MenaML

Shaping the future of AI in MENA and beyond
The 2025 MENA Machine Learning (MenaML) Winter School

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ضمن شراكة تجمع كاوست ووزارة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات @McitGovSa وبرنامج @MENAML_، تهدف المبادرة إلى تأهيل المواهب في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا في تعليم الآلة وربطها بالبحث التطبيقي وتعزيز الشراكات الأكاديمية، دعمًا لبناء منظومة ذكاء اصطناعي راسخة في المملكة.

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في المملكة، تلتقي نخبة مواهب الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا برؤية مشتركة، يؤكدون من خلالها دور الذكاء الاصطناعي في تمكين الإنسان وتطوير القطاعات، ضمن برنامج @MENAML_ الذي تستضيفه الجامعة بشراكة استراتيجية مع @McitGovSa، دعمًا للبحث العلمي وبناء القدرات التقنية المتقدمة.

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Team dinner at #MenaML2026 at the beautiful Kaust campus 🫶

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Day 3 recap at MenaML 2026 another day of learning, connecting, and having fun.

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Poster Sessions at #MenaML2026 are in full swing! Scholars have the opportunity to stress-test their research with feedback from both global experts and industry practitioners, planting the seeds for future collaboration 🪴

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Day 3 labs involved Building Transformers with PyTorch led by Amr Khalifa (Google DeepMind) and Juan Carlos L. Alcazar (KAUST) and Model Distillation with Adam Kosiorek (Google DeepMind), Ruba Haroun (Google DeepMind), and Andres Villa (KAUST). #Handson #MENAML2026

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At #MenaML, we believe the strongest bridges are built through genuine connection. Watching this diverse community laugh, learn, and grow together in the sun is exactly what we're here for!

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Day 3 morning sessions dove into technicals with #EmbodiedAI (Omar Attia @Apple), Optimization (George Turkiyyah, @KAUST ) and #DiffusionModels for media generation (Ruba Haroun @GoogleDeepMind) #MenaML2026

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Day 3 opened with a powerful keynote, “The Next Generation of Arabic LLMs,” highlighting why regional context matters in AI. Led by Nour Al Hassan (CEO & Founder) & Iyad Ahmad (CTO) of https://t.co/ZvE9T3teOJ, the session explored advances in Arabic-first LLMs.

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Day 2 highlights from #MenaML2026.

A full day of deep technical sessions, mentorship, and conversations shaping the future of AI in the region and beyond!

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Day 2 at #MenaML2026 closed with an insightful panel moderated by Nafez Aldakkak (Anara Impact Capital), joined by Waleed Al Balla (Sukna Ventures) and Mohammad Ebrahim (Mozn).

The discussion explored regional AI investment trends, readiness across consumers and enterprises.

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Day 2 afternoon at #MenaML2026 blended hands-on labs and mentorship: Amr Khalifa (DeepMind) & Gergő Ignácz (KAUST) led a Beginner PyTorch + MLP lab, while Natasha (DeepMind) ran an AI for Biology session. PhD and academic career roundtables wrapped up the afternoon.

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مدير البرامج الأكاديمية بـ "كاوست" م. محمد آل ناصر: أكثر من 2300 متقدم لبرنامج المدرسة الشتوية للتعلم الآلي وجرى اختيار 300 باحث وباحثة وفق معايير الكفاءة العلمية والقدرات البحثية بما يعكس تنافسية البرنامج وتميزه العلمي

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Mozn is pleased to support the MenaML Winter School, hosted by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, an initiative dedicated to empowering the next generation of AI leaders across the region.
As part of the program, Muhammed Ebraheem, our Chief Data Scientist, joined the “MENA’s AI Frontier” panel, where he explored the region’s growing AI opportunities, key challenges, and what it takes to build impactful, real-world AI solutions at scale.

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تسعد مُزن بدعم MenaML Winter School باستضافة جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم والتقنية (@KAUST_NewsAR)، تهدف إلى تمكين الجيل القادم من قادة الذكاء الاصطناعي في المنطقة.
كجزء من البرنامج، شارك محمد إبراهيم، كبير علماء البيانات في مُزن، في جلسة «آفاق الذكاء الاصطناعي في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا»، حيث استعرض الفرص المتنامية للذكاء الاصطناعي في المنطقة، والتحديات الرئيسية، وما يلزم لبناء حلول ذكاء اصطناعي مؤثرة وواقعية على نطاق واسع.

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Day 2 morning sessions focused on deep dives into LLM reasoning, multi-agent systems, & recursive inference, with talks by Hadi Salman (OpenAI), Carlos Hinojosa (KAUST), & Ibrahim Alabdulmohsin (Google DeepMind). Huge thanks to our speakers for an insightful.

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Day 2 at MenaML 2026 kicked off with a keynote by Professor Bernard Ghanem, Chair of the KAUST Center of Excellence for Generative AI.
He shared how the CoE is bridging cutting-edge research and real-world impact in Generative AI.

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Day 1 highlights from #MenaML2026.

First conversations, new connections, and a shared purpose. The momentum is real, and the week has just begun!

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Next, we jumped straight into career-building with our Mentorship Round Tables and CV Writing Workshops. The Round Table discussions focused on Breakthroughs in AI and was facilitated by our industry volunteers, sparking meaningful exchanges on where the AI industry is headed.

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Day 1 workshops kicked off with an incredible "Build with GenAI" session led by Ammaar Reshi, Product & Design Lead for Google DeepMind’s AI Studio. He introduced us to the world of "vibecoding," where everyone got hands-on experience experimenting directly within AI Studio.