## Why this page exists I did not want a trophy wall. I wanted a place where someone new can see what actually showed up in the open: articles, TV, university posts, that kind of thing. If it is not out there for anyone to look up, it does not go on this list. A lot of what I build stays private on purpose. What follows is only what already ran in public and still helps explain what I care about: AI products, starting things from Oman, and staying honest about how messy the path is. ## Selected coverage I put the heavier public pieces first (print and broadcast), then international and campus stuff, then a few shorter clips and spotlights. ### Oman Observer (national press) This was one of the first times RAF felt fully **out in the open**, not just something we talked about in a room. The article described it as a student-led, AI-assisted e-commerce platform and mentioned how it sat among the top startups at Injaz Oman 2025. That piece mattered to me because it sat next to normal news about entrepreneurship in Oman. Anyone could read it without sitting through a pitch. Read the Oman Observer feature → ### Oman TV (broadcast) TV is a different kind of pressure. You get one shot to say the idea in plain language to people who are not investors or judges. I talked about RAF, why making it easier to open an online store matters here, and where I think AI can actually help small business owners day to day. I tried to keep it practical, not loud. Watch the Oman TV feature → ### British Omani Society (LIYSF 2025) The British Omani Society ran a piece about going to the London International Youth Science Forum in 2025: what it felt like to represent Oman, walk into that kind of science crowd, and present **Env.ai** as a simple AI-assisted take on sorting plastic. For me it tied the technical side of the build to the personal side without me having to over-explain it. Read the British Omani Society feature → ### UTAS Success Story (campus feature) UTAS ran my story in their **Success Story** series. It went live on my twenty-first birthday, which sounds small on paper but it stuck with me: the same place where I did most of the grinding also put the story on the record. Over the last few years I have carried Oman’s name in a few international rooms, shipped software and AI work I am proud of, and placed in several hackathons and competitions. Each round changed how I write specs, how I listen to users, and how I pick what to build next. View the UTAS feature → ### UTAS highlight: Env.ai before LIYSF Before LIYSF, UTAS posted a short video where I walked through **Env.ai**: using computer vision to spot different plastic types so sorting could be less guesswork. It caught the project when it was still rooted in Oman but already pointed at an international science stage. ### Omantel Innovation Labs (after the hackathon) After the Omantel AI Hackathon, **Wasl** moved into Omantel Innovation Labs for a two-month stretch. I wrote publicly about that time because it was less about “we won” and more about the boring part: testing, tightening how we told the story, and seeing where the product still felt weak. View the Omantel Innovation Labs reflection → ### Oman Global Leaders This one pulled RAF, Wasl, and **Env.ai** into one thread, with building AI products while studying cybersecurity in the background. I keep it here because it reads like one outside snapshot of the arc instead of three separate pitches. View the Oman Global Leaders feature → ### Icons Oman Icons Oman did a founder piece on e-commerce, productivity tooling, and AI-assisted workflows. Same idea as some of the other links: someone else’s framing, not my wording pasted in. View the Icons Oman feature → ### Nabd Al Shabab A youth-focused segment from the same stretch of time. I am including it as another public reference next to the print and TV pieces. ## What stays with me If a stranger cannot check it, I do not lean on it in how I tell my story. Press and awards can be useful feedback on how clear you were, but they are not the finish line. And every time media forces you to shrink the idea into simple words, you usually learn something about the product too. ## Closing note I still want this site to feel like a working log: real builds, real constraints, real next steps. The links above are mainly for orientation. The point is the same as always: ship things people can use, keep raising the bar in small ways, and stay straight about where the work actually is.