Aalia Mehreen Ahmed

Features Editor, Entrepreneur Middle East

Aalia Mehreen Ahmed is the Features Editor at Entrepreneur Middle East.

She is an MBA (Finance) graduate with past experience in the corporate sector. Ahmed is particularly keen on writing stories about people-centric leadership, female-owned startups, and entrepreneurs who've beaten significant odds to realize their goals.

In her role as Features Editor, she has interviewed the likes of Dr. Jane Goodall, Sania Mirza, KL Rahul, and Najwa Zebian.

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Entrepreneurs

Bonds That Build: How Ghizlan Guenez Turned Founder Lessons into a Platform for Women Entrepreneurs

“For me, launching a business isn’t just about commercial success or money. It’s about taking that step, overcoming fear, and unlocking a new mindset."

Entrepreneurs

The Art Of Giving Back: Palestinian-American Entrepreneur Fadie Musallet on Building Businesses Rooted in Philanthropy

"Across all my businesses, my vision is simple: build sustainable platforms that serve people, create opportunities, and give back more than they take.”

Entrepreneurs

Create Apps Success Stories: How QAi is Personalizing Learning, One Quiz at a Time

"With our AI gamified solution, we make every trivia experience a personalized journey, making learning fun and interactive."

Business News

Create Apps Success Stories: How UAE-Based Rūhi Is Redefining Wellness for a Faith Driven Generation

“This is a UAE-born innovation addressing a gap that exists globally: wellness tools have largely ignored the spiritual foundations that guide daily life for so many, both here and around the world."

Business News

Culture Gateway: How Lourds Adalia-Evertse’s Spice Grill is Elevating Filipino Cuisine in the UAE

“Whenever people dine at Spice Grill, we make it our mission to make them feel welcome, as if they are eating in their families’ homes."

Business News

The Big Picture: Utopia Capital Management’s and QVenture Capital Association’s Alina Truhina on Qatar’s VC Ecosystem

“I look for businesses that can take advantage of our expansive geographic and technical capacity!”

Entrepreneurs

Crafting Memories: How Anna Krejca Co-Founded Ithara To Reimagine Experience Gifting

“At its core, Ithara.ae is a marketplace; we connect customers who are looking for high-quality experiences, either for themselves or as a gift, with experience providers across the UAE.”

Business News

1004 Gourmet’s Changsup Shin and Lamise Beauty’s Kate Park on the Responsibility of Representing South Korea Through Business

The husband-and-wife duo have built two well-established, UAE-born Korean brands. But as they operate in a world increasingly influenced by K-culture trends, they reflect on the added weight that comes with being flagbearers of their homeland across two major industries (and why simply branding something as “Korean” can sometimes do more harm than good).

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From Paper to Infrastructure: How RAKEZ is Championing the New Frontline of ESG Investment

With sustainability considerations no longer limited to corporate policies, disclosures, or annual reports, ESG-aligned infrastructure is becoming a deciding factor for investors.

Business News

Vir Das, Sharon King-Chai, Inua Ellams and Jennah Fakhouri on Authenticity in the Algorithm Age

As businesses race to keep up with algorithms, saturated markets, and dwindling attention spans, four creative entrepreneurs reflect on how staying rooted in identity, morals, and community has helped them grow without losing authenticity (and why that may be the most scalable strategy of all).

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Sebastian Vettel and Khabib Nurmagomedov Headline Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2026; Event Continues to Support Local Entrepreneurs with New AED 1,000 Startup Licenses

More than 300 global and regional speakers offered 250 talks, workshops, and experiential sessions.

Business News

The Resale Reset: Charlie and Max Lovett are On a Mission to Create a More Transparent and Seamless Used-Car Resale Market With Carabia

“One of the biggest trust challenges in traditional models is the distance between buyer and the true owner of the car. By ensuring every listing on Carabia comes directly from a verified private owner, we remove that opacity.”

Business News

Storytelling That Endures: Emirates Literature Foundation CEO Ahlam Bolooki on Building a Home for Literature in the Age of AI

As the CEO of the Emirates Literature Foundation, Ahlam Bolooki has shaped the organisation into a reliable haven for reading, writing, and cultural exchange. Ahead of the 18th edition of the Foundation’s flagship Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, she discusses nurturing local writers, championing translation, safeguarding human creativity in the age of AI, and building a community where stories connect generations and cultures.

Growth Strategies

“If You’re In For The Long Run, ‘Fake It Till You Make It’ Won’t Work,” Says Karen Wazen

Insights from a 1 Billion Followers Summit 2026 panel.

Leadership

“Women Should Be Able To Ask Questions About Their Health Without Shame and Guilt” Says Indian Actor and Wellness Entrepreneur Samantha Prabhu

Insights from a 1 Billion Followers Summit 2026 panel.

Leadership

Engineering Locally Attuned Innovation: Sony MEA’s Jobin Joejoe on Pioneering a New Generation of AI-Driven Products

"A particularly defining example I can share is from as far back as 1960, when our visionary founder, Masaru Ibuka, envisioned AI as the future of electronics. That forward-thinking mindset has been part of our DNA and today this vision has become our reality; to unleash human imagination and creativity with AI."

