About
Founders and funding,
covered properly.
Anecdoted is an independent newsroom covering the founders, funding and businesses being built across the UAE and the wider MENA region — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan and Morocco included, not just the Gulf's biggest rounds.
Verify before publishing
Round sizes, valuations and dates get checked before a story runs, not corrected after.
Regional by default
The UAE and Saudi Arabia lead the numbers, but Egypt, Qatar, Jordan and Morocco get covered on their own terms, not as a footnote to Gulf funding rounds.
Editorial independence
Coverage decisions sit with the desk, not with the companies or investors a story is about.
Corrections, publicly
Something wrong gets fixed and noted, not quietly edited away.
What we cover
The Wire
Rolling updates as they happen.
Funding & Investment
Rounds, terms and the investors behind them.
The Ledger
Numbers, markets and what they mean for the region.
The Boardroom
Leadership, governance and the calls founders make.
Deep Dive
Longer reporting on one company or trend at a time.
HisTale
Founder profiles and the path to where they are now.
Our editorial team
Tariq Benali
Tariq Benali covers business and corporate news across the UAE and MENA for Anecdoted, tracking the deals, leadership moves and regulatory shifts behind the region's companies.
tariq@anecdoted.com
Karim El-Sayed
Karim El-Sayed covers company news, policy and regulation across the UAE and wider MENA for Anecdoted, with a focus on how new rules and licences reshape how startups operate.
karim@anecdoted.com
Nadia Mansour
Nadia Mansour covers fintech across the UAE and MENA for Anecdoted -- digital banking, payments licences and the startups building around them.
nadia@anecdoted.com
Anecdoted Desk
Anecdoted Desk covers rolling funding rounds and startup news across the UAE and MENA -- the wire for deals as they're announced.
team@anecdoted.com
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