• Guests wearing baroque style costumes take part in a ball in the Hall of Mirrors at the Chateau de Versailles Palace as part of the sixth edition's of the Fetes Galantes fancy dress evening which theme is the Royal Wedding of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, in Versailles on May 23, 2022. - The annual fancy dress ball aims to re-create the baroque splendour of the Sun King's dazzling court feasts held to show off the wealth and power of France's longest-reigning monarch. For tickets costing more than five hundred euros, guests can wander through the private apartments of the chateau, which is a World Heritage site and one of France's biggest tourist attractions. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
    Guests wearing baroque style costumes take part in a ball in the Hall of Mirrors at the Chateau de Versailles Palace as part of the sixth edition's of the Fetes Galantes fancy dress evening which theme is the Royal Wedding of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, in Versailles on May 23, 2022. - The annual fancy dress ball aims to re-create the baroque splendour of the Sun King's dazzling court feasts held to show off the wealth and power of France's longest-reigning monarch. For tickets costing more than five hundred euros, guests can wander through the private apartments of the chateau, which is a World Heritage site and one of France's biggest tourist attractions. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
  • Iranians gather at the site where a 10-storey building collapsed in the south-western city of Abadan. At least six people died and dozens were injured, officials said. AFP
    Iranians gather at the site where a 10-storey building collapsed in the south-western city of Abadan. At least six people died and dozens were injured, officials said. AFP
  • Wiggins Nordelus, of Haiti, left, cuts his son Samuel's hair outside a shelter for migrants, in Tijuana, Mexico. A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the US government from lifting a public health order used to quickly return migrants at the southern border, including asylum-seekers. AP
    Wiggins Nordelus, of Haiti, left, cuts his son Samuel's hair outside a shelter for migrants, in Tijuana, Mexico. A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the US government from lifting a public health order used to quickly return migrants at the southern border, including asylum-seekers. AP
  • Divers assemble a piece of a biodegradable material with several coral colonies on it, in the tropical reef of Burgers' Ocean in Arnhem, the Netherlands. EPA
    Divers assemble a piece of a biodegradable material with several coral colonies on it, in the tropical reef of Burgers' Ocean in Arnhem, the Netherlands. EPA
  • People ride past a truck loaded with freshly harvested palm fruits at a palm oil plantation in Deli Serdang, Indonesia. The country has lifted a ban on palm oil exports after trying to control cooking oil prices in the domestic market. EPA
    People ride past a truck loaded with freshly harvested palm fruits at a palm oil plantation in Deli Serdang, Indonesia. The country has lifted a ban on palm oil exports after trying to control cooking oil prices in the domestic market. EPA
  • A worker prepares chickens at wet market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia will stop the export of 3. 6 million whole chickens a month until production and prices stabilise, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has said. EPA
    A worker prepares chickens at wet market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia will stop the export of 3. 6 million whole chickens a month until production and prices stabilise, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has said. EPA
  • Palestinians run for cover during clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron, following a protest against Israeli plans to change the status quo in the Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, to build a lift to serve Jewish worshipers. EPA
    Palestinians run for cover during clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron, following a protest against Israeli plans to change the status quo in the Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, to build a lift to serve Jewish worshipers. EPA
  • A woman walks past a memorial wall for Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv. AP
    A woman walks past a memorial wall for Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv. AP
  • Employees of Pyongyang's Central Post Office disinfect a vehicle amid Covid-19 prevention efforts in North Korea. Reuters
    Employees of Pyongyang's Central Post Office disinfect a vehicle amid Covid-19 prevention efforts in North Korea. Reuters
  • Women wait after being apprehended crossing the US - Mexico border in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Reuters
    Women wait after being apprehended crossing the US - Mexico border in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Reuters
  • An FA-18 Hornet fighter jet lands on the deck of the 'USS Harry S Truman' during a Nato exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean. AFP
    An FA-18 Hornet fighter jet lands on the deck of the 'USS Harry S Truman' during a Nato exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean. AFP
  • US actress Sharon Stone arrives for the screening of 'Crimes of the Future' during the 75th Cannes Film Festival. AFP
    US actress Sharon Stone arrives for the screening of 'Crimes of the Future' during the 75th Cannes Film Festival. AFP

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Name: Back to Games and Boardgame Space

Started: Back to Games (2015); Boardgame Space (Mark Azzam became co-founder in 2017)

Founder: Back to Games (Mr Azzam); Boardgame Space (Mr Azzam and Feras Al Bastaki)

Based: Dubai and Abu Dhabi 

Industry: Back to Games (retail); Boardgame Space (wholesale and distribution) 

Funding: Back to Games: self-funded by Mr Azzam with Dh1.3 million; Mr Azzam invested Dh250,000 in Boardgame Space  

Growth: Back to Games: from 300 products in 2015 to 7,000 in 2019; Boardgame Space: from 34 games in 2017 to 3,500 in 2019

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