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    Co Founder

    Maha Dahmash

    Founder, Shams El Balad

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    Shams El Balad. No portrait has been provided.

    Shams El Balad. No portrait has been provided.

    i. Biography

    Maha Dahmash founded Shams El Balad in Amman in 2000, starting as a small shop selling handmade pots and plants before it grew into a family-run lifestyle brand focused on food, dining, design, and sustainability. Shams El Balad later expanded into one of Amman’s early design concept stores, a café, a full-service restaurant, and an events/design business, with her children Qais Malhas and Karma Malhas later joining the operation.