Mohamed Alabbar Issues Two Challenges At 1 Billion Followers Summit

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At the 1 Billion Followers Summit held in Dubai on January 13, 2025, Mohamed Alabbar, founder of real estate development company Emaar Properties and online marketplace Noon, issued two challenges.

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00:00Now in Dubai, me and my team, we build it.

00:03It costs us $15 billion.

00:05We have 150 million visitors a year.

00:09150 million.

00:12Like, the most visited place on Earth.

00:16And I'm not bringing viruses, so I'm not going to mention it.

00:20What's the matter with me?

00:24Again, because of the blessing of Dubai.

00:29I want any of you, I think I'm going to put my email,

00:32anyone who can create a one-year campaign, creatively,

00:37incredible content.

00:40Don't give me cards, okay guys? Don't.

00:43Seems like you guys are smart people.

00:45I will give you an incredible reward.

00:48And for good ideas, I'm going to ask you to sign your own contract.

00:53Wow.

00:55Impress me.

00:57And when I do it, we're successful, but I really love my city.

01:00I really want to do it for Dubai.

01:02And let's see, maybe we push the number from 130 million to 200 million.

01:08That's number one.

01:10Number two.

01:12Most of us in Dubai, we live in social housing.

01:17So most of us, we live in one room.

01:19So me and my 13 brothers and sisters, we lived in one room.

01:23No, no, we were seven.

01:25But then when the government gave us the second room,

01:27my mom and dad had more privacy and we were 13.

01:32So, social housing.

01:341.8 million people globally suffer from housing shortage.

01:41May God bless all these people who are losing their homes in California also.

01:45So, I want somebody also to design for me

01:50any campaign globally that runs for six months, five months,

01:55to ignite and unite opinion leaders, technology providers,

02:01to create a hub for us to really talk and try to solve

02:07this social shortage housing problem in the world.

02:11We need to care, all of you, not only you want to make money,

02:14be good to somebody.

02:16You need to be good to the people.

02:18Most of us have come from nothing.

02:20What have you done?

02:21I want to challenge everyone.

02:23What have you done?

02:24Maybe you are still young.

02:25But you need to think that we also need to help somebody.

02:30This is the biggest problem all governments suffer from.

02:34America has a shortage, we have an annual shortage of 1.4 million homes.

02:39America, the greatest country in the world.

02:42Is there a deadline for this?

02:43Sorry?

02:44What's the deadline?

02:46Deadline.

02:47I promise I won't give a deadline.

02:49I want to do it.

02:51This is my email, so please feel free and give me your thoughts.

02:56And again, if you have a good idea, I'll let you sign the check.

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