I believe connectivity is a human right.

I felt that this is a great opportunity to really build and enable a country like Saudi Arabia that has an incredible potential capability

to really build a digital champion and a digital hub for the region.

This is the first time I landed in a place where I feel I'm whole.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Humane's Tarik Amin.

I see you. I did. I could see you. So I've been spending a lot more time in the Middle East, in the region.

It's changing so dramatically year after year.

And I'm going to be announced on the podcast two weeks ago.

I'll be doing Founder University in Riyadh, in November 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

And I'm really excited to partner with such a dynamic country.

Maybe you could fill us in on what's changed over the last five years in the region.

Well, thank you very much.

First of all, I must say it's the first time I did an event that's only 45 minutes

away from my home. My flight from Riyadh obviously was 23 hours, but just to give you some

context, I was born in Amman, Jordan, before coming to the U.S. to finish my studies and,

you know, progressed in my life and my career.

So I moved from Tokyo to Saudi Arabia, but this is the first time I ever worked in the region.

And I didn't know what to expect.

You know, sometimes it depends on your perspective on how you look at the world.

You know, I wanted to really discover and understand everything I used to hear under the massive opportunity of transformation

and the diversification on the economy. You know, my first observation is really started with

discovery of how amazing the people were in terms of hospitality, welcomeness.

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