Change Agents
26 articles
Meet the leaders of the healthcare revolution
For parents around the world, it is a frightening and all-too-familiar experience when their child is crying and in obvious pain. But if this happens late at night, the doctor won’t see patients until the next day, after parents have…
The food-tech revolution
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of all areas of the economy and all segments of society. Thanks to the creativity of entrepreneurs such as Ahmad Al Zaini new technologies and new thinking…
Saudi small businesses unleashed
Mohammed Aldossary, co-founder and CEO of digital marketplace Sary, is one of the leading young Saudi entrepreneurs changing the face of the economy and launching a new era of opportunity for small companies and startups.
A passion for technology
Four days after graduating college in Saudi Arabia, serial entrepreneur Albara Hakami founded his first business. Seven years and several companies later and he’s just sold his latest software startup to one of the world’s largest providers of business payments.
Life, art, ambition
A love of storytelling and a passion for animation have put Saudi-born special effects producer Jumanah Shaheen on the fast track to Hollywood success.
Saudi Art Star
Part of a dazzling new wave of Saudi artists, Zahrah Al-Ghamdi is delighting international audiences with her poetic and sensitive meditations on memory, loss, and identity.
Reinventing Food
Saudi female entrepreneur Deem Al Bassam represents the new generation of innovators changing the way that Saudis eat out and spend their leisure time.
Keep on smiling
When historians tell the tale of the modern transformation of Saudi Arabia, they might like to start with the story about a night in Riyadh 10 years ago. On the empty stage of an unassuming cultural center, a young Saudi…
Dream without limits
Of the three disciplines in Olympic fencing, the épée, foil, and sabre, the épée may be the most challenging. As well as using the heaviest blade, épée fencers need to develop expert defensive strategies and counterattacking skills, testing their physical…
Shining a light on Saudi design
Just six years after launching her brand, Nuun Jewels, Saudi jewelry designer Nourah Al Faisal has earned an international reputation, and she is using her celebrity to help support the Kingdom’s fast-growing design community. “Designers like me who have the…