A documentary portrait series by Yasir Saeed
People worth watching.
Portraits and conversations with the people who build the UAE: founders, chief executives, doctors, novelists and makers, on what drew them here and what keeps them here.
Haifa Addas
Founder CEO, Instaglam.co
Latest faces
New portraits and conversations, added as the series grows.

Charul C Jaitly
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Mātiti Group

Haifa Addas
Founder CEO, Instaglam.co

Karen Osman
Novelist, Writing Coach & Entrepreneur

Mania Merikhi
Founder Tea by M

Sharad Agarwal
CEO Cyber Gear & Founder ONLYwebinars.com

Tanaz Dizadji
CEO & Founder Brand Ripplr, BuzzBee, Insydo

Shahid N Khan
Chief Executive Officer, Al Islami Foods

Dr Reem Osman
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi German Hospital

Colm McLoughlin
Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Dubai Duty Free
“The empowering nature of the UAE for entrepreneurs kept me on top of my game.”
Browse by sector
Every face is filed under a sector of the UAE economy.
Know someone worth watching?
Faces of UAE is by invitation. Nominate a founder, leader or maker whose story of the UAE deserves to be told, and we will be in touch.
