ABOUT TARJAMA

Driven by innovation,
guided by values.

Tarjama is the language and content operating layer for MENA. Eighteen years of compounding craft, two billion words delivered, and a network of 25,000+ linguists — working alongside the platform that ties it all together. Built here. Trusted globally.

Tarjama in Numbers

Measuring global impact & reach.

Years 18+

Delivering enterprise language work to governments and global brands since 2008. Eighteen years of compounding craft.

Words Delivered 2B+

Two billion words processed across our translation memory, with TM-leveraged consistency across every program we touch.

Languages 100+

Active language pairs covering every major commercial and governmental market worldwide.

Arabic Dialects 22

Native dialect coverage across MSA, Gulf, Egyptian, Levantine, and Maghrebi varieties.

Enterprise Clients 700+

Governments, ministries, Fortune 500s, and global brands trusting us with mission-critical content. See our clients.

Countries 30+

Active client operations across five continents, anchored in MENA expertise.

Global Offices 7

Riyadh, Dubai, Amman, Doha, Beirut, Montreal, and Paris, follow-the-sun delivery.

Linguists Network 25K+

Vetted in-country professional translators, interpreters, and subject-matter experts on demand.

Subject Domains 40+

Specialised verticals, banking, legal, medical, technical, marketing, government, and more.

Client Retention 98%

Year-over-year retention rate, the truest measure of trust at enterprise scale.

ISO Certifications 3

ISO 17100 (translation services), ISO 18587 (post-editing), and ISO 27001 (information security).

Support Coverage 24/7

Round-the-clock project management and quality assurance across all time zones.

Our Values

Four things you can hold us to.

MENA-rooted

Built here, refined here. Dialect coverage, linguist tier, workflows — local by default, not retrofitted from somewhere else.

Compounding craft

Every program sharpens our memory, our terminology, our linguist network. Eighteen years of leverage you can't buy fresh.

Sovereign-ready

ISO 27001, NDA by default, and clearance workflows for work that can't leave the room. The discipline high-stakes content demands.

Outcome-bound

We sign for cycle time, cost reduction, and accuracy lift. The numbers go in the contract, not just the brochure.

Our Journey

Pioneering language solutions & global expansion.

2008
FoundedFounded by Nour Al Hassan with a vision to revolutionize language services and empower women in the MENA region.
2012
Localization & content expansionExpanded services to include comprehensive localization and content solutions across multiple regions.
2018
30+ countriesReached the milestone of delivering projects across 30+ countries, cementing Tarjama as a global player.
2020
Cleverso TMS launchedIntroduced Cleverso, our AI-enhanced translation management system, a major milestone in our technology stack.
2021
Screens acquiredAcquired Screens, expanding multimedia, subtitling, and broadcast localization capabilities to studio scale.
2022
Arabic.Ai engine deployedDeveloped an advanced Arabic Machine Translation tool, setting a benchmark in business translation accuracy across the region.
2023
700+ clients, 2B+ wordsAchieved significant growth, serving over 700 clients globally, processing 2+ billion words, with a 98% customer retention rate.
2024
Arabic.Ai LLMLaunched our own fine-tuned Arabic LLM to enhance language processing capabilities and offer more precise, tailored solutions.
2026
The full ecosystemTarjama becomes the operating layer for enterprise language and content, AI, language, digital, and communication, unified.
Leadership

The team behind our success.

Nour Al Hassan

Founder & CEO

Nour
Al Hassan

Founder & CEO

Founded the company in 2008. Has spent almost two decades building Arabic-language enterprise infrastructure, now pivoting the platform into AI.

Iyad Ahmad

Chief Technology Officer

Iyad
Ahmad

Chief Technology Officer

Leads engineering across the suite, from the language platform to data services and the infrastructure that ties it all together.

Nadia AbuSarah

Chief Financial Officer

Nadia
AbuSarah

Chief Financial Officer

Leads finance, planning, and capital strategy. Owns the discipline behind how the company grows sustainably across markets.

Zaid AlRadaideh

Chief Operations Officer

Zaid
AlRadaideh

Chief Operations Officer

Runs day-to-day operations across engineering, services, and delivery, keeping execution tight and predictable at scale.

Andrii Klyman

AI Product Manager

Andrii
Klyman

AI Product Manager

Bridges ML execution and product strategy. Drives the roadmap for the Assistants library and agentic workflows.

Rakan Al Hassan

Head of Products

Rakan
Al Hassan

Head of Products

Owns product strategy and the roadmap across the Tarjama platform, from the suite to technology and integrations.

Sara Bittar

Director of Content & Research

Sara
Bittar

Director of Content & Research

Leads content strategy and research across the platform, shaping how the company communicates depth in language services.

Waleed Jarrar

People & Culture Director

Waleed
Jarrar

People & Culture Director

Builds the organization. Owns talent, culture, and how the company scales its team across the region.

Rami Barghout

Finance Director

Rami
Barghout

Finance Director

Owns financial operations, budgets, controls, and the reporting discipline that keeps the business running cleanly across regions.

Michel Khoury

VP of Marketing

Michel
Khoury

VP of Marketing

Drives brand, demand, and go-to-market. Architects the narrative that positions Tarjama in regional and global markets.

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Want to be part of the team?

We're always looking for exceptional people, linguists, engineers, designers, and operators, who want to work on enterprise language at the highest standard.