"Arabian Business" magazine chose Emirati singer Hussein El-Jasmy among her annual power 500 list that contains the most influential Arabian people in 2012.The magazine stated that its choice came as a result of his notable achievement in art and being an "Ambassador at Large" for the Arab and Gulf region by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Micro-Algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition (IIMSAM).All this nominated him for this honor and to be one among other 59 Emirati public figures on the list.