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Power 100 - 2009
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# NAME COUNTRY PRIMARY INDUSTRY RANK
2008
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98  Abdel Bari Atwan Palestine Media & Marketing  - new
73  Abdel Hamid Shoman Palestine Banking & Finance 25 -48
16  Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair United Arab Emirates Banking & Finance 42 +26
44  Abdullah Salem Al Badri Libya Energy 4 -40
57  Abdulsalam Al Bahar Kuwait Transportation  - new
87  Adel Ali Bahrain Transportation 28 -59
79  Adel Imam Egypt Culture & Society  - new
42  Ahmed Heikal Egypt Banking & Finance  - new
62  Ahmed Mater Al-Ziad Aseeri Saudi Arabia Culture & Society  - new
17  Akbar Al Baker Qatar Transportation 14 -3
94  Akram Al Agil Saudi Arabia Media & Marketing  - new
49  Ali Hassan Kolaghassi Saudi Arabia Construction & Industry 73 +24
95  Amina Jassim Saudi Arabia Culture & Society  - new
Amir Nizar Zuabi Palestine Culture & Society  - new
25  Amr Al Dabbagh Saudi Arabia Construction & Industry 23 -2
46  Amr Diab Egypt Culture & Society 24 -22
41  Amr Hassan Zaki Egypt Culture & Society  - new
50  Antoine Choueiri Lebanon Media & Marketing 37 -13
61  Asma Al Assad Syria Culture & Society  - new
71  Ayman Hariri Lebanon Construction & Industry  - new
81  Bakr Bin Ladin Saudi Arabia Construction & Industry 54 -27
21  Dr Abdullah Al Rabiah Saudi Arabia Healthcare  - new
80  Dr Amina Al Rostamani United Arab Emirates Banking & Finance  - new
11  Dr Fawzieh Al Dorai Kuwait Media & Marketing  - new
18  Dr Marcus George Iraq Construction & Industry  - new
53  Dr Michel Obeid Lebanon Healthcare 7 -46
Dr Mohamed Nedal Alchaar Syria Banking & Finance  - new
Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim United Arab Emirates Construction & Industry 16 +12
59  Elie Khouri Lebanon Media & Marketing 49 -10
36  Elie Saab Lebanon Culture & Society 9 -27
83  Emad Hajaj Jordan Culture & Society 43 -40
Esam Janahi Bahrain Banking & Finance 29 +24
27  Fadi Ghandour Jordan Transportation 79 +52
72  Fairuz Lebanon Culture & Society 76 +4
10  Fayez Al Maliki Saudi Arabia Media & Marketing  - new
65  Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad Qatar Real Estate  - new
85  Ghassan Masoud Syria Culture & Society  - new
86  Hatem Ali Syria Culture & Society 72 -14
68  Hend Al Mansour Saudi Arabia Culture & Society  - new
48  Hisham Melhem Lebanon Media & Marketing  - new
20  Ibrahim Dabdoub Palestine Banking & Finance 81 +61
99  Jaber Al Harami Qatar Media & Marketing  - new
91  Jihad Khazen Lebanon Media & Marketing  - new
13  Joseph Ghossoub Lebanon Media & Marketing 19 +6
93  Karl Wolf Lebanon Culture & Society  - new
96  Kazem Al Saher Iraq Culture & Society  - new
52  Khaled Samawi Syria Culture & Society  - new
22  Khalid Al Falih Saudi Arabia Energy  - new
32  Lubna Olayan Saudi Arabia Banking & Finance 44 +12
77  Maan Al Sanea Saudi Arabia Construction & Industry 55 -22
84  Magdi El Glad Egypt Media & Marketing  - new
55  Magdi Yacoub Egypt Healthcare 87 +32
29  Marcel Khalifa Lebanon Culture & Society 56 +27
30  Marwan Boodai Kuwait Travel & Hospitality 51 +21
58  Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer United Arab Emirates Transportation  - new
31  Mishal Kanoo Bahrain Banking & Finance 22 -9
76  Mohamed Al Baradei Egypt Energy 62 -14
34  Mohamed Al Mady Saudi Arabia Energy 12 -22
Mohamed El Erian Egypt Banking & Finance  - new
39  Mohamed Hasseinein Heikel Egypt Media & Marketing  - new
35  Mohammed Al Jaber Saudi Arabia Real Estate 40 +5
40  Mohammed Al Shaya Kuwait Retail 39 -1
Mohammed Alabbar United Arab Emirates Construction & Industry 6 +4
12  Mohammed Hassan Omran United Arab Emirates Technology 57 +45
100  Mohammed Saeed Harib United Arab Emirates Media & Marketing 33 -67
Muntadar Al Zaidi Iraq Media & Marketing  - new
69  Mustafa Ali Syria Culture & Society 17 -52
97  Nabil Al Busaidi Oman Culture & Society  - new
92  Naguib Sawiris Egypt Technology 32 -60
66  Nahed Taher Saudi Arabia Banking & Finance 45 -21
82  Nancy Ajram Lebanon Culture & Society 60 -22
19  Nasser Al Kharafi Kuwait Banking & Finance 31 +12
26  Nemir Kirdar Iraq Banking & Finance  - new
75  Omar Al Fayed Egypt Retail  - new
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud Saudi Arabia Banking & Finance 1 -
45  Professor Lihadh Al Ghazali Iraq Healthcare  - new
89  Rabia Zargarpur United Arab Emirates Culture & Society  - new
88  Ramzi Raad Lebanon Media & Marketing  - new
23  Rashid Ramzi Bahrain Culture & Society  - new
70  Riad Kamal Palestine Construction & Industry  - new
24  Saad Al Barrak Kuwait Technology 50 +26
78  Said Khoury Palestine Construction & Industry  - new
28  Salah Al Hejailan Saudi Arabia Culture & Society  - new
38  Samer Majali Jordan Travel & Hospitality  - new
33  Samih Darwazah Palestine Healthcare  - new
67  Samir Sajet Iraq Transportation  - new
47  Sheikh Waleed Al Ibrahim Saudi Arabia Media & Marketing 20 -27
60  Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned Qatar Culture & Society  - new
56  Solaf Fawakherji Syria Culture & Society  - new
90  Soraya Narfeldt Lebanon Construction & Industry  - new
14  Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber United Arab Emirates Energy  - new
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem United Arab Emirates Transportation 3 -6
37  Talal Abu Ghazaleh Palestine Banking & Finance  - new
63  Tamer Hosny Egypt Culture & Society 66 +3
54  Tayem Hassan Syria Culture & Society  - new
15  Wadah Khanfar Palestine Media & Marketing 8 -7
51  Walid Attalah Lebanon Culture & Society 80 +29
74  Zahi Hawwas Egypt Culture & Society  - new
43  Ziad Rahbani Lebanon Culture & Society  - new
64  Zuhair Murad Lebanon Culture & Society 59 -5

