Over the years, the UAE has established itself as a cultural hub. In the Middle East certainly, but on a global level too, becoming home to numerous creative talents from across the globe.
One thing for sure, the Gulf nation has become the region’s landmark metropolis for all the creative minds to co-exist. Enter: the Golden Visa. In its efforts to attract the region’s creative forces to contribute to its development journey and to acknowledge the cultural contributions of creatives that made their mark on the Arab world, the UAE has granted over the past few months its sought-after Golden Visa to a slew of celebrities.
The visa provides its recipients with long-term residency to live, work and study in the UAE without the need of a national sponsor and with 100 per cent ownership of their business on the UAE’s mainland. These visas will be issued for 5 or 10 years and will be renewed automatically.
Including actors, singers and composers and even digital influencers, from Karen Wazen to Marwan Khoury and Najwa Karam, these are the 25 celebrities who got the golden ticket to the creator’s haven. See how they are celebrating here.
Karen Wazen
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Mohammed Ramadan
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEpbetNhnCD/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=866b8996-e129-4e97-86c3-dd7feb2570a0
Ragheb Alama
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgq0U_srsX/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=a7552887-da61-42b9-96e4-38b5fd073e54
Marwan Khoury
شكراً لدولة الإمارات العربية المتّحدة التي شرّفتني بمَنحي الإقامة الذّهبيّة.🇱🇧🇦🇪#الامارات #الاقامة_الذهبية #uae
— Marwan Khoury (@iMarwanKhoury) March 25, 2021
Myriam Fares
https://www.instagram.com/p/CR3euOLgbXS/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=30e9350e-f65b-45be-8312-0562142062fe
Shah Rukh Khan
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHGeB5BFFAb/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=3f01d421-cee9-43f6-98fa-68689b00d714
Najwa Karam
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL1Kgd0AuFW/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=ff8cf4e3-c1ad-41e6-8469-964bd8e2f836
Nadine Nassib Njeim
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPhA1F7ndQr/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=7c5fde86-f129-4383-8add-7834a8d26fe4
Hany Shaker
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPYvdoJh0iD/
Ola Farahat
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQLQRcrZ3H/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=ef9c230d-39f3-476b-88e4-12b61663338a
Walid Toufic
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_vAVyAZXZ/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=33ca5d79-9d69-48e5-96f6-dd492100a586
Latifa El Arfaoui
هذا اليوم من اسعد ايام حياتي شكرا لدولة الامارات الحبيبة و شكرا لصاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن راشد @hhshkmohd على منحى هذة الاقامة الذهبية و التي بدأ منحها مؤخرا للفنانين و الادباء والعلماء .. pic.twitter.com/KLCnbrqGxU
— Latifa Al-Tunisia (@latisol) February 10, 2020
Nelly Karim
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ6Iv2pMicO/
Mohamed Sami and Mai Omar
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZBYyzpPyr/
Jessy Abdo
https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6KHnzBCWP/
Sanjay Dutt
Honoured to have received a golden visa for the UAE in the presence of Major General Mohammed Al Marri, Director General of @GDRFADUBAI. Thanking him along with the @uaegov for the honour. Also grateful to Mr. Hamad Obaidalla, COO of @flydubai for his support🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/b2Qvo1Bvlc
— Sanjay Dutt (@duttsanjay) May 26, 2021
Suniel Shetty
https://www.instagram.com/p/CS9KR8_ijWm/
Reif Othman
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQIxLxXpi_0/
Tovino Thomas
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTMfI-UFege/
Izu Ani
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNKx4Ovp7Il/
Kosai Khauli
https://www.instagram.com/p/B86sF49gCtd/
Annabella Hilal
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQiPguuHecg/
Mohanlal
https://www.instagram.com/p/CS6mb93lCfj/
Mammootty
My sincere gratitude to H E Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi for my UAE Golden Visa ! Many thanks to my brother @Yusuffali_MA for helping make this happen.@AbuDhabiDED pic.twitter.com/ft8pbsjtyS
— Mammootty (@mammukka) August 23, 2021
