Salam International Investment Company was founded by Abdul Salam Mohamed Abu Issa, a Palestinian businessman who arrived in Doha in 1959 and quickly established the country’s first studio and film processing laboratory. Nowadays, led by Issa Abdulsalam Abu Issa, Salam International has interests in energy and industry, contracting, luxury retail, hospitality and technology. It operates across the Gulf, as well as in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Abu Issa is also the secretary general of the Qatar Businessmen Association.