Global Grad Show is now Prototypes for HumanityRead the story
MENA Grad Show is a platform that brings together academic innovators from the Middle East and North Africa who are working on solutions for social and environmental challenges. Launched in 2020 as an integral component of Global Grad Show, it gives an international stage to the plurality of young talent from the region and opens avenues for discovery and knowledge exchange internationally. The initiative is founded under the principles of equality, innovation and creativity as catalysts for a better world. The inaugural edition saw submissions from 36 universities, from which 50 of the best-in-class projects were selected to be part of a physical showcase during Dubai Design Week, and also here, digitally.
ELA
Middle East Technical University
A discreet, wearable device to support nursing mother in preventing breast engorgement
Un Wasted
Un Wasted proposes a supermarket design where people can buy, learn and educate others around the theme of sustainability.
“Do You Know Your Kitchen?”
American University of Sharjah
Misconceptions about food preparation and storage, often rooted in tradition, lead to waste and unhealthy habits.
Venous
Venous is a multifunctional furniture piece designed to cradle mothers and their children through all stages from pregnancy to early childhood.
Alzheimers Village
Lack of awareness on the issue of Alzheimer’s can lead to inadequate patient care and isolation.
Burj El Murr
Notre Dame University – Louaize
The building Burj El Murr stands in Beirut as a monumental reminder of the 1975 Lebanese civil war.
APEA
Water consumption in agriculture accounts for 75% of our total fresh water use, greatly contributing to the issue if water scarcity.
Hugo
Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI)
HUGO is an empathic symbiotic creature that interacts with humans, responding to their emotional state.
“CMD+EH – HOW PLASTIC ARE YOU?”
Cmd+EH is a creative movement to put graphic design at the service of social and environamental challenges.
greenWave
Greenwave is a recycling initiative created to provoke action and raise awareness about the importance of recycling plastic in Egypt.
inAccessible
The American University in Cairo
People with disabilities are confronted with countless struggles in public and private places.
Breeding the Super Generation
The American University in Cairo
Human genome editing is one of today's most debated technologies.