Arab Dev Spotlight ✨
Fawzi Mesmar
Fawzi is a game designer and director with over 20 years in the industry, working with DICE as Head of Design, King as Studio and Production Director, in addition to SEGA and Gameloft. Now, he is the Vice President of Creative at Ubisoft. His most notable works include Battlefield, Persona, Candy Crush, and he is the author of the first Arabic book on the art of game design. He is also a board member in FutureGames and Bright Gambit.
Nuha Alkadi
Nuha is an outstanding Narrative Designer specializing in designing narrative systems, dialogue mechanics, mission flow, and story progression. She currently works at Respawn Entertainment, with years of experience in the industry spanning across various titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Far Cry 6, and Journey to Foundation.
Ahmed Salama
Ahmed started his journey in the games industry more than a decade ago and worked on critically acclaimed titles like Horizon Zero Dawn, Killzone: Shadow Fall, and Battlefield series. Currently, he is Content Director at Ubisoft. Ahmed specializes in user experiences and interfaces, in addition to being a public speaker in various game conferences.
Ali Farha
Ali is a Senior Game Producer at Star Stable Entertainment, a board member of FutureGames and The Game Assembly, which supports and grows game developers. At the same time, Ali is a public speaker at various conferences, and a mentor, where he assists students in entering the games industry.
Osama Dorias
Osama is a Lead Gameplay Designer working currently at Brass Lion Entertainment, but his experience extends to many companies. Previously he was Lead Content Designer at Blizzard Entertainment working on Overwatch, Senior Game Designer at WB Games, working on AAA titles including Gotham Knights. Furthermore, Osama has been teaching game design at Dawson College for more than 10 years.