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People From Dubai
This is a list of notable people from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A * Mohammed bin Ali Al Abbar * Dr. Ali Al Numairy * Ahlam (singer), Ahlam *Juma al Majid *Adnan Khan *Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum *Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum *Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum *Mohammad Al Murr *Nasser Hassan Al-Shaikh *Khalid Albudoor *Nujoom AlGhanem *Ali Rashid Lootah *Suhail Galadari *Alia bint Khalifa bin Saeed al Maktoum *Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum B * Kehkashan Basu * Adi Bitar * Brigita Brezovac * Ahmad Bin Byat C * Carl and the Reda Mafia, musical group E * Esther Eden F * Fahad Alhashmi * Adham Faramawy G * Saeed Mohammad Al Gandi * Mohammad Al Gaz * Mohammed Al Gergawi * Hayla Ghazal * Wael Ghonim * Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair * Abdulla Al Ghurair * Saif Ahmad Al Ghurair H * Diana Haddad *Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum *Mohammed Saeed Harib *Princess Haya bint Al Hussein J * Ed Jones (racing driver), Ed Jones K * Abdulla Al Kamali * Mohammed Khalfan Bin Kharbash L * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates#Major cities, most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is located on a Dubai Creek, creek on the south-eastern coast of the Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf. As of 2025, the city population stands at 4 million, 92% of whom are Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates, expatriates. The wider urban area includes Sharjah and has a population of 5 million people as of 2023,https://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf while the Dubai–Sharjah–Ajman metropolitan area counts 6 million inhabitants. Founded in the early 18th century as a Cultured pearl, pearling and fishing settlement, Dubai became a regional trade hub in the 20th century after declaring itself a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (, '; 25 December 1945 – 24 March 2021) was an Emirati politician, the deputy ruler of Dubai and the minister of finance and industry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was the second son of the late ruler Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum was the head of the UAE's delegation at the International Monetary Fund and the OPEC Fund. Early life and education Sheikh Hamdan was born on 25 December 1945. He was the second of four sons of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the Sheikh who led Dubai to unification with the other six emirates to form the UAE. Sheikh Hamdan's formal schooling began in Dubai. He attended Al Madrasah Al-Ahlia, where he studied mathematics, English, basic sciences, Arabic and Islamic studies. He went on to complete his further studies at the Bell School of Languages in Cambridge between 1967 and 1968. In Britain, Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum developed an interest in thoroughbred racing. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wael Ghonim
Wael Ghonim ( ; born 23 December 1980) is an Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship. In 2011, he became an international figure and galvanized pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt after his emotional interview following 11 days of secret incarceration by Egyptian police. During these 11 days, he was interrogated regarding his work as one of two administrators of the Facebook page, "We are all Khaled Said", which helped spark the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. ''Time'' magazine included him in its "Time 100" list of the 100 most influential people of 2011, and the World Economic Forum selected him as one of the Young Global Leaders in 2012. Ghonim is the author of ''Revolution 2.0: The power of people is greater than the people in power'' (2013). In 2012, he founded Tahrir Academy, a technology focused NGO that aims to foster education in Egypt. In 2015, Ghonim co-founded Parlio, a social media platform that was acquired by Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayla Ghazal
Hayla Ghazal (; born 1995) is a Syrian internet personality based in Dubai. She is a Change Ambassador for Goodwill for the United Nations. She was awarded the Arab Women's Award for the New Media Category in 2016 and was listed as one of the 100 Most Influential Arab Youth in the World Under 40 the same year. Career In 2013 Ghazal established her YouTube channel, HaylaTV, when she was 18 years old, initially as part of her dream to become a television presenter. In a 2016 interview with '' The National'', she stated that she wanted to be a presenter from the age of eight years old. Initially her channel was English-language, but after she switched to creating content in Arabic in 2014, its popularity increased. By the time she was 20 years old, the channel had one million subscribers and 100 million views. At this point half of her audience was Saudi Arabian, and the largest age bracket was 18-23. Two years later the channel had 3.1 million subscribers. By 2021 the channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Al Gergawi
Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi (; born 1963, Dubai) is an Emirati politician who is the minister of cabinet affairs of the United Arab Emirates and the chairman of the Executive Office of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in the government of Dubai. Early life Al Gergawi was born in Dubai in 1963. His father, Abdulla Ali Al Gergawi, was a merchant in the city. He completed his primary and secondary school education in the emirate and attained a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the United States. Political career Al Gergawi was the chairman of Dubai Holding until March 2017. Through Dubai Holding, Al Gergawi helped envision and launch TECOM Group, Dubai Properties Group, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications, and Family Entertainment and New Media. In 2007, Al Gergawi was appointed Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. He is the Secretary General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives, a charitable foundation that consol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Al Gaz
