Startups Arabia
By Ali Zewail
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Episodes: 36
Description
The Arab startups scene is one of the hottest globally. The Startups Arabia podcast is the place to learn all about it. With a 420 million strong population that is young and tech-savvy, the Arab world is proving to be a great market to create a startup. This podcast interviews the best founders, investors and operators of the region. Listening to deep conversations with them, you will learn deep insights about the ecosystem. You will also be inspired by their success, the challenges they overcame and the opportunities they see.
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Yasmine El-Mehairy, Building Dija, Empowering Women & Navigating Uncertain Terrain – Ep.8, Season 3
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Ramez El-Serafy, The 14 year Journey of F6 and an Evolving Region – Ep.7, Season 3
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Karim Jouini, Pursuing a Second Successful Startup and Rethinking his Identity as a Global Entrepreneur – Ep.6, Season 3
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Jon Edward Santillan, Selling to Careem, Starting his Second Company, and Building OCTA in Public – Ep.5, Season 3
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Khaled Talhouni, Spotting and Supporting Great Founders and the Macro Trends Creating a Regional Golden Age – Ep.4, Season 3
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Michael Lints, Investing in Defensible Tech and Building Strong Founder Relationships – Ep.3, Season 3
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Julien Plouzeau, From Banking to VC, Multistage Investment Strategy, and a Deep Dive into the UAE Ecosystem – Ep.2, Season 3
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May 18, 2025 |
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Waleed Alballaa, Unveiling the Global Potential and Deep Tech Innovations Emerging from the MENA Region – Ep.1, Season 3
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May 04, 2025 |
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Saoud Khalifah, Building with Obsession, Challenging Comfort Zones and Needed Cultural Shifts in the Arab World – Ep.13, Season 2
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Leena Khalil, Building a Community-Centric Platform, Managing Complex Supply Chains, and Navigating Exit Opportunities – Ep.12, Season 2
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Mohammad AlRazaz, Building a Remote Logistics Powerhouse and Global Ambitions for Regional Startups – Ep.11, Season 2
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Amal Dokhan, Championing Innovation, Inspiring Women Leaders, and the Transforming Saudi Venture Landscape – Ep.10, Season 2
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Mohammed Alzubi, Treasuring Entrepreneurial Scars and Bringing Back Silicon Valley Insights to the MENA region - Ep.9, Season 2
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Ameer Sherif, From Bootstrapping During Turmoil to Building a Regional Employment Powerhouse - Ep.8, Season 2
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Hasan Haider, Embracing Non-Obvious Outliers, and his Early Stage Investment Thesis - Ep.7, Season 2
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Ahmad Takatkah, Leveraging Data Science in Venture Capital, Experiencing Silicon Valley Hypergrowth and Processing Failure in Startups - Ep.6, Season 2
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Rama Kayyali, Building a mission-driven company, adopting cutting-edge technology to improve Arabic language literacy and pivoting several times - Ep.5, Season 2
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Wael Nafee, Transitioning from operator to investor, YC’s secret sauce and building Careem in its growth phase - Ep.4, Season 2
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Waleed Kadous, Decoding LLM-based approaches and startup versus big tech culture - Ep.3, Season 2
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Asher Siddiqui, VC fundraising, GP/LP dynamics, and advising Robert Downey Jr's fund - Ep.2 Part 2, Season 2
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Asher Siddiqui, Thriving through boom and bust, picking the right startups and architecting billion-dollar mega-deals - Ep.2 Part 1, Season 2
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Ismael Belkhayat, Startup as an Extreme Sport and Business in French-speaking Africa - Ep.1, Season 2
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Concluding the first season of the Startups Arabia podcast
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Eman Hylooz, The power of listening to your customers: evolving from a community to the biggest Arabic digital reading platform - Ep.12, Season 1
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Belal El-Megharbel, Serving the underserved, acquiring their way into Morocco, and leveraging data for hypergrowth - Ep.11, Season 1
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May 21, 2023 |
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Roberto Croci, Insights on the Gulf startup environment and how the Arab startup ecosystem has evolved in the past decade - Ep.10, Season 1
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May 06, 2023 |
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Romouz Sadeq, Pivoting Mrayti from an Uber-like to a product-centric business model, and introducing her new startup, OVU, for the first time! - Ep.9, Season 1
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Omar Hagrass, Early challenges, Trella’s fast growth, and a winning founder’s mentality - Ep.8, Season 1
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Ayman Ashour, Corporate vs Startup world, challenges in fundraising, and insights about mergers and acquisitions - Ep.7, Season 1
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Tambi Jalouqa, Product first and encouraging regional collaboration - Ep. 6, Season 1
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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Noureddine Tayebi, Founder of Yassir on hypergrowth, building in the region and other observations - Ep. 5, Season 1
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Mai Medhat, A founder’s journey: Taking Eventtus from a base in Cairo, to Dubai, to the US (with Bevy) - Ep. 4, Season 1
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Afnan Ali, Business with a purpose, Eureka Tech Academy, and having a lasting impact - Ep. 3, Season 1
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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Tarek Fahim, What is different about making investment decisions in the Arab region? - Ep. 2, Season 1
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Ayman Rashed, The Otlob Story and MENA region’s opportunity for startup founders - Ep.1. Season 1
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Startups Arabia Trailer
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Jul 06, 2022 |