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Founders, venture capital, and the startups building the next generation of technology companies across the Middle East.

Years of War Made Lebanon a Blueprint for Mental Health Tech
Trauma Tech

Years of War Made Lebanon a Blueprint for Mental Health Tech

Years of conflict forced Lebanon to rethink how care is delivered. Now its locally built mental health platforms are emerging as a model for the wider Arab world.
By Tamara Davison
Startups

Inside the Startups Rebuilding Everyday Systems in Yemen

In the absence of stable infrastructure, Yemeni entrepreneurs are inventing new ways to power homes, move goods and reconnect global markets.
By Laura Cretney
Startups

Tunisia’s Start-Up Boom Started With One Exit

BioNTech’s acquisition of InstaDeep was a signal moment – Tunisia’s founders are trying to turn it into a repeatable model.
By Adam Lazreg
Startups

Inside Oman’s Quietly Evolving Startup Landscape

In a market shaped by energy, infrastructure and tradition, Omani founders are building companies designed for local realities rather than imported tech models.
By Laura Cretney
Startups

Three Startups Rise Above Crisis to Transform Lebanon’s Economy

Financial independence, energy efficiency and affordable digital security are offering avenues of safety and self-reliance to the people of Lebanon.
By Anna Wolfe
Startups

Clean Tech Is Quietly Taking Shape in Kuwait

Kuwait’s start-up ecosystem is growing, and some founders are building climate-adjacent businesses designed to fix structural gaps in energy, logistics and food.
By Jethu Abraham
Startups

Saudi Arabia’s Next Start-Up Wave Is Split Between Compute and Circularity

From a PIF-backed AI platform to KAUST-born climate start-ups, these companies show how the Kingdom is trying to turn innovation into infrastructure.
By Sidra Tariq
Logistics and Transportation

Inside Morocco's Push for Digital Sovereignty

Three startups are rewiring the structures that govern how things are done
By Yusra Gadraoui
Computers and Software

Syria’s Tech Recovery Starts With the Idea of Home

Syrian founders are racing to build a Syria-ready Airbnb — but in a country still cut off from payments and platforms, “home” is the hardest product to ship.
By Alexander Durie
Computers and Software

Iraq’s Startups Aren’t Disrupting. They’re Rebuilding

From Mosul’s agritech experiments to Baghdad’s digital health records, founders are stitching together the basic systems Iraq’s economy has long been missing — one clinic and farm at a time.
By Gisella Ligios