In one of your interviews, you spoke about the power of literature be it in its broadest sense newspapers and pamphlets or creative writing (novels etc.) in limited terms; and how it impacts society. While many students and wider communities alike are unlikely to read many literary works (speaking in relative terms), we are...
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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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Sparking innovation via balanced and empathetic leadership
Tell us about yourself and your professional journey My journey counts three major stops: Casablanca – the native home, New York city – the tough love teacher, and Dubai – the nurturing space. With these three great cities, I am the product of the experiences that shaped me throughout this diverse journey, that was also...
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Enabling quality healthcare, education across the ME
Sonal Sachdev was born with a passion for healthcare and a flair for entrepreneurship as she followed in her fathers footsteps, starting at the bottom and learning the ropes to work her way up in the healthcare and education business to one of the most prominent women in the healthcare industry in the GCC and...
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Give A Child the Best Start in Life
Rana El Sakhawy is the founder and CEO of MonkiBox, an early learning platform that provides stage-based play tools and activities grounded in science and child-development research. On a mission to help parents feel confident and support their childs early development, Rana focuses on increasing awareness of the importance of the early years and advocating...
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Innovating the blend of perfection
Tell us a bit about yourself and the journey that led you to where you are now? Hello, my name is Laura, and I am the founder of BRW Society, a locally based, tea brand on a mission to get the UAE drinking better quality tea. I moved to Dubai in 2018 and straight away I felt that great quality tea was hard to come...
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Inspiring Innovation in the Legal Landscape
Tell us a bit about yourself and the journey that led you to where you are now? My name is Rima Mrad and I am a partner with BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP, a regional law firm with our headquarters in DIFC. I am a corporate commercial lawyer specialising in M&A and regulatory...
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Spearheading Wholesome Goodness
Tell us a bit about yourself and the journey that led you to where you are now? I was born and brought up in Indias capital, New Delhi. I studied at the citys Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, followed by the University of Delhi where I got my undergraduate degree in Economics. From there, I went on...
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Reclaiming Space in the World of Work
Tell us a bit about yourself and the journey that led you to where you are now? I am a rare demographic in the world of entrepreneurship. Not in my 20’s or even 30’s. A female who took a career break to raise a family and is now looking to reclaim her spot in the working world...
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Accelerating Pakistans Future Through Inclusion
Tell us about yourself and your journey that led to where you are today. The most important thing to know about my journey is that I never planned anything. I am an extremely relaxed person and so after getting an education in the US, I moved to Dubai and started working as an investment banking...