Comments on: And A New Group Joins The Online Media Scene in Arabia: Q&A with HervĂ© Cuviliez http://arabcrunch.com/2010/01/diwanee-joins-mena-scene.html ArabCrunch is one of the first Arabian originated Blogs, that is dedicated to profiling and reviewing Arab originated startups and existing Internet and Mobile companies and their products and services. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rias A. Sherzad http://arabcrunch.com/2010/01/diwanee-joins-mena-scene.html/comment-page-1#comment-48099 Rias A. Sherzad Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:50:24 +0000 http://arabcrunch.com/?p=1814#comment-48099 This is indeed a very promising initiative for the Arab technology world. Besides the name - "Diwanee" means "crazy, mad, maniac, nuts (person)" in Persian (also in Afghan Dari and I think in Urdu as well) - the strategy behind this venture seems to be thought-through. Also the 5-digit investments seem to give way to a number of smaller investments instead of just a few big ones. I'm happy to see that a technology ecosystem is developing in the Arab world and getting curious to see what else they come up with. Rias A. Sherzad CEO, Founder Salam Business Club This is indeed a very promising initiative for the Arab technology world. Besides the name – “Diwanee” means “crazy, mad, maniac, nuts (person)” in Persian (also in Afghan Dari and I think in Urdu as well) – the strategy behind this venture seems to be thought-through. Also the 5-digit investments seem to give way to a number of smaller investments instead of just a few big ones. I’m happy to see that a technology ecosystem is developing in the Arab world and getting curious to see what else they come up with.

Rias A. Sherzad
CEO, Founder Salam Business Club

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