1. Lama Aloraiman
Age: 24
Occupation: Cofounder and COO of Ignition Kuwait, Founder & CEO of BLUDOT
Nationality: Kuwaiti
Residence: Kuwait
Category: Science & Technology
Ignition LLC is Kuwait's first space exploration research and development company. Aloraiman aims to build an analog habitat in Kuwait that simulates the Martian environment. At the age of 18, she became Kuwait’s national point of contact for the Space Generation Advisory Council and the national coordinator of the World Space Week Association in 2019. Aloraiman was granted an Emerging Space Leader Award by the International Astronautical Federation in 2022 and was named a space ambassador for Kuwait