Tell us about yourself and your professional journey? I was born in Nassau, Bahamas in the 80’s. I am a very motivated, driven person and this gives me the resilience to succeed despite adversity. I have worked in diverse professional fields including hospitality, insurance and banking industries; before launching my own business Candid Concepts Development....
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Empowered Voice of the Filipina
We all see things and people through some sort of lenses. Now, whether they be rose-tinted ones or heavily-darkened by negative bias or prejudice, mainly depends on what we have been told, taught, and what we have experienced. In the UAE where people from various ethnic backgrounds merge into one rich, collective melting pot, there...
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Stirring all inclusive progress through tech in Palestine
Palestine is a land suffering due to conflict, dismal economy and possessing negligible opportunities. It is also a country that has witnessed tremendous growth in its IT sector, with women technologists showing resilience amid social and political restrictions, and shining bright in the digital stratosphere. Mai Temraz is one such woman! The first Palestinian female...
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Brndstr: Enabling Influence
Tell us about Brndstr – when was it launched and what was the idea behind it? Helen: Brndstr was born to help brands turn their existing social networks into brand ambassadors. Rather than a brand market themselves, by allowing their audience to do it for them in return for a reward, they are able to...
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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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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...