The #IAMAWARDS is an elite award show awarding the most influential talent from across the world. The event will be held in Monaco, in October, and gains interaction with over 30 million viewers (in 2019 it reached over 500 million people!). Founder Lolita Abraham wanted to create an event that ‘promotes and recognises the profession of influencers’. This year’s nominees have just been released for the ‘Oscars of the digital world’, so let’s take a look at the region’s nominees!

Elnaz Golrokh
Dubai-based model, influencer and makeup YouTuber Elnaz Golrokh is from Iran, and has 30k subscribers and 2.8 million Instagram followers. She has been nominated in the Beauty category this year.

 

Noelle El Saadany
Well known for her life coach skills under the brand Change With Noelle, this Egyptian-Tunisian influencer based in the UAE is one to follow for lifestyle inspiration, motivation and life hacks. With 214K followers on her Instagram account, she has been nominated in this year’s Mentor category.

Farhana Bodi
Farhana is originally from India, but is now based in Dubai and is founder of the lifestyle blog @iwomanoftheworld on IG. She opened this show for UAE label Atelier Zuhra at London Fashion Week and has a cool 930k followers on her personal Instagram account. She has been nominated in the Lifestyle category.

Fatema Alawadhi
Kuwaiti fashion and beauty blogger Fatema Alawadhi is known for her style tips and modelling and has 187k followers on Instagram. She has been nominated in this year’s Fashion category.

Just Sul
Just Sul, aka Shantinath Ganpat Sul, is a Zambian engineer-come-comedian of Indian origin. He has a huge 6.1million IG followers and is known for his Vines, TikToks and posts which playfully mimic celebs. Sul has been nominated in this year’s Entertainment category.

Said Ahmad
Lebanese-Belgian content creator Said has been nominated in this year’s Entrepreneur category, and is known for working closely with others in the region such as Just Sul to create a solid social media platform of 154k followers on Instagram.

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