudi Arabia [Wamda TV]

At Wamda’s Mix N’ Mentor Riyadh, we chatted with Tasneem Salim, the cofounder of GCON, a community and annual conference for female gamers a...

Wamda • 23 July, 2013

Community Mix n Mentor Mobile Gaming

How IPAL in Gaza is trying to improve childhood education through gaming [Wamda TV]

[Arabic] In order to help fill the education gap in some parts of the Arab world, three young entrepreneurs from Gaza, Mohammed Youssef,...

Mariam Hamed • 02 July, 2013

Education Gaming

Meet Palestine's pioneering female coder, who just won in an international gaming competition

Rasha Hussein is one of the Arab world's women entrepreneurs to watch. The first time I met her, she was leading a room full of tech geeks...

Nina Curley • 02 May, 2013

Coding Augmented Reality EdTech

A Tour of Wixel Studios in Lebanon: Launching Survival Race [Wamda TV]

Note: Wixel Studios has since changed the game’s name from Abou Ahmad the Arabian (AAA) to Survival Race. Today, Wixel Studios in Lebanon l...

Glen Dalakian II • 08 April, 2013

Mobile Gaming Gaming

Tips for Startups on Gamification: A Chat with Gabe Zichermann [Wamda TV]

Is gamification a marketing fad or does it have the potential to build a market in the U.S. worth $2.8 billion by 2016, with some vendors...

Gulay Ozkan • 29 January, 2013

Gamification Advice Gaming

Entrepreneur of the Week: Walid Sultan Midani of DigitalMania in Tunisia [Wamda TV]

After overcoming a lack of game development skills in Tunisia, Walid Sultan Midani, the founder of DigitalMania, is throwing a dose of...

Glen Dalakian II • 15 January, 2013

Entrepreneur of the Week Mobile Gaming Gaming

How Turkish Startups Can Expand Into the Arab World [Wamda TV]

Cem Sertoglu of Earlybird Ventures discusses how the MENA and Turkish ecosystems have changed since last year’s Webrazzi Summit. Earlybird V...

Wamda • 29 October, 2012

Conferences Digital Media Ecosystem