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Born to Lebanese parents from Tripoli, Lebanon, Dr. Mona Minkara is a blind scientist, bioengineer, and accessibility advocate whose story challenges perceptions about disability in science. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Northeastern University in Boston. There, she leads the COMBINE Lab, Computational Modeling for Biointerface Engineering. Mona Minkara lost most […]

Born and raised in Tripoli, Lebanon, Rafik El Hariri has become one of the city’s most inspiring creative voices. He is an award-winning illustrator, graphic designer, and mental-health advocate whose art speaks the language of emotion. What began as a journey in graphic design soon grew into a deep passion for illustration and image creation. […]

This year’s Rumman Music Festival #RMF04 is hosting 11 acts from the Levant and Maghreb, delivering a diverse lineup spanning hip-hop, electronic, indie, folk, and rock… Are you reaaady? Details soon, stay tuned!

On Wednesday, the United Nations recognized the futurist park in Lebanon as a world heritage site, due to its “alarming state of conservation” and the need for resources to preserve it. The UN cultural agency, UNESCO, added the park to its list of sites in danger. Additionally, the Rachid Karameh International Fair in the coastal […]

Born and raised in Tripoli, Lebanon, Fadel Adib is an award-winning scientist, innovator, and professor at MIT. He is known for redefining how technology senses, connects, and understands the world. As a result, he has become one of the most influential Lebanese scientists of his generation. After earning his degree in Computer and Communications Engineering […]

As a founder, product lead at Pinterest and PM for a couple products at Google, as well as a growth partner for Initialized Capital, I’ve seen many product teams struggle to grow. Many products start out with a bang. Some find product-market fit with sustained growth. A few have gone through spurts of hyper-growth. But […]

Enterprise applications are complex — there is an insane amount of information that is to be displayed that contains data from various sources, modules and users. There are complex graphs, usage patterns, and lists of data that need to be skimmed through before one can make sense of what the console is getting at. “The biggest challenge […]

There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is whether profitability matters. It’s common cocktail party chatter to hear people confidently pronounce that some well known startup is sure to blow up. Or you know the other one — the one […]