Wael Ghonim, a former Google executive who became a leading voice in the Egyptian revolution, speaks during an interview with Dorothy Parvaz, an Al Jazeera journalist, on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Town Hall in Seattle, Washington. Photo by Joshua Trujillo, seattlepi.com
Podcasts
Travel Egyptian Style: a Conversation with Menem Ragab, CEO of AskNative
Muftah Editors | 22 Mar 2013
In Muftah’s continuing podcast series on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, we speak with Menem Ragab, founder and CEO of AskNative, an Egyptian startup and graduate of the Egyptian tech incubator, Flat6Labs. AskNative is a mobile application for question answering that allows users to seek/share travel and cultural knowledge with natives around the world....Peace Through Food: A Profile of Souk el-Tayeb’s Kamal Mouzawak
Ashoka Arab World* | 5 Mar 2013
Kamal Mouzawak fondly recalls his grandmother’s legendary cooking and how it brought his large family together, making them forget all their differences. The experience taught Kamal how food could be a uniting force, a lesson he has since applied to his work as a social entrepreneur in Lebanon building communities around organic, locally grown food. In a country...Styling the Arab World: a Conversation with Rasha Khouri, CEO of DIA-Style
Muftah Editors | 21 Dec 2012
DIA-Style.com In Muftah’s ongoing podcast on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, we speak with Rasha Khouri, the CEO of DIA-style a fashion shopping site focused on the Middle East. Launched in the UK and the UAE in February, DIA-style partners with fashion retailers including, Net-A-Porter.com, to offer more than 40,000 luxury products, which can be shipped...The Iranian Experience: A Conversation with Arash Davari of Bta’arof Magazine
Muftah Editors | 7 Dec 2012
In this Muftah podcast, we speak with Arash Davari, the co-founder and managing editor of Btaarof magazine, a new publication about the Iranian cultural experience. We speak with Arash about the motivations for starting this new venture, the reception the magazine has received from the Iranian community, and how Btaarof adds to the work of outer English-language...Fair Trade in Egypt: an Interview with Usama Mohammad, CEO of Yadaweya
Muftah Editors | 1 Nov 2012
In Muftah’s continuing podcast series on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, we speak with Usama Mohammed, CEO of Yadaweya, a startup housed at the Egyptian tech incubator, Flat6Labs. Yadaweya is the first online, fair-trade retail platform specializing in Egyptian handicrafts. The company combines its retail work with initiatives to educate and raise awareness...Solving Unemployment in Palestine: Souktel’s Mohammad Al-Kilany
Ashoka Arab World* | 6 Mar 2013
As they say, if you believe it, then it can be real. Mohammad al-Kilany has always believed technology can be a tool for solving the many problems facing his country, Palestine. For Kilany, unemployment represents...The House of Arab Art & Design: An Interview with Ehab Shanti of Al Housh
Muftah Editors | 26 Dec 2012
In Muftah’s ongoing podcast series on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, we speak with Ehab Shanti, co-founder of Alhoush.com, a cultural networking and e-commerce portal for contemporary design and art...Revolutionizing News: An Interview with Lara Setrakian of Syria Deeply
Muftah Editors | 11 Dec 2012
In this Muftah podcast, we speak to Lara Setrakian, an internationally acclaimed journalist for ABC and Bloomberg and the founder of Syria Deeply, a new platform that is revolutionizing how news is consumed. We...Crowdsourcing Content: An Interview with Perihan Abou-Zeid of “Qabila Media Productions”
Muftah Editors | 12 Nov 2012
In Muftah’s ongoing podcast series on Innovation + Entrepreneurship, we speak with Perihan Abou-Zeid, the co-founder and communications director for Qabila Media Productions, an Egyptian startup that recently...Building Hardware in Egypt: An Interview w/ Amr Saleh, CEO of Intergreight
Muftah Editors | 25 Oct 2012
U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, speaking with the Integreight team on a recent trip to Egypt (Photo credit: USAID) In Muftah’s continuing series of Conversations with Innovators from the Middle...
