Despite the wo r ld's elation at the Arab Spring, shockingly little has changed politically in the Middle East, even frontliners Egypt a nd Tunisia continue to suffer repression, fixed elections, a nd bombings, while Syria descends into civil war. But in the midst of it all, a quieter revolution has begun to emerge, one that might ultimately do mo r e to change the face of the region: entrepreneurship. As a seasoned angel investo r in emerging markets, Christopher M. Schroeder was curious but skeptical about the future of investing in the Arab wo r ld. Travelling to Dubai, Cairo, Amman, Beirut, Istanbul, a nd even Damascus, he saw thousa nds of talented, successful, a nd intrepid entrepreneurs, all willing to face cultural, legal, a nd societal impediments inherent to their wo r lds. Equally impo r tant, he saw majo r private equity firms, venture capitalists, a nd tech companies like Google, Intel, Cisco, Yahoo, LinkedIn, a nd PayPal making significant bets, despite the uncertainty in the region. Here, he marries his own observations with the predictions of these tech giants to offer a surprising a nd timely look at the second stealth revolution in the Middle East—one that promises to reinvent it as a center of innovation a nd progress.