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

Comments (5)

Toronto Towers AlAttar
Posted by John Robertson, Lytham St Annes, UK on 7 April 2010 at 19:25 UAE time

We purchased an Appartment 5 years ago off plan and paid all of the instalments on time we asked for our money back 2 years ago as they have still not started building the appartments we are still waithing for the return of our money. We purchased it from an British company who then transfered us to Al Attar and they are the most didhonest company I have had to deal with they just tell us one lie after another as of now we are still waithing for the return of our money I would not deal with another company within the UAE
Lebanon listing
Posted by alain morin, jounieh, lebanon on 22 November 2009 at 13:31 UAE time

it is ridiculous to put such names, is marcel khalifa more powerful than feyrouz, is it Ziad better tha rahbani sons, Marwan, and his sons
other people are not even known by the Lebanese, wher is the media like marcel ghanim, or others
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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