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Ability with Innovation (AWI) is an international diversified services company headquartered in Baghdad, Iraq and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. AWI serves the energy, oil and gas and government markets of Iraq. AWI was founded by Abdul Mahdi Muslim Tahir Al-Juboori, who is among the first construction pioneers of Iraq. An engineer by trade and education. Al-Juboori's independent construction portfolio includes several factories, banks, health centres, schools, ballet courts, library buildings and a broadcasting tower. The founder's son, Abather Al-Juboori, is the current Chairman/Chief Strategy Officer. Abdul Mahdi Muslim Tahir Al-Juboori (Arabic: عبد المهدي مسلم طاهر الجبوري; July 1, 1943) is an Iraqi businessman and entrepreneur. In 27 July 1987 he founded Baghdad Company for Passengers and Good Transportation. Abdul Mahdi is one of the first major shareholders, and was appointed as the first Chairman and CEO of the company. Abdul Mahdi Muslim Tahir Al-Juboori was born in 1943 in Al-Shamasya Neighborhood in Baghdad. He is the oldest son of Hajj Muslim Al-Tahir, a well-known merchant in Baghdad during the first half of the 20th century through his trade in construction materials. He belongs to Al-Juboori tribe. Abdul Mahdi's family has moved to Baghdad from Mosul 400 years ago. Abdul Mahdi graduated in 1960 from Al-Shamasya high school with Honors in Baghdad and received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering From University of Technology in Baghdad in 1967. Abdul Mahdi was one of the first engineer who joins the Iraqi Engineers Union. Immediately After graduation in 1967, Abdul Mahdi start working for the Ministry of Industry as a Resident Engineer at the Glass Factory in Ramadi and Abu Ghraib Ready Mix Concrete Plant. Then joining the General Directorate for Industrial Engineering and Construction in 1969 as a Project Manager for the Industrial Residential Complexes for the Leather National Company and Hillah Textile Factory. In 1970 he founded his own general contracting business in Baghdad that is known today as Ability with Innovation (AWI).