 Being the first Arab to accomplish some of these feats, he was voted one of the Top 100 Most Influential Arabs in the world by "Arabian Business" magazine in 2009, the Top 50 Influential Arabs by Middle East magazine in 2009 and 2011, and remains in the Top 500 Power List in 2011 for Arabian Business magazine.A documentary about his trek to the magnetic North Pole was directed and edited by two-time Emmy Award winning director David Ward.Professionally, Nabs worked at a number of institutions such as Gulf International Bank (Bahrain), KPMG (Oman), Mizuho Bank (Bahrain) and Gulf Air (Bahrain) before becoming a full-time adventurer.