{"id":110730,"date":"2025-12-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?p=110730"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:19:03","slug":"forbes-30-under-30-recognizes-six-emiratis-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/12\/26\/forbes-30-under-30-recognizes-six-emiratis-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes\u2019 30 under 30 recognizes six Emiratis this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Six Emiratis made it to <\/strong><strong>Forbes <\/strong><strong>Middle East\u2019s <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbesmiddleeast.com\/lists\/30-under-30-social-impact-sports-lifestyle-2025\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">30 Under 30 list<\/a><\/strong><strong> this year<\/strong>, while some 34 of the featured young entrepreneurs are based in the UAE. The six Emiratis mentioned are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fatima Alshamsi <\/strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fatima-alshamsi-0a712b362\/?originalSubdomain=ae\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), recognized for her active role to develop innovative immunotherapies for diabetes;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jawaher Alameri <\/strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jawaher-alameri-860a64120\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), who developed a patent-pending cooling solution for high-power fiber lasers;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Noora Almarri <\/strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nooraalmarri\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), the CEO and co-founder of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bio-harv.replit.app\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">BioHarv<\/a>, which develops a no-battery cardiovascular monitoring implant, offering real-time monitoring with low power consumption;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safiya Alhashmi <\/strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/safiya-khalil-alhashmi-97a334129\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), recognized for co-developing a patent-pending photoreactor technology that eliminates 99.8% of PFAS contaminants from water, which can be integrated with existing water treatment infrastructure;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ahmed bin Abdulrahman Al Ghardaqa <\/strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmed-bin-abdulrahman-al-ghardaqa-1051a21bb\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), president of the Arab Youth Council for Climate Change, recognized for leading national negotiations on climate and governance under the UNFCCC;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sara Alameri <\/strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sara-alameri-%F0%9F%87%A6%F0%9F%87%AA-60a7681aa\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), a sustainability advocate and host of the Sustainability Across Generations podcast. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some were recognized for their work in sustainability, while several were name-checked for their contributions to biotechnology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1602],"tags":[7,909,676,147],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-110730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kudos","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-kudos","tag-startups","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"7a08a19b-e208-4db4-abf4-50518f48b9b7","order":"6","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/12\/1233.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Forbes\u2019 30 under 30 recognizes six Emiratis this year","related_issue":[110720],"teaser":"Some were recognized for their work in sustainability, while several were name-checked for their contributions to biotechnology"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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