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    She Worked at the Pentagon, NASA and Google. Now Almeena Shaikh Is Building AI’s Second Set of Eyes for Pilots

    August 25, 2026

    How Zakir Is Building MeetPure Events Into a Values-Driven Operating System for Community Events

    August 24, 2026

    How Shamoon Siddiqui Is Building Human Friendly Robotics to Give Construction Workers Superpowers

    August 17, 2026

    From First-Generation Graduate to LegalTech Founder: How Hafiz Hasan Built Simplifi.my

    August 13, 2026

    How Nurmukhammad Ismoilov Built Akinda to Bring Transparency and Shariah-Compliant Investing to Muslim Investors in Uzbekistan & Beyond

    August 13, 2026
  • Funding

    Swvl Secures $13 Million PIPE Investment to Accelerate U.S. Expansion and Launch Transport Lending

    August 26, 2026

    Saudi Retailtech Startup Raff Raises $1.7 Million Pre-Seed Round to Simplify Physical Retail Expansion

    August 25, 2026

    UAE’s Stellaria Raises $6.8 Million Seed Round at $114.4 Million Valuation to Scale AI-Powered Geospatial Intelligence

    August 25, 2026

    Fasset Raises $68 Million Series C at $1 Billion Valuation, Enters Global Fintech Unicorn Club

    August 24, 2026

    MENA-Born HeyBreez Raises $2.5 Million to Build the Operational Layer for Enterprise Voice AI

    August 21, 2026
  • Tech

    Inside Qaf: How Abdellatif Abdelfattah Is Building Islamic AI Around Trust, Scholarship and 8,000+ Books

    August 25, 2026

    How Aarif Mohamed Konnon Tiama Is Building Côte d’Ivoire’s Kanam Pay Into Africa’s Next Biometric Payment Platform

    August 18, 2026

    How Dheema Fakir Turned Personal Adversity Into Taskin App, the Maldives’ Growing Gig Economy Platform

    August 5, 2026

    He Left KPMG To Ghostwrite For CEOs. Now His Agency Has Driven 350 Million LinkedIn Views By Betting Against “AI Slop.”

    August 5, 2026

    How a Young Bangladeshi Entrepreneur Ishraq Khan Built an AI Platform Used by More Than 5 Million Developers Worldwide

    July 25, 2026
  • Halal

    From a Simple List to a Global Platform: How Shahed Amanullah Built Zabihah Into the World’s Largest Halal Restaurant Guide

    April 17, 2026

    From Corporate Supply Chains to Global Trade: How Khalid Zia Farooqui and Farazuddin Are Building a Bridge Between Indian Producers and Global Markets

    March 30, 2026
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Swvl Secures $13 Million PIPE Investment to Accelerate U.S. Expansion and Launch Transport Lending

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsAugust 26, 20260

Dubai-headquartered mobility technology company Swvl has secured a $13 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) led by Houston-based investment…

Founders

She Worked at the Pentagon, NASA and Google. Now Almeena Shaikh Is Building AI’s Second Set of Eyes for Pilots

Mohammed AbubakrAugust 25, 20260

From the Pentagon and Google to a 5 A.M. Cessna At five o’clock in the morning, standing beside a Cessna…

Tech

Inside Qaf: How Abdellatif Abdelfattah Is Building Islamic AI Around Trust, Scholarship and 8,000+ Books

Amina MirzaAugust 25, 20260

Qaf Islamic AI has crossed 25,000 users as Abdellatif Abdelfattah and his team attempt something far more difficult than building…

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Saudi Retailtech Startup Raff Raises $1.7 Million Pre-Seed Round to Simplify Physical Retail Expansion

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsAugust 25, 20260

Saudi Arabia-based retail technology startup Raff has raised $1.7 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Vision Ventures, with…

Funding

UAE’s Stellaria Raises $6.8 Million Seed Round at $114.4 Million Valuation to Scale AI-Powered Geospatial Intelligence

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsAugust 25, 20260

UAE-based AI and geospatial intelligence startup Stellaria, formerly known as Farmin, has raised $6.8 million (AED25 million) in a Seed…

Founders

How Zakir Is Building MeetPure Events Into a Values-Driven Operating System for Community Events

Mohammed AbubakrAugust 24, 20260

On a work trip to Austin, Zakir H. was looking for something simple: a way to meet other Muslims and…

Funding

Fasset Raises $68 Million Series C at $1 Billion Valuation, Enters Global Fintech Unicorn Club

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsAugust 24, 20260

Fasset, the AI-powered stablecoin neobanking platform founded by Mohammad Raafi Hossain and Daniel Ahmed, has raised $68 million in a…

Funding

MENA-Born HeyBreez Raises $2.5 Million to Build the Operational Layer for Enterprise Voice AI

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsAugust 21, 20260

MENA-born enterprise voice AI startup HeyBreez has raised $2.5 million in an oversubscribed Seed round, as demand grows for infrastructure…

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Saudi EdTech AILA Raises $3 Million Pre-Series A Led by RUA Growth Fund

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsAugust 19, 20260

Saudi EdTech AILA has raised $3 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by RUA Growth Fund, marking a…

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Iraq’s Rozenama Raises $150,000 Pre-Seed to Build the E-Commerce Infrastructure Local Merchants Need

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsAugust 19, 20260

Iraq-based e-commerce startup Rozenama has raised $150,000 in a pre-Seed funding round from Iraqi entrepreneur and Aljasmi Perfumes CEO Mohammed…

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Swvl Secures $13 Million PIPE Investment to Accelerate U.S. Expansion and Launch Transport Lending

August 26, 2026

She Worked at the Pentagon, NASA and Google. Now Almeena Shaikh Is Building AI’s Second Set of Eyes for Pilots

August 25, 2026

Inside Qaf: How Abdellatif Abdelfattah Is Building Islamic AI Around Trust, Scholarship and 8,000+ Books

August 25, 2026

Saudi Retailtech Startup Raff Raises $1.7 Million Pre-Seed Round to Simplify Physical Retail Expansion

August 25, 2026

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