Wamda

Regional

Arabic content platform Mawdoo3 raises $13.5m from British and American VCs

Mawdoo3.com (‘Mawdoo3’), a leading online Arabic platform from the region, has recently completed a US $13.5 million...

Regional

Ureed partners with Altibbi to provide medical and health content online

Editing and linguistic startup Ureed has recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with medical website Altibbi to produce medical...

Ureed AlTibbi Arabic Content

Jordan

Humanizing e-learning as a response to crises in the MENA

The need for humanitarian aid in the MENA region has been on the rise since the breakout of the Arab revolts and more specifically the...

Kaya MOOC content

Global

Online media platforms are facilitating the production of Arabic science

We’ve all struggled with the tedious task of memorizing the functions of the brain and the heart to pass our science exams. Egyptian...

Science E-Learning EdTech

Syria

Arageek: the reader comes first, even at our expense

‘Arabic content worth reading’ is the motto many Arabic content platforms hold to against the rise of poor online Arabic...

arageek raseef22 Arabic Content

Saudi Arabia

What I know about building a content channel: Mohammed Asfour

The story of Jordan-based Kharabeesh began in 2008 when its cofounder and VP of content Wael Attili wanted to create a content channel to...

Kharabeesh What I Know Scaling

Jordan

Tarjama bridges language gap

Medieval Arabic translations preserved the cultural heritage of ancient Greece and Rome. Today the same knowledge transfer continues and...

Joran uae Tarjama

Jordan

Jordan’s Ekeif is becoming the Arab world’s Instagram for how-to videos

How do you make ketchup at home? What are some self defense moves to use in case of an attack? Many of these questions will yield...

Ekeif Jordan Sima Najjar

Regional

Here’s how to generate money from content [Wamda TV]

A report from Wamda Research Lab on digital Arabic content, noted that content creators have few opportunities to generate revenue through...

Diwanee Tarek Homsi mnm

Qatar

Qatar doctor directory Meddy adds Arabic site

Qatari healthcare directory Meddy has launched its first Arabic version with the expectation that using the region’s native language...

Meddy qatar Healthcare

Regional

Can audiobooks inspire more Arabs to read? [Wamda TV]

Rawan Barakat, the founder of Raneen. (Image via Wamda) Studies have shown that Arab citizens hardly care about reading - dedicating...

Rawan Barakat Raneen Raneen Media

Regional

Digital Arabic content: A massive opportunity to capitalize on [Wamda TV]

In 2015, the population of the Arab world reached 375 million, of which 41.5 percent use the internet. Digital Arabic content stands at 3...

Arabic Content Mix n Mentor Mix n Mentor Beirut

Qatar

What I know about digital Arabic content: Nawaf Felemban

In 2015 Wamda produced a report that showed 60 percent of Arabs wanted to read online content in Arabic. That would be great...

Kooora Kasra WIK

Jordan

Jordan’s Mawdoo3 gets $1.5M in Series A funding

The Mawdoo3 team in Amman, soon to grow. (Image via Mawdoo3) Mawdoo3, the Jordanian startup modelling itself on Wikipedia for Arabic...

EquiTrust Mawdoo3 lifestyle

Regional

Ramadan advice and exercise tips: how this women's Arabic platform is attracting viewers

With more than 13 million total views on its YouTube channel, Loolia, a digital platform that connects Arab women with lifestyle experts in...

Loolia arabic media Digital Arabic Content

Jordan

Inside Kharabeesh's path to scale [WRL Report]

Kharabeesh's geographic reach (Images via Wamda Research Lab) The MENA region is facing an acute unemployment crisis that is...

Kharabeesh Digital Arabic Content growth

Regional

How animation studio Kharabeesh drew its own success

Kharabeesh was one of the first companies to start making animated and video Arabic content, but their success didn’t come...

Kharabeesh ksa YouTube

Regional

Synthesis and community: how MENA Game participants plan to boost the gaming industry

The MENA region is one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world - for game developers - and is expected to reach $3.2 billion in...

gaming industry Play 3arabi MENA

Maghreb

A Moroccan answer to BuzzFeed is expanding into the Arab world

Young Arabs never cease to amaze us. After Ouedkniss in Algeria, EMC in Morocco and Saily in Lebanon, it’s n...

Arabic Content

Maghreb

Arabic sport outlet Elbotola raises $400,000 to expand to Middle East

Good things come to those who wait. Elbotola, the Arabic sports platform, has raised 4M dirham ($400,000) from Maroc Numeric Fund,...

Maroc Numeric Fund elbotola MNF

WebTeb closes a $3.2M series C round led by Sadara Ventures

Arabic health and lifestyle portal, WebTeb, announced today that it has closed a $3.2M Series C investment round led by Sadara Ventures....

investement Round C webteb

Ramadan gives Arabic content a boost, but can it hold?

In the race to populate the internet with Arabic content, each year Ramadan presents a unique opportunity to measure how quickly internet...

2Pure baraka bits content

Regional

This startup wants to be the 'Facebook for Arabic apps'

[Update: App Mahal has won the Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award, a prestigous list honoring the year's promising tech ventures in...

app mahal palestine Arabic Content

Four tactics to make niche Arabic content work, from health platform Anakeef

The web is teeming with forums and platforms tackling a wide range of health, nutrition, fitness, lifestyle, beauty, fashion and...

lifestyle anakeef Health & Beauty

Thought Leadership

All the information you need to navigate Mena's startup ecosystem

Thank you