Saudi MOOC Startup Wants to “Disrupt” Arab Education

By Ahmed Al Omran. While technology has allowed us to do more things and do them better, a gap still remains between the potential of technology and its actual utilization to improve our lives.
This notion was very frustrating to Saudi entrepreneur Fouad Al-Farhan, who decided to do something about it. He reached out to his friend Sami Al-Hussayen and they started Rwaq – an online education platform to provide free academic courses in Arabic covering different fields and specializations. More...