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For the fifth year in a row CEO Middle East is proud to present the 100 most powerful Arab women.

Like every year before it, the task of putting together this list has proved a difficult one, such is the depth and breadth of achievement among Arab women, not to mention the influence they exert in various different fields.

This year’s run-down features long-standing business leaders, start-up founders, campaigners and executives from across MENA.

Some employ thousands of people, others have inspired communities with a single act, while many have made a difference to people’s lives with medical break-throughs or social initiatives.

From the UAE to Yemen, Saudi Arabia to Morocco, there has been a deep well to draw from. Long gone are the outdated stereotypes. Today every sector, every industry has women to be proud of, to look up to, and to be led by.