Young entrepreneurs seek change in the Middle East
Young entrepreneurs seek change in the Middle East
- Talking to young tech entrepreneurs gathered at a conference in Istanbul, you hear the hunger for change that is pervasive in the Middle East. They’re frustrated and angry about the status quo, not least because they fear it has helped spawn the extremism of jihadist groups such as ISIS.
“Youth in Egypt want change and they’re not going to wait for it,” says Waleed Abd al-Rahman, who runs a tech business forum in Cairo
- Talking to young tech entrepreneurs gathered at a conference in Istanbul, you hear the hunger for change that is pervasive in the Middle East. They’re frustrated and angry about the status quo, not least because they fear it has helped spawn the extremism of jihadist groups such as ISIS.
“Youth in Egypt want change and they’re not going to wait for it,” says Waleed Abd al-Rahman, who runs a tech business forum in Cairo