• Rami Malek makes history

  

  The Egyptian-American actor won the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for his portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the 91st edition of the Academy Awards, making him the first actor of Arab descent to win the prestigious accolade.

• Amal weds George

  

  Lebanese lawyer Amal Clooney (nee Alamuddin) married the world’s most sought-after bachelor, George Clooney, in a palace in Venice in 2014. The couple went on to have twins, a boy named Alexander and a girl named Ella, in 2018.

• The hijab emoji

  

  In 2017, Apple unveiled an emoji of a woman wearing a headscarf, which was pitched by 15-year-old Saudi-German Rayouf Alhumedhi.

• First Muslim female superhero

  

  In 2014, Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel, became the Marvel Universe’s first Muslim character to headline her own comic book.

• The meteoric rise of Huda Beauty

  

  Shortly after launching a blog in 2010, Iraqi mogul Huda Kattan went on to launch a billion-dollar brand, garner a social media following larger than the population of Dubai and land a spot on Forbes’ 2019 list of self-made women.

• Sabine Ghanem’s fairy tale wedding

  

  Lebanese jewelry designer Sabine Ghanem and billionaire heir Joseph Getty tied the knot in an extravagant US $11 million wedding in Rome in 2015.