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Alrajhi Bank 2025 Company Enterprise, brands and finance JordanKuwaitMalaysia

A Saudi bank based in Riyadh that operates according to Sharia, founded in 1957 and known as Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation until 2006; 2015 data made it the world's largest Islamic bank by capital, and it was first on Forbes Middle East's 30 Most Valuable Banks 2025.

Palestine 36 2025 Film Films DenmarkFranceUnited Kingdom

Palestine 36.

Inshallah a Boy 2023 Film Films Jordan

Amjad Al-Rasheed's Jordanian film about a widow fighting inheritance law to keep her home and daughter; first Jordanian film in Cannes competition.

Farha 2021 Film Films JordanPalestinian TerritoriesSweden

Darin Sallam's film about a Palestinian girl locked in a cellar during the 1948 events; Jordan's Oscar entry, it stirred controversy in Israel.

200 Meters 2020 Film Films ItalyJordanPalestinian Territories

200 Meters.

3000 Nights 2015 Film Films United Arab EmiratesFranceUnited Kingdom

3000 Nights.

Theeb 2014 Film Films United Arab EmiratesJordanQatar

Jordanian film about a Bedouin boy lost in the desert during WWI; Jordan's first Oscar nomination.

Al Baraka Group 2002 Conglomerate Enterprise, brands and finance BahrainAlgeriaEgypt

An international Islamic financial group based in Manama, licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain as an investment firm under Islamic principles, with banking subsidiaries in 13 countries; registered in 2002, it floated in 2006 and was delisted from the Bahrain Bourse in 2024.

Islamic Relief Worldwide 1984 Relief agency Organisations AfghanistanBosnia & HerzegovinaBangladesh

An international relief and development NGO founded in 1984 by Hany El-Banna and fellow students of the University of Birmingham, with its international headquarters in Birmingham and offices and branches in more than forty countries; its income was £275.6 million in 2024. It has faced allegations from Israel, the UAE and others, which it denies, and an independent audit in 2014 found no link to terrorism.