Iman Ben Chaibah

Iman Ben Chaibah currently leads the Onshur Fund under the Sharjah Book Authority — the Sharjah Publishing Sustainability Fund — which provides incubator and accelerator programs to empower and scale Emirati publishers. In addition, she heads the strategic initiatives and global markets of the Authority, bringing to the role over two decades of expertise across publishing, technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership.

Iman is the founder of Sail Publishing, a small Emirati publishing house operating for over 10 years, publishing in both English and Arabic, across all genres, in digital and print formats.

She previously served as Vice President of the Emirates Publishers Association Board from 2019 to 2023. She was awarded the UAE’s Young Digital Publisher Entrepreneur Award by The British Council, selected as a delegate to the International Achievement Summit in San Francisco, received the Young Entrepreneur Award from Startup Businesses Magazine, and was honored with the Arab Woman Award in Literature.

Iman completed the Magazine Publishing Course at Yale University and was a fellow in the Rosalynn Carter Journalism Fellowship in Mental Health, using her publishing platform to raise awareness on mental health issues. Books published under Sail have also received numerous awards and recognitions in the UAE.