Rawan Al-Dabbas
Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa
Rawan Al-Dabbas is IFPI’s Regional Director for Middle East & North Africa (MENA). She leads IFPI’s work across the region to promote the value of recorded music, expand its commercial uses, and campaign for the rights of record producers.
Prior to joining IFPI, Rawan Al-Dabbas was Head of Legal and International Relations at the Emirates Publishers Association. In her role, she facilitated the association’s interaction with local, regional, and international stakeholders on a range of issues pertinent to the United Arab Emirates’ publishing industry. This included a particular focus on the area of collective management where, following seven years of negotiations with stakeholders, she established the region’s first publishing collective management association which is due to start operations in January 2022.