Arab Alumni Association

The MIT Arab Alumni Association's (MIT AAA) vision is an Arab world in which its people are creative, productive, prosperous, healthy, and contributing to the highest interests of humanity. It’s mission is to bring MIT's rigor and opportunities to the Arab world, and to bring the Arab world's talent and energy to MIT. Since its inception in the late 1990’s, MIT-AAA has pioneered and developed a regional conference model for which it received the MIT Presidential citation. These high profile regional conferences brought together the MIT community from Cambridge with alumni/ae and leaders in the region under the patronage of the heads of state in the different countries where the conferences took place: Cairo (2000), Amman (2001), Beirut (2002), Dubai (2003), Tunis (2004),  Abu Dhabi (2009), Dubai (2013), and Kuwait (2015).

blazetech

BlazeTech Corp. is a leader in technology and software development in the areas of safety, energy and the environment. We serve the aerospace, chemical and power industries by providing contract R&D and engineering consulting. Our mission/vision is to develop innovative, timely and cost effective solutions that protect lives, property and the environment. 

CCES-KACST

Tackling engineering systems challenges requires an engineering problem-solving mind-set, as well as new framing and modeling methodologies. The Center for Complex Engineering Systems (CCES) at MIT and KACST was created to improve our understanding of these systems and to jointly conduct world-class research. This requires an unprecedented level of inter-disciplinary collaboration among scientists and engineers who study nature, technology and social phenomena at multiple scales. We expect that the research resulting from CCES will lead to a significant improvement in our ability to analyze, design and manage complex engineering systems worldwide.

DERQ

Derq is a Dubai & Detroit based MIT spin-off and Techstars alum with a mission to eliminate road accidents and save lives by using artificial intelligence and V2X technology. Through its proprietary technology, Derq can predict and help prevent road collisions for both conventional and autonomous vehicles leveraging smart cities and connected vehicles ecosystem. Derq was founded in 2016. The company is headquartered in Dubai with offices in Detroit.

JAFAr

Jafar is a cloud computing service that provides developers with fully automated platform. Jafar allows to provision, run, and manage apps without the hassle of building and maintaining the infrastructure required to develop and launch an app. By offering a platform that minimizes the work required to maintain servers, Jafar shifts developers efforts to improving their services.

krypto labs

Krypto Labs is an all-in-one business incubator, accelerator and co-working space for start-ups and individuals from anywhere in the world who want to innovate and develop revolutionary products and services across any industry. We are based in the sustainable eco-development Masdar City, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, but our flourishing entrepreneurial network covers many of the world’s centres of innovation.

Krypto Labs is associated with the Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG), a leading investment group with a global portfolio of more than US$6 billion.

MISTI ARAB WORLD

Launched in 2014, the MIT-Arab World Program — a part of MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) — was created in an effort to strengthen ties between MIT and countries of the Arab World. Through student projects and faculty collaborations, the program offers opportunities for immersive and meaningful interaction in the region with the aim to empower participants to be bridges between MIT, the United States and the Arab World.

Qimmah

Qimmah is a nonprofit organization that aims to increase the number of Arab students admitted into world class universities. Guides to exams, application systems, personal essays, and other beneficial application-related materials can be found on Qimmah's website. Interested students
can also apply to the free Qimmah Mentorship Program where they are mentored by volunteers from colleges such as Princeton, Yale, UC Berkeley, Stanford and MIT.

Qimmah aims to reshape interactions between students in the Arab world that have successfully secured spots, and pursued higher education in top universities and aspiring applicants.

RANAm

Ranam is an app that teaches Arabic musical instruments in a fun, engaging and easy way! This is through listing to the user, analyzing the audio signal and giving instance performance feedback, as if ones has their tutor in their pocket. Our mission is to allow young Arabs to better express themselves and appreciate the beauty behind traditional Arabic music. Pick up your Oud, download Ranam and be heard!

Saal.ai

Saal.ai has been built to become the intelligent partner that can turn human interactions and data into valuable, meaningful, results-oriented intelligence across a multitude of industries. It comes at a time when humanity is witnessing a shift that sees AI and NLP play an increasingly visible, effective and critical role in the future. We use the power of NLP (Text), Computer vision (Image), Automatic Speech Recognition (Speech) and draw inspiration from Neuroscience and Philosophy to accomplish our goal.

Saudi Aramco

Saudi Aramco has grown to become the world’s largest integrated energy enterprise, employing more than 65,000 people. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates we are represented in the three major global energy markets of Asia, North America, and Europe. We are headquartered in Dhahran in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, which borders the Arabian Gulf. Our operations span the Kingdom, with production and product distribution facilities linking all market areas. Major export shipping terminals are located at ports on the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea, while domestic demand for automotive and aviation products is met through a Kingdom-wide network of strategically situated refineries.

Swoo

SWOO is a livestreaming mobile platform that offers unique and high-quality content to its viewers. Our broadcasters, both professional and aspiring, have been personally handpicked by the team to ensure enhanced app experience. Viewers can explore authentic and experiential content around technology, health, Sports, Travel, Food, Entertainment, Lifestyle among others, on SWOO. We have been able to create engaged communities by providing rich live content.

SWOO, is a locally built, globally-fit smart application and is now available in the “App Store” and “Google Play”, as well as on the web: www.swoo.tv

TAg-org

The Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), is the largest global group of professional service firms in the fields of Accounting, External Audit, Internal Audit, Corporate Governance, Taxation, Intellectual Property (IP) Registration and Protection as well as others.

TAG-Org operates out of more than 100 offices worldwide.

Operating, in particular, in the Arab region - an area of the world that is experiencing radical and unprecedented change- TAG-Org is well aware of and experienced in all aspects of the regional economic environment, including the social and regulatory factors governing it. We recognize the need to systematically develop Arab institutions in order to build a solid future. TAG-Org is meeting this challenge by providing highly experienced specialists who anticipate economic and social trends and evaluate alternatives to determine the most creative solutions for both present and future challenges.

Tarjimly

Tarjimly is a US nonprofit with the mission of solving the humanitarian language problem.

Tarjimly allows bilinguals to translate for the 23 million refugees and immigrants in need via Facebook Messenger chat sessions. Anytime. Anywhere. Fast. Free. It’s a whole new way to to help a refugee in need right from your phone. We’re a team of engineers previously at MIT, Palantir, and Facebook. In January 2018, we were backed by Y Combinator and left our jobs to work on Tarjimly full-time. Our team of ambassadors around the world help get Tarjimly in the hands of refugees and NGOs.

US-SABC

The U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council (USSABC) is an organization of business leaders in both countries working together to strengthen bilateral business relations through trade and investment by promoting a broader understanding among U.S. and Saudi companies, as well as providing information on specific business opportunities. Our mission is to foster, develop, and expand the business relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia by promoting trade and investment between the two countries and contributing to the accurate depiction of the business environment within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Wasphi

WASPHI is a technology company that orchestrates data (client-closed and WASPHI alternative), humans and technologies at scale to solve complex problems for our clients and to give our clients an intelligence edge. WASPHI engages with clients by implementing the WASPHI Platform (Infrastructure, Data, People, Technologies) at their environment and then develops a client-specific engagement model based on readiness and level of support needed.

We love reading

We Love Reading is an independent non-profit organization based in Amman aimed at encouraging the love of reading in children in Jordan and the rest of the world through the development of “a library in every neighborhood”. Founded by Dr. Rana Dajani in 2006, it has since received substantial national and international recognition. We Love Reading’s grassroots model is simple, efficient, and sustainable – it involves training community members, particularly women, to read aloud to children ages 4-10 in order to foster the love of reading and encourage community engagement.