Souq.com was launched in 2005 from Maktoob group (Now Jabbar Group) as an auction site, it initially covered Jordan, then expanded into UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The site is not anymore just an auction site, but rather a marketplace for anyone to sell or buy, Souq.com supports many formats (auction, fixed price and Classifieds for the Real ...


Sukar a private shopping club that offers on a weekly bases from well known brands at discount rates up to 70% has started offering delivery to Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. It was available before only in UAE. Sukar was launched end of last April.
Jabbar group is the majority owner of Sukar, the other e-commerce company that Jabbar owns is Souq....
Update:
Souq.com is like eBay (online auction website) for the Arab world and one of Jabbar group of companies which used to be called Maktoob Group before Yahoo's acquisition of Maktoob which my sources say was 200 million USD.
Souq.com just launched yesterday its Egyptian version in both Arabic and English, tapping into more than 9 ...
eMapia is a new startup from the people behind the delivery services marketplace Darrb. eMapia still in beta, is an enhanced Do-IT-your-self e-commerce site but with GoogleMaps, It enables individual or business sellers to list items for sale in according to their location, while shoppers can find items for sale in or near their neighbor... 


