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Arabic Web Days Launches to Boost Arabic Web, Supported by Wamda and Partners

Arabic Web Days, a new initiative to support Arabic content creation online, launched today with support from global and regional players...

Arabic Content Digital Media

Heated Debates and Fresh Startups: What Stood Out at the Arabic Digital Content Conference in Amman

Two weeks ago more than 43 internet and business geeks spoke to a large audience of Arabic content enthusiasts in the Jordanian capital of...

Arabic Content Digital Media Ecosystem

With Egyptian Style Parody, Video Magazine Disalata Goes Viral in Egypt

Sometimes all it takes is one great hit to secure a content startup’s viability. Video magazine Disalata – which means “it is a ...

Digital Media Education Entertainment

Entrepreneur of the Week: Wael Attili of Kharabeesh [Wamda TV]

This week's entrepreneur of the week is Wael Attili, the founder of animation and Arabic digital media company Kharabeesh and Endeavor...

Animation Arabic Content Digital Media

Making Music a Social Experience: SoundCloud's Thom Cummings at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At SHARE Beirut 2012, Thom Cummings of SoundCloud discusses how their platform is making music and other audio files a more interactive and ...

Conferences Digital Media Media

Fatooosh Offers Mobile and SmartTV Video Streaming Tailored for the Arab World

Amidst a rise in available Arabic content online, a new cross-platform SmartTV app has launched to offer seamless video viewing and...

Arabic Content Digital Media Entertainment

Circumvention Tech Summit in Tunis

OpenITP and the Information Security Coalition (ISC) will be hosting the Circumvention Tech Summit in Tunis, Tunisia from November...

Censorship Conferences Corruption

3rd MYCONTENT Show in Dubai

On November 27-28th, the 3rd MYCONTENT Show will bring together players from across the content and media industry in the Middle East and N...

Animation Conferences Developers

Spotify’s Axel Bringeus at Webrazzi 2012

At the Webrazzi conference earlier this month Axel Bringéus, Director of International Growth at Spotify, discussed Spotify’s goal to in...

Conferences Digital Media E-commerce

Entrepreneur Of The Week, Elie Gregoire Khoury Of Panorama Mobile App: Dermandar [Wamda TV]

Entrepreneur of the week today on Wamda is Elie Gregoire Khoury co-founder of Dermandar, a mobile application to create and share panoramic ...

Digital Media Entrepreneur of the Week Mobile Apps

10 Must-Watch Animation Startups in the Arab World

This week we highlight some of the Arab world’s most creative and inspired animation startups. These artists are bringing new series, short ...

Animation Arabic Content Design

Grass E-Magazine Paves the Way for Scientific Journalism in the Arab World

More often than not, those who write in science journals are scientists rather than scienctific journalists. While several western...

Digital Media Environment Media

Conflict Mapping Platform Ushahidi's Henry Addo at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At SHARE Beirut event last weeked, Henry Addo, co-founder of Ushahidi, discussed Ushahidi’s work to map incidents of violence and peace e...

Analytics Conferences Digital Media

Entrepreneur of the Week: Shashi Menon of Nervora [Wamda TV]

This week's entrepreneur of the week is Shashi Menon, founder and CEO of Nervora, a Dubai-based digital content company that helps premium...

Advertising Arabic Content Digital Advertising

Understanding the Arab Digital Generation [Report]

A recent report by Strategy& and Google, Understanding the Arab Digital Generation, reveals interesting facts about how the newest...

Booz & Company Digital Media E-commerce

Egypt's Sacha Books Pioneers Arabic Interactive Digital Children's Books

When 34-year-old entrepreneur Samer Youssef decided to launch iOS app Sacha Books, he and his wife were inspired by the lack of available...

Arabic Content Digital Media Mobile

The State of the Internet in 2012 [Presentation]

Henry Blodget and Alex Cocotas from Business Insider’s BI Intelligence team have assembled a detailed overview of the U.S. and global digita...

Advertising Digital Advertising Digital Marketing

Sami Ben Gharbia of Tunisian Collective Blog Nawaat at SHARE Beirut [Wamda TV]

At the SHARE Beirut gathering last weekend, Nawaat co-founder Sami Ben Gharbia discussed the influence of Tunisian independent collective...

Censorship Conferences Diaspora

Five Tips for Startups: How to Successfully Pitch to Journalists

Nicholas Holmes co-founded startup MediaGraph to help startups pitch to make public relations accessible and affordable to...

Advertising Digital Media Media

Startups Must Accept Change and Adapt [Pic of the Week]

Things don’t stay the same forever. It’s a fact of life that a lot of people, especially expanding businesses, often have trouble dealing w...

Daily Deals E-commerce Digital Marketing

Dubai's MediaGraph Helps Startups Get Press Coverage

David Batey and Nicholas Holmes came to Dubai in the searing heat of June to get away from their daily grind and focus solely on getting...

Digital Media Media Pitching

How to Build a Global Brand: Plamen Russev of Webit Congress [Wamda TV]

Webit Congress kicks off today, bringing over 187 speakers from 72 countries to Istanbul for a conference focusing on the digital, ...

Conferences Digital Media Mobile Apps

Video On Demand: Samer Abdin of Istikana [Wamda TV]

Samer Abdin, co-founder and CEO of Istikana, discusses the idea beyond Istikana, the VOD (Video On Demand) platform dedicated for Arabic...

Arabnet Digital Media

The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, Part 5 [Wamda TV]

In the last segment of our CoE E-Commerce panel on The World of E-Commerce, Beyond Physical Goods, the panel fields audience questions. A...

Advertising COE CoE E-Commerce

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