Growth Strategies

Create Apps Success Stories: Inside UAE-Based The Intern’s Mission to Make Young Talent Job-Ready

"Our goal is clear: become the leading AI job-simulation platform in the Middle East."

Growth Strategies

Create Apps Success Stories: How Uoma’s AI-Driven Narrative Therapy is Enabling a Stigma-Free Mental Health Ecosystem

"Uoma was born from that belief — to give people a safe, judgment-free space where they can express what's going on inside and start reshaping their emotional story."

Women Entrepreneur

Create Apps Success Stories: How UAE-Based Pharmedic is Rewriting Patient Safety Measures Within Healthcare

"Our vision is that no matter which emirate you receive care in, you can trust that your treatment is supported by locally built, nationally aligned, patient-first health technology."

Growth Strategies

Pioneering The Next Digital Frontier: How UAE-Homegrown Platform noqodi Has Become a One-Stop-Shop For Digital Payment Services

"noqodi was built on a clear vision: to create a secure, inclusive, and reliable national payments ecosystem that supports the UAE's accelerated shift toward a fully digital economy."

Leadership

Curating A Borderless World: Armand Arton, Founder, Chairman, and “Chief Global Citizen” of Arton Capital, is Reshaping the Global Investment Migration Industry

Armand Arton founded Arton Capital nearly two decades ago with a simple view: to make global citizenship an accessible reality. Today, amid rising global wealth, evolving foreign investment policies, and an unpredictable sociopolitical climate, this Canada-based firm with a global presence is reshaping the discourse surrounding borders, security, and opportunity.

Growth Strategies

Going The Extra Mile: Inside RAKEZ’s Beyond-Licensing Strategy

As the UAE continues to record a steep surge in the number of company registrations per year, RAKEZ —with its many manufacturing hubs and services that cater to over 50 sectors— is steadily building upon its reputation as a free zone that goes beyond just issuing business licenses.

Business News

AI-Augmented. Human-Driven: Yango Tech’s Vladimir Razuvaev on Why the Firm Is Positioning Trust as AI’s Most Valuable Currency

While the global business ecosystem has largely come to terms with an AI-driven future, what remains to be seen is how transparent and trustworthy the technology's agents will be in the long run. Steadily making impactful inroads in this space is UAE-based Yango Tech—here's how.

Growth Strategies

In It for the Long Run: Kris Fade’s Journey From Media Popularity to a Family-Driven Wellness Legacy With ‘Fade Fit’

Fade had already cemented his spot in the UAE as a beloved radio host and media personality long before he maneuvered his way into wellness entrepreneurship by launching Fade Fit. But with the healthy snacks line, Fade gets to do something that has long underscored his various business endeavors: to leave behind a lasting legacy for his children.

Leadership

Powered By Startup Culture: Paul Dawalibi, CEO of Innovation City, On “Creating a Home for People Who Dare to Build the Impossible.”

Just three months since the official launch of Innovation City, the Ras Al Khaimah-based technology freezone is setting benchmarks that offer a new perspective on what it means to foster founder-centric innovation.

Women Entrepreneur

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Bonds That Build: How Ghizlan Guenez Turned Founder Lessons into a Platform for Women Entrepreneurs

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Create Apps Success Stories: How QAi is Personalizing Learning, One Quiz at a Time

Create Apps Success Stories: How UAE-Based Rūhi Is Redefining Wellness for a Faith Driven Generation

Culture Gateway: How Lourds Adalia-Evertse’s Spice Grill is Elevating Filipino Cuisine in the UAE

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Crafting Memories: How Anna Krejca Co-Founded Ithara To Reimagine Experience Gifting

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Storytelling That Endures: Emirates Literature Foundation CEO Ahlam Bolooki on Building a Home for Literature in the Age of AI

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Engineering Locally Attuned Innovation: Sony MEA’s Jobin Joejoe on Pioneering a New Generation of AI-Driven Products

Create Apps Success Stories: Inside UAE-Based The Intern’s Mission to Make Young Talent Job-Ready

Create Apps Success Stories: How Uoma’s AI-Driven Narrative Therapy is Enabling a Stigma-Free Mental Health Ecosystem

Create Apps Success Stories: How UAE-Based Pharmedic is Rewriting Patient Safety Measures Within Healthcare

Pioneering The Next Digital Frontier: How UAE-Homegrown Platform noqodi Has Become a One-Stop-Shop For Digital Payment Services

Curating A Borderless World: Armand Arton, Founder, Chairman, and “Chief Global Citizen” of Arton Capital, is Reshaping the Global Investment Migration Industry

Going The Extra Mile: Inside RAKEZ’s Beyond-Licensing Strategy

AI-Augmented. Human-Driven: Yango Tech’s Vladimir Razuvaev on Why the Firm Is Positioning Trust as AI’s Most Valuable Currency

In It for the Long Run: Kris Fade’s Journey From Media Popularity to a Family-Driven Wellness Legacy With ‘Fade Fit’

Powered By Startup Culture: Paul Dawalibi, CEO of Innovation City, On “Creating a Home for People Who Dare to Build the Impossible.”

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