Maha Tazi talks to eminent Moroccan activist and winner of the prestigious Opus Prize Aicha Chenna on gaining inspiration from a sense of justice deeply rooted in the value systems of religions. Aïcha Ech Channa is the Founder and President of Solidarité Féminine, providing services in Casablanca, Morocco, to help unmarried women with children gain...
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Disrupting the Status Quo in STEM
It is a well-known fact that economic emancipation in modern society, be it on an individual or mass level, relies heavily on innovation and technological advancement. Equally important is the inclusion and active participation of women in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields both in education and vocation in order to truly...
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Connecting Women, Transforming Lives
WAKE stands for Womens Alliance for Knowledge Exchange. It is a non-profit organization which we founded in January 2015. It is actually an extension of what Heather Ramsey and I have been doing for the last 15 years. The two of us have worked together on a number of women in STEM programmes that focus...
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Women into STEM: Education & Practice
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has witnessed positive growth over the past one decade, essentially fuelled by the governments willingness to migrate from energy-based economies to knowledge-based ones. It is indeed not untrue to claim that long-term sustainability as well as societal welfare can only be possible by incorporating womens participation in...
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Purva Grover’s Passage to India
Tell us about The Indian Trumpet how did it all start and why? When I, Purva Grover, an Indian girl, landed in Dubai, I felt I couldnt leave behind my passion for journalism and my love for home. At the same time, I couldnt help but play with fonts, colors and words to create...
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Setting a roadmap for expat living
EXPATMONEY has been around for some time helping a lot of expats in the UAE and overseas adjust to their new life abroad by providing information regarding diverse concerns including finance, business, banking, inheritance, real estate, education, human resources and more. But not a lot of people know about the husband and wife tandem that...
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Developing Human Capital
Filled with an unquenchable drive to achieve, Hanan Nagi is the visionary founder of the HNI Training and Coaching center. Based in Dubai, the institute is an innovative entity with a mission to develop leaders through human capital development. HNI was established in 2010 at the height of the recession. It all began while I...
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Breaking Boundaries
Womens participation in the world of cinema is slowly but positively gaining momentum. Although it is well-documented in the West, more awareness and recognition is still needed as far as female participation in Arabian cinema is concerned. Dubai-based Reim El Houni of Ti22 Films is one among an illustrious group of women who have found...
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Illustrating Aspirations
Aspiration knows no boundaries this is the message Yislamoo, an Arabic greetings company, has clearly illustrated time and again. Dedicated to enhancing social correspondence across the MENA region, the company is a woman-led enterprise based in Jordan that celebrates the magical beauty of Arabian culture, and specializes in print as well as electronic greetings....
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Empowering Women To Succeed Through Learnactive
A culture-sensitive company that strives to capture the uniqueness of individuals and organizations through skill development, Learnactive was established by founding partners Maha Khatib and Layla Halabi. The organization offers a diverse range of training solutions that have successfully enabled the maximum transfer of knowledge ensuring every clients return on investment. Keen on encouraging women...