For our first episode of season 2, we are so excited to have Yasmin Desai. AKA The Startup Girl. Yasmin is a product director who has worked for over eight years in startups, including Catapult, Revolut, and Impala. She’s passionate about startups, tech and entrepreneurship, and she’s on a mission to empower people, to develop […]
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Reem Mahmoud – We need to enable communities to build their own solutions
Today on Tech Sisters Stories we’re excited to have Reem Mahmoud Reem Mahmoud is the cofounder and Education Lead at Zaka, a community-driven Artificial Intelligence startup. She is pursuing her Ph.D at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon in Electrical & Computer Engineering where her research focuses on personalized Machine Intelligence with a focus on […]
We become more confident when we see people like us succeed
Today on Tech Sisters Stories we’re excited to have Iliana Montauk and Mai Temraz from Manara. Manara is a social impact startup whose mission is to unlock human potential and diversify the global tech sector while uplifting the economies of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), with a focus on Palestine and women. Iliana […]
Hira Saeed – Your skill, your expertise, and your commitment are your tickets to freedom
Today on Tech Sisters Stories we’re excited to have Hira Saeed Hira Saeed is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at CaterpillHERs, a social enterprise that works for women-led startups, and helps build their business acumen through the curriculum, 1:1 mentorship, support network, and investment-readiness training. She also works as a freelance consultant and copywriter […]
Aysha Ingar – You’ll be amazed where your efforts take you when you’re sincere
Today on Tech Sisters Stories we’re excited to have Aysha Ingar Aysha is the founder and CEO of Muslimah – the only app built specifically for Muslim women to help them easily fit life around faith. Aysha won the Entrepreneurship Institute’s Idea Factory in 2019, was part of the King’s20 Accelerator in 2019-2020 and was […]
Faiza Yousuf — see where your ideas take you when you just get started
We’re so excited to welcome Faiza Yousuf as our latest Tech Sister! Tech Sisters Stories is a series that profiles Muslim women in tech and brings attention to the incredible personalities and work we have in our community. Faiza is a technologist and a serial entrepreneur with a decade long experience in building products and […]
Arfah Farooq — The best communities always start with just two amazing people
We’re so excited to welcome Arfah Farooq as our latest Tech Sister! Tech Sisters Stories is a series that profiles Muslim women in tech and brings attention to the incredible personalities and work we have in our community. Arfah is a collaborator who loves connecting unique ideas to create one big vision that will positively […]
Hadeel Ayoub — Everyone Struggles. Stick It Out And You’ll Make It
We’re so excited to welcome Hadeel Ayoub as our latest Tech Sister! Tech Sisters Stