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Passion to Profession: UAE Women Entrepreneurs
By Mariam Khan January 1, 2023 When UAE-born Shehzeen Jamil moved abroad to pursue a master’s in finance, she got much more than a degree. The coffee fanatic began an Instagram account reviewing cafes around London, a pastime she soon realized could be morphed into a business. In 2019, she launched a startup called SIPPY…
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Residents Accelerate Push to E-scooters
By Mariam Khan December 1, 2022 UAE Residents E-scooters Cars stretch along the 8-kilometer waterfront neighborhood, bumper to bumper — a typical weekday evening in Abu Dhabi. On a parallel side path, scooter riders speed along the pavement past the traffic. Commonly called e-scooters, these motorized vehicles have become wildly popular in the UAE, especially…
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Mask-Free City Tackles Tourism
By Mariam Khan November 15, 2022 In early October, more than 18,000 cheering fans gathered in the Etihad Arena to watch the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks play at the NBA Abu Dhabi Games. The pre-season games, the first of its kind in the region, brought together basketball enthusiasts, residents and celebrities — mostly unmasked…
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Childhood Passions Turned Career
By Mariam Khan October 15, 2022 College students who graduated in the height of the pandemic in spring 2020 faced a nonexistent job market with everyone sheltering at home. So upon graduation, NYU Abu Dhabi grad Vamika Sinha launched a freelance journalism career and continued writing for her own online magazine, Postscript. A literature and…
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