Granaz Baloch, the founder of Turbat Hub-Global Shapers, is an educationist, water researcher, and climate change activist whose work is focused on education, clean water, sanitation, gender equality, and community development. She is one of the climate change activists featured in the book Climate Change Heroes by SOC Films in 2022. She studied Inorganic Chemistry...
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On the human demand for creative expression and literary compassion
Jayson Iwen is the author of Six Trips in Two Directions, A Momentary Jokebook, Gnarly Wounds, and Roze & Blud, which won the 2020 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. He is a professor of writing and English literature at The University of WisconsinSuperior. (Source: Seagull Books) Please share what inspired you to write Roze & Blud. I was inspired by the...
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#AnankeWLF2022 Profile: Mehr F Husain on Creating a Cycle of Sustainability
You’re an author and entrepreneur, two inspiring professions. Do tell us the journey of taking on two such difficult tasks, and whether one complemented the other. It was in 2018 after writing my book that I realized Pakistan’s local fabric was suffering, muslin in particular. I had finished writing and was feeling very empty. To...
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Taking Your Power Back Through Self Care
This article was previously published in Anankes special edition: Emirati Womens Day and can be viewed here. The beauty of self-love is Salamas story. Finding self-love can be a long and winding road, which is something Salama Mohamed knows all too well. Today the UN High Profile Ambassador considers herself truly blessed, with an inspired...
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Enabling Pakistani Women in Ecommerce
The number of Internet users in Pakistan has increased by 11 million between 2019 and 2020 states the Digital 2020: Pakistan report by Simon Kemp. With 76.38 million Internet users in Pakistan by January 2020, the digital landscape promises immense economic potential. And it certainly is not rocket science to see that the ecommerce sector...
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Tete-a-tete with Karen Osman
Sabin Muzaffar interviews Karen Osman about the launch of her thrilling second novel The Home and her journey as an author.
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On Broaching Creativity, Awakenings & Empowerment
Shandana Minhas – I remember a vibrant young woman who I had the privilege of working with perhaps eons ago… or so it seems. Walking down memory lane, I remember immediately hitting it off… chatting with her was always a masterclass in learning. Her charm and exuberance so infectious and endearing, her compelling thoughts and...
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Special Interview: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women – Womens Economic Empowerment Global Summit
In the wake of the upcoming Womens Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS) to be held on 4th and 5th of December at Expo Centre Sharjah, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women, talks about the partnership with NAMA Women Advancement Establishment and the expected major outcomes of the much awaited summit. With a determined focus on...
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Powering Women in Leadership in the UAE
Tell us about yourself your professional journey leading up to Naseba and this groundbreaking Women In Leadership (WIL) forum. I studied ancient history and art history at the university and originally wanted to be an archaeologist. But life had other ideas for me and my professional journey began in a large conference company in...
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Annes green thumb and FEED
We all know that growing up in a highly traditional society makes it tough for some women to break the mold so to speak, as social mores dictate that women be submissive and focus their attention on domestic matters over which they are expected to reign supreme. But there are a fortunate few who actually...
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