Yasmine Nazmy

2 weeks ago | en.incarabia.com | Yasmine Nazmy

While the MENA region has seen social viewpoints on entrepreneurship change significantly over the past 10-15 years, perceptions on the need for formal schooling haven’t budged much. And though the college dropout status of prominent entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are often celebrated, leaving one’s education to set up a startup (or for any reason, for that matter) is rarely, if ever, seen as a badge of honor in the Arab world.