Field notes from AI in the region
Articles, benchmarks, and signals from the founders, engineers, and researchers building the regional AI ecosystem.
The MENA AI Landscape: 2026 in motion
How regional infrastructure investments are reshaping the AI talent map from Riyadh to Cairo.
Read article →Benchmarking Arabic LLMs across 12 dialects
Falcon, Jais, and ALLaM compared on real-world dialect comprehension tasks.
Read article →RTL-first UX: what AI products keep getting wrong
Practical patterns for shipping bilingual AI interfaces that don't feel like an afterthought.
Read article →A 7-point checklist before you pay for an AI tool
Most teams pick tools by hype. Here is the short, boring checklist that saves budget and rework.
Read article →Writing prompts in Arabic: what actually improves output
Dialect, structure, and examples matter more than length. A practical guide with before/after prompts.
Read article →Five AI workflows small businesses in the Gulf actually use
No moonshots — invoicing, customer replies, product copy, hiring, and reporting, with realistic time savings.
Read article →Open or closed models in 2026: how to choose without ideology
Cost, privacy, latency, and control — a decision table for teams shipping real products.
Read article →Tool fatigue is real: how to keep a stack you can maintain
A simple quarterly audit that removes dead subscriptions and keeps only what earns its place.
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