Comments (3)

Please!!
Posted by Abdullah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 6 October 2009 at 03:17 UAE time

I'm Saudi, and I don't think Fayez Al Maliki should make any list here. No disrespect, but he's no where near any influencial status, he's not the best saudi actor, he's not very popular. he's the subject of jokes. it's just that MBC and Rotana keeps enforcing him and other nobodys in our Ramadan after breakfast time! he's not the director, he's not the guy behind this (Prince Al-Waleed)...I'm not sure i'd be interested in reading your lists again if the #10 is a nobody!
Need to Know the List
Posted by umar farooq, Lahore, Pakistan on 24 July 2009 at 09:41 UAE time

Must be quite inetersting to know the Power 100
Very interesting
Posted by Sami, Beirut, Lebanon on 22 May 2009 at 19:08 UAE time

I can't deny that I'm a bit surprised with the list... Also surprised that many names are very new to me... But that's a good thing, for then I can search and find out who they are (tried it on some, and it's amazing what people have been achieving)...

But 2 quick remarks:
- Couldn't but be proud to be Lebanese, seeing that 17 names out of the hundred came out of our small country, which is war torn and has one of the lowest populations... I'm just wondering if all our Middle East finds peace, how much can we all achieve!
- One has to still admit that the ratio of men to women is quite high... Although some women made the list, but it's clear that we still live in a society that doesn't give women all the potential to realise themselves...

Great work and I have some more searching to do :)
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