Mohammad Abdallah Al Gaz (c. 1920 – April 12, 2016) (), was a financier, developer, diplomat, central banker and Philanthropy, philanthropist in the early years of the United Arab Emirates. Al Gaz became a member of Dubai’s first generation of market-making investors and developers in the 1950s through his famous partnership with Juma al Majid. While a notable statesman and business magnate, Al Gaz is widely regarded as a pioneering figure in the history of philanthropy in the United Arab Emirates, with most of his lifetime achievements stemming from generous contributions made to establish various charitable endowments, including some funds that would go on to establish the Beit AlKheir charity, which was the first formalized charitable institution in Dubai. Early life Al Gaz was born in Al Dhagaya, Deira in 1920 to a modest family. His father, Abdulla Mohamed AlFalasi, passed away unexpectedly when Al Gaz had barely reached adolescence. Despite this, his mother enrolled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saeed Mohammad Al Gandi
Saeed Mohammad Al Ghandi (Said Mohammed Said Al Kendi) is an Emirati businessman and the former speaker of the UAE Federal National Council The Federal National Council (FNC) (, ''al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi'') of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an advisory quasi-parliamentary body in the UAE. The FNC consists of 40 members. Twenty of the members are indirectly elected by the ..., and was appointed to the position in 2003. He is the founder of Al Ghandi Group. He served as the speaker from 2003 to 2005. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Speakers of the Federal National Council People from Dubai Emirati businesspeople {{UnitedArabEmirates-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adham Faramawy
Adham Faramawy is an Egyptian artist, born in Dubai and based in London. Their work spans media including moving image, sculptural installation and print, engaging concerns with materiality, touch, and toxic embodiment to question ideas of the natural in relation to marginalised communities. They have exhibited and screened their work internationally including at Guggenheim, New York, Tate Modern and Tate Britain, London, Whitechapel Gallery, London, ICA, London, Bluecoat, Liverpool, and Royal Academy, London. They presented a radio show on the body and immersive moving image for BBC Radio 4 in 2018, and were shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award in both 2017 and 2021. Notable works 'The air is subtle various and sweet' (2020) - Voiced over by the artist the installation is a meditation on cultural belonging, the weight of personal history and the external forces that shape where we end up living. 'Proposal for a parakeet’s garden' (2022) - created for the exhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahad Alhashmi
Fahad Afdhal Alhashmi (; born 31 July 1982) is an Emirati cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 2005, and first played One Day International (ODI) cricket in 2008.Fahad Alhashmi at CricketArchive Biography Born in in 1982, Fahad Alhashmi first played for the UAE in the semi-final against |
Esther Eden
Esther Eden Fernandes (born 26 November 1997) is an Indian singer-songwriter based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She rose to fame in 2014 when singer Jessie J invited her to perform at her concert at the Red Fest DXB. In 2016, as an independent artist she premiered her debut single "Phoenix". Personal life Eden was born in Goa, India, and moved to the UAE when she was 7 months old and has lived there ever since. She pursued BA in songwriting at BIMM, Berlin. Career In 2014, British singer Jessie J visited Al Diyafah High School where Esther Eden was studying and watched Eden perform an original song. She then invited Eden to perform at her concert at the Red Fest DXB and within a few hours Eden was performing for a crowd of over 10,000 people. Eden was invited to participate in the pilot series of "Inspired" created by White Cube Studios Abu Dhabi. Eden was also invited to speak for a TedX event in Dubai, where she spoke about how music can help a student. Her music got the at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl And The Reda Mafia
Carl & The Reda Mafia is a Dubai-based band formed in October 2014. The group consists of Carl Frenais from India (singer & songwriter), Tarek Reda from Egypt (guitarist and composer), Christos Asimakopoulos from Greece (bassist) and Abimbola Durojaye "Bims" from Nigeria (drummer). The band comprises a mixture of backgrounds that resulted in a hybrid sound known as "Funk Jam" combining elements of funk, rock and roll and blues with a pop music twist.One on One: Carl Frenais (February 2016). In TripleW. Retrieved March 3, 2016. A few weeks after forming the band, Carl & The Reda Mafia were crowned winners of the prestigious BandJam battle of the bands organized by Al Ghurair Group. The band t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Bin Byat
Ahmad Abdullah Juma Bin Byat (; born July 1, 1962) is an Emirati firmly established in the UAE’s business environment, holding directorial positions in several prominent Dubai organisations. He is currently the Founding Chairman and CEO of Zaina Investments LLC a private family office, Vice Chairman of Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy and lately was appointed as a Member of Higher committee for future technologies for Dubai. Bin Byat previously held the roles of chairman of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du); member of the board of trustees for Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government; member of the board of trustees for Zayed University; Member of the Board of Emirates Investment Authority; Director General of Dubai Creative Clusters Authority; Member of the Dubai Free Zone Council; Chief executive officer and then Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Dubai Holding; Member of the Board of Museum of the Future Establishment; Member of Dubai 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
