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- **Posted:** 2026-04-18T20:30:32.000+00:00
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## Caption

His father sold goods in a small market in Aleppo.

He built that same idea… for the internet — and sold it to Amazon for $580 million.

This is the story of Ronaldo Mouchawar and Souq.com.
The startup that built Arab e-commerce from zero — when almost nobody believed it could exist. 

Swipe to see exactly how he did it. 

When he couldn’t raise money locally, he didn’t quit.
He got on a plane and pitched investors in the US.

Because back then… the region didn’t believe in startups.

Today?

Amazon is using the Middle East as a testing ground for some of its biggest ideas.

That’s the level we’ve reached.

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middleeaststartups, arabfounders, startupstory, techinmena, ecommercestartup

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