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angel investor, mentor, entrepreneur, optimist, mad

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Joined April 2009
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#UKMENHub a really interesting panel with 4 cool investors in tech in both MENA & U.K. - the opportunities are huge when the bridges exist
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Why aren't more European startups scaling East and not West? Russ Shaw from TLA #UKMENAhub #RiseUp
#UKMenaHub Dana Khater and Misa Zahar talking about scaling fashion #RiseUp
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#MENAhubUK first panel discussing role of local and global accelerators to catapult MENA startups #RiseUp
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"VCs in the region wanna make a bet on a company after it's successful" #MENAhubUK
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#UKMENAHUB kicking off now with 1001 Opportunities - an overview of MENA tech/investments by Sara Daniel from Leap Ventures
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Actually not LTW - they are sponsoring #SGEurope 👍
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Two Palestinian orgs sponsoring London Tech Week! PalTel Group Foundation & Palestine for Development #LTW #RiseUp
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#LTW #RiseUp Saul Klein @cape talking now about the "attention economy" like Google - "messaging is the medium now"
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Great first sessions at #StartupGrind Europe - some cool takeaways from @thulme from Google Ventures #RiseUp in London #LTW
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Note as this Qatar thing gets wild: its not about Qatar's support of Islamists; its about Qatar's support for the wrong faction of Islamists
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Dave McClure on fire this morning at the #TechWadiAF
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This award goes to a functioning & collaborative ecosystem which spans the whole region. Thank you! #TechWadiAF
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Check out our comprehensive guide of the veritable who's who in the entrepreneurial sphere. #Egypt #Entrepreneurs cairoscene.com/BusinessAndPo…
41 powerful quotes from the Middle East's biggest #Entrepreneurship summit. cairoscene.com/BusinessAndPo… #RISEUP16
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Excellent overview of MENA opportunities and the rise of tech teapawt.org/halafrangie/status/808…
Global Technology companies can start from anywhere - including the #MENA region.Summary from my talk at #riseup2016 leap.vc/2016/11/30/global-te…
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#RiseUp16 "This is the greatest team I've ever worked with in Egypt!" - @kanaafa
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