Invest Haramain began with a purpose. To serve and better connect Muslims to the Holy Lands.

In 2012, I visited Makkah and Madinah for the first time. While the experience was everything I had hoped for, it was leaving that stayed with me. Like many people who visit the Haramain, a part of me never really wanted to leave.

Over the following years, I built businesses across real estate, healthcare, private equity and regulated investment management. Along the way, I founded, scaled and exited companies, managed more than SAR 950M (£200M+) in real estate, and helped build healthcare services that supported thousands of patients.

Yet despite the opportunities elsewhere, I found myself continually drawn back to the Haramain.

That connection eventually led me to moving to Madinah over three years ago. During that time, I studied Arabic, built lasting relationships, brought my family to live here, and experienced first-hand what it means to make the Haramain more than a place you visit, but a place you call home.

I also met countless people who shared the same aspiration. They wanted to invest, own property, build a business or relocate to the Haramain, but often lacked the local knowledge, trusted relationships or access needed to do so with confidence.

I founded Invest Haramain to bridge that gap.

Today, our mission is simple: to help people from around the world build a lasting connection to the Haramain through property, business opportunities and investment. What began as a personal journey has become a way of helping others pursue theirs.

Abdullah Iqbal