Opening the Summit, Palestinian-Canadian Author and public speaker Chaker Khazaal delivered what could be the world’s first silent keynote speech, texting the audience through his mobile phone. By SWB Team There was silence. There was shock. The audience entered a confusing state of silence, only interrupted by the quiet murmur of...

This fall, we took on a tour across 5 cities in the Middle East, from  Beirut, Amman, Erbil, Gaziantep, to Istanbul, on a mission to find the most promising Syrian startups in the region. These are the 4 winners. By SWB Team Embarking on the Startup Roadshow, organized by Jusoor and SPARK in collaboration with Startups …...

The summit, held on November 8th and 9th at the American University in Cairo, gathered entrepreneurs and investors from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Palestine and Eritrea. The summit also hosted the world’s first interactive silent speech, held by Palestinian award-winning author Chaker Khazaal.  The Startups Without Borders Summit...

Gaziantep-based startup Spermly has just won the Startup Roadshow Finals. Medicine Box, an Amman-based startup that creates a Medicine Bank for vulnerable people, won the second prize, while Jellyfish from Beirut took home the third prize. By SWB Team Syrian-led Health-tech startup Spermly won the first prize at the Startup Roadshow 2.0...