• Asrar Damdam

  

  Hailing from Saudi Arabia, the 27-year-old launched Uvera, a biotech company that aims to prolong the shelf-life of fresh food without using chemicals.

   

• Cheb Moha and Chndy

  

  The duo wear many hats — in addition to co-founding the fashion label Shabab Intl, the Iraqi-Canadian and Omani creatives are also photographers, artists and directors.

• Feryal Abdelaziz

  

  The karateka recently claimed Egypt’s first-ever gold medal by a woman when she beat Azerbaijani Irina Zaretska 2-0 in the final for the Women’s Karate Kumite +61 kilogram competition at the Tokyo Olympics in August.

• Issam Alnajjar

  

  The teenager, who hails from Jordan, first made headlines when his hit “Hadal Ahbek” became the first Arabic song to hit number one globally on both Shazam and Spotify charts.

   

• Farah Chreim

  

  A bonafide TikTok star, the Lebanese content creator has garnered millions of followers for singing “the Zajal”—a form of traditional Lebanese music—along with her three sisters and parents.

   

• Noor Boodai

  

  Hailing from Kuwait, the 26-year-old is the founder and CEO of Dars, a tutoring startup that has helped over 500,000 students across more than 50 countries.