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Last Updated:
Aug 15, 2008 - 12:40:24 PM
The World's Most Influential Arabs
By Arabian Business 15/8/08
Aug 15, 2008 - 12:34:40 PM
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NAME
COUNTRY
PRIMARY INDUSTRY
RANK
2007
CHANGE FROM 2007
1
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
1
-
2
Younes Mahmoud
Iraq
Sport
-
new
3
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
6
+3
4
Abdalla Salem El Badri
Libya
Energy
13
+9
5
Nadine Labaki
Lebanon
Culture & Society
-
new
6
Mohammed Alabbar
United Arab Emirates
Construction & Industry
2
-4
7
Dr Michel Obeid
Lebanon
Healthcare
-
new
8
Wadah Khanfar
Jordan
Media & Marketing
3
-5
9
Elie Saab
Lebanon
Culture & Society
-
new
10
HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum
United Arab Emirates
Travel & Hospitality
5
-5
11
Sameer Al Ansari
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
71
+60
12
Mohamed Al Mady
Saudi Arabia
Energy
-
new
13
Dr Farook Al Baz
Egypt
Technology
84
+71
14
Akbar Al Baker
Qatar
Travel & Hospitality
98
+84
15
Ghaith Abdul Ahad
Iraq
Media & Marketing
-
new
16
Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim
United Arab Emirates
Construction & Industry
77
+61
17
Mustafa Ali
Syria
Culture & Society
-
new
18
Ali Ahmad Sai’d (Adonis)
Syria
Culture & Society
-
new
19
Joseph Ghassoub
Lebanon
Media & Marketing
23
+4
20
Sheikh Waleed Al Ibrahim
Saudi Arabia
Media & Marketing
27
+7
21
Sultan Nasser Al Suweidi
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
-
new
22
Mishal Kanoo
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
63
+41
23
Amr Al Dabbagh
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
94
+71
24
Amr Diab
Egypt
Culture & Society
38
+14
25
Adel Hamed Shoman
Palestine
Banking & Finance
-
new
26
Khaldoon Mubarak
United Arab Emirates
Construction & Industry
-
new
27
Sultan Al Jaber
United Arab Emirates
Construction & Industry
-
new
28
Adel Ali
Bahrain
Travel & Hospitality
74
+46
29
Esam Janahi
Bahrain
Banking & Finance
14
-15
30
Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
7
-23
31
Nasser Al Kharafi
Kuwait
Banking & Finance
9
-22
32
Naguib Sawiris
Egypt
Technology
10
-22
33
Mohammed Saeed Harib
United Arab Emirates
Culture & Society
-
new
34
Adnan Al Musallam
Kuwait
Banking & Finance
73
+39
35
George Kurdahi
Lebanon
Media & Marketing
-
new
36
Maria Maaloof
Lebanon
Media & Marketing
-
new
37
Antoine Choueri
Lebanon
Media & Marketing
11
-26
38
Elissa
Lebanon
Culture & Society
97
+59
39
Mohammad Al Shaya
Kuwait
Retail
17
-22
40
Mohammed Al Jaber
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
47
+7
41
Essam Al Hadri
Egypt
Sport
-
new
42
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
20
-22
43
Emad Hajaj
Jordan
Culture & Society
-
new
44
Lubna Olayan
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
12
-32
45
Nahed Taher
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
22
-23
46
Mohamed Al Fayed
Egypt
Retail
28
-18
47
Saleh Kamel
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
16
-31
48
Alaa Al Aswany
Egypt
Culture & Society
-
new
49
Elie Khouri
Lebanon
Media & Marketing
35
-14
50
Saad Al Barrak
Kuwait
Technology
45
-5
51
Marwan Boodai
Kuwait
Travel & Hospitality
90
+39
52
Hussein Madi
Lebanon
Culture & Society
-
new
53
Abdul Rahman Al Rashid
Saudi Arabia
Media & Marketing
18
-35
54
Bakr Bin Ladin
Saudi Arabia
Construction & Industry
21
-33
55
Maan Al Sanea
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
-
new
56
Marcel Khalifa
Lebanon
Culture & Society
55
-1
57
Mohammed Omran
United Arab Emirates
Technology
31
-26
58
Ahlam Mustaganmi
Algeria
Media & Marketing
96
+38
59
Zuhair Murad
Lebanon
Culture & Society
-
new
60
Nancy Ajram
Lebanon
Culture & Society
68
+8
61
Zaha Hadid
Iraq
Construction & Industry
54
-7
62
Mohammed Al Baradei
Egypt
Energy
67
+5
63
Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh
United Arab Emirates
Construction & Industry
-
new
64
Abdullah Juma
Saudi Arabia
Energy
76
+12
65
Mahmud Darwish
Palestine
Culture & Society
59
-6
66
Tamer Hosni
Egypt
Culture & Society
-
new
67
Marcel Ghanem
Lebanon
Media & Marketing
-
new
68
Pierre Al Daher
Lebanon
Media & Marketing
78
+10
69
Emad Mramel
Lebanon
Media & Marketing
-
new
70
Mohammed Al Amoudi
Saudi Arabia
Banking & Finance
65
-5
71
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
Kuwait
Sport
8
-63
72
Hatem Ali
Syria
Culture & Society
-
new
73
Ali Kolaghassi
Saudi Arabia
Construction & Industry
-
new
74
Rola Dashti
Kuwait
Banking & Finance
36
-38
75
Leila Al Sheikhali
Iraq
Media & Marketing
-
new
76
Fairuz
Lebanon
Culture & Society
48
-28
77
Raja Al Sanae
Saudi Arabia
Culture & Society
-
new
78
Abed Mahfouz
Lebanon
Culture & Society
-
new
79
Fadi Ghandour
Jordan
Travel & Hospitality
82
+3
80
Walid Attalah
Lebanon
Culture & Society
-
new
81
Ibrahim Dabdoub
Palestine
Banking & Finance
75
-6
82
Shamsa Ali Noor Rashid
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
100
+18
83
Bassam Al Mulla
Syria
Culture & Society
-
new
84
Munib Al Masri
Palestine
Banking & Finance
58
-26
85
Maha Al Ghunaim
Kuwait
Banking & Finance
83
-2
86
Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
-
new
87
Magdi Yacoub
Egypt
Healthcare
34
-53
88
Fouad Ajami
Lebanon
Culture & Society
52
-36
89
Bader Abdul Muhsen Al-Mukhaizeem
Kuwait
Banking & Finance
-
new
90
Afnan Al Zayani
Bahrain
Banking & Finance
88
-2
91
Cheb Khalid
Algeria
Culture & Society
-
new
92
Amna Bin Hendi
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
-
new
93
Hussain Al Qemzi
United Arab Emirates
Islamic Finance
-
new
94
Hany Abu Asad
Palestine
Culture & Society
4
-90
95
Rashid AW Galadari
United Arab Emirates
Banking & Finance
-
new