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10 Remarkable Business Leaders in Arab World, 2025
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Remarkable leaders don’t wait for change- they create it. These visionaries are reshaping the Arab world’s business landscape with innovation, resilience, and purpose.
FEATURES
The Woman Who Taught the Middle East to Laugh: Anju Shahani’s Radical Vision of Joy
Anju Shahani, founder of Laugh to Lead, the UAE’s quietly revolutionary emotional wellness movement. In a region known for its pursuit of excellence and innovation, Shahani is introducing a different currency of success: joy.
From Jordan to the World Stage: How Sana’ Hammad Is Reimagining Careers Globally
That’s how Sana’ Hammad, HR Consultant, Co-Founder and Chief People Officer of MARLEQ, describes her leap from the corporate world into entrepreneurship.
Grace Karim: Building a Literary Revolution, One Preloved Book at a Time
As the co-founder of Bookends, a UAE-based social enterprise with the tagline “Where Preloved Books Find New Homes,” Karim is on a mission to redefine how books circulate in the Arab world.
Karla Galvão: Building Inclusive Futures Through Technology and Empathy
Karla Galvão never set out to be a business leader. A creative at heart, she initially envisioned a life in music and the arts. But somewhere along the way, she realized something profound: Everything is business.
From Eco-Anxiety to Climate Action: How Raquel Noboa is Leading a Global Green Revolution
Raquel Noboa wasn’t always the CEO of a global sustainability education company. Her journey into the world of green business began not in a boardroom, but amidst the devastating aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Marina El Khawand: The Visionary Forging Health Without Borders
Marina El Khawand, the visionary Founder and President of Medonations. Her organization’s motto, “Health without borders,” is not merely a tagline; it is a global imperative, a testament to her audacious mission to provide.
Cristina Passione Calo is Reshaping the Creator Economy
At the forefront of this movement is Cristina Passione Calo, the co-founder and CEO of Starflare.ai, a company that is quietly reshaping the relationship between creativity and commerce.
THE BUSINESS
Companies may receive a Lyft from misspelled names if the spelling isn't too strange.
Misspelled brand names like Kool-Aid, Reddi-wip and Crumbl seem to be everywhere. They are especially common in the names of smartphone apps and in certain industries, like fashion. Companies often do this to stand out or perhaps so they can use the misspelled word as their domain name.
Why do humans continue to construct robots that resemble us?
Most of these machines are built for a specific purpose: think of the puck-shaped robot vacuum or a robotic assembly arm in a factory. But recently, human-shaped or humanoid robots have increasingly entered the spotlight.
How do you know that the clothes you’re wearing were made in an ethical manner?
There are many certifications in the fashion industry trying to help, but they are not foolproof. A label might promise ethical sourcing, but that does not guarantee transparency or prove that every step was ethical.
TECHNOLOGY
A tech specialist teaches how to clean your phone without causing any harm because it is covered in bacteria.
We wash our hands, sanitise shopping trolleys and wipe down cafe tables. But what about our phones? We touch these devices dozens of times a day, and take them everywhere from the kitchen to the dining table, and even the bathroom.
A “calculator for words” is not what generative AI is. Five reasons this concept is deceptive
However, generative AI systems are not calculators. Treating them like calculators obscures what they are, what they do, and whom they serve. This easy analogy simplifies a controversial technology and ignores five crucial differences from technologies of the past.
What would happen if everyone on the planet turned on their lights simultaneously?
Electricity is a form of energy that is made using many different fuels. Power plants are electricity factories that generate electricity from sources including coal, natural gas, uranium, water, wind and sunlight.
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POETRY
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost
QUOTES
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
-Dalai Lama
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”
-Marilyn Monroe