Arabia Inform Provides Middle East News, Content and Analysis

Arabia Inform Corporate
AskZad
Middle East Monitor
Acumen Media Intelligence
Moheet
Almotahida Multimedia

Arabia Inform Corporate

Mohamed Eliwa is the founder of Arabia Inform and its sister company, Almotahida Multimedia. He has more than 30 years of experience in the information/technology industries, in both the Media and Financial Services Sectors. In addition to his expertise in information, he has been an IT instructor, trainer and consultant for multiple governmental organizations, corporations and NGOs. Mr. Eliwa sits on the Board of Directors of e-Labs, an initiative of the Egyptian Ministry of Telecommunications and IT, focused on enhancing, expanding and promoting the business and educational software industry in Egypt. He is also a member of the Egyptian National e-Content Initiative, the Egyptian Copyright Association and the Arab Publishers Association.

Sami Kandeel
General Manager, Information Technology Department
Cairo University, BS, Accounting
Cairo University Institute of Statistical Studies & Research, Diploma, Computer Science

• More than 30 years of experience in IT, including as the Data Processing Manager for Algomaih Group in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• More than 10 years of experience with Arabia Inform, leading the development of all applications and conducting both the front and back end systems for all 24/7 operations

Jan Diggs
Global Business Development Manager
University of Georgia, BA Journalism, Public Relations & Advertising

• Within Arabia Inform is responsible for not only developing revenue-based business, but also seeking out and coordinating mutually beneficial global affiliations and bridge-building cultural and CSR activities
• More than 25 years of experience in corporate environments, including global and multinational companies, consultancies and non-profit organizations

Abdalla Eliwa
Manager, Content / Technology Integration
Modern Academy University, BS, Business Administration & Management

• As a son of the founder, Abdalla has played very diverse roles in Arabia Inform since his early teens and has performed jobs within almost every division of the company

• In the past year, Adalla has worked with other senior managers to create and implement an initiative to more closely integrate the content, applications and technology of the company to reflect international standards and cutting edge technology
• Researched and negotiated purchase of completely new data center, enhanced and upgraded search technology and is working with the IT Manager to implement virtual hosting of Arabia Inform’s content

AskZad

Amr El-Menshawy
Managing Director, AskZad
Cairo University, Faculty of Commerce, BS in Financial Accounting

• Joined Arabia Inform in 2008 with diverse experience in e-learning, e-training, emerging media, documentation & archiving, and online journalism
• Designed and led the initiative to make AskZad’s interface fully bilingual and usable by Arabic and non-Arabic speakers
• Created strategic content acquisition plan and enhanced the publisher relations program to include a share-the-wealth program in addition to royalties
• Worked with Customer Service Manager to completely redesign the customer service processes and applications in order to provide a consistently satisfactory customer experience
• Supervised integration of all aspects of the product and was liaison with all departments, from documentation & indexing to content acquisition to technology to library systems such as Library of Congress transliterations and MARC records

Bassyoni Fathy
Manager, Middle East Legal Resources
Cairo University, Bachelors Degree in Literature & Linguistic Science

Middle East Monitor

Tharwat Shallaby
Director, Media Intelligence Center
Cairo University, BS, Mathematics

• More than 37 years of experience in the Media industry; currently considered one of the most prominent experts in the field
• Established an information center for the Saudi Ministry of Culture & Information
• Instructor and trainer in the field of information skills and media analysis

Hosny Al Damarawi
Deputy Director, Media Intelligence Center,
Cairo University, Bachelors Degree, Economics & Political Science

• More than 10 years experience with Arabia Inform as an information specialist, with expertise in media monitoring and analysis

Entessar Mohamed
Deputy Director, Media Intelligence Center, Media Indicators Section
Assiut University, Bachelors of Commerce, Political Sciences Section

Waleed Basyony
General Manager

Omar Refai
Manager, Press Monitoring Division
Assiut University, Bachelor of Commerce, Political Sciences Section

• More than 12 years of experience with Arabia Inform as an information specialist
• Currently manages the team that monitors, indexes and archives more than 1000 newspapers and magazines published in the Arab world, in addition to thousands of news sites and millions of blogs on the internet
• His team’s output totals more than 20,000 articles daily, as well as real-time indexing for more than 200,000 internet news articles per day

Mohamed Hassan
Manager, Television & Radio Monitoring Division
Cairo University, Bachelors Degree, Economy & Political Science

• More than 12 years of experience with Arabia Inform as an information specialist

Acumen Media Intelligence

Editorial Manager, Acumen Media Intelligence
Cairo University, Bachelors of Political Science

Moheet

Raed Al Abed
Managing Director, Moheet

Abdelrahman Eliwa
Manager, Moheet Portals
6th of October University, BA in Mass Communications, Advertising & Public Relations

• As a son of the founder, Abdelrahman had dreamed since before he graduated from high school of playing a pivotal role within Moheet and developing it into one of the preeminent Arab news portals in the world

• Responsible for spinning off sports, women and jobs pages of Moheet into separate portals. Managed the creation of Korabia.com for online sports coverage, Lahona.com for women, children and family issues, and Shoglanty.com for job postings from around the Middle East
• Developing affiliations with organizations wishing to provide news, sports and entertainment updates via internet and mobile services
• Business development activities and strategic alliances with internet advertising sales firms

Almotahida Multimedia

Muhammed AbdulRahman
Managing Director, Almotahida Multimedia
Alexandria University, BS, Geology
Cairo University, Diploma and Post-Graduate Studies in Computer Science

• More than 12 years of experience with Arabia Inform and its sister companies
• Responsible for a team of multimedia education and computer graphic design specialists working with governments and schools to develop historical panoramas, learning objects, curricula, and mobile content in an engaging and interactive format