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Darawa Wants Arab-Born Games to Travel

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An independent MENA game studio developing original worlds rooted in Arab humor, streets, dialects, myths, and contradictions.

Why it surfaced

Darawa explicitly rejects the idea of culture as a localization layer, describing its work as “Arab-born, not Arab-washed.” Its slate includes a childhood-prank runner, a dialect-driven street fighter, a reclaimed folklore horror game, and a co-op betrayal game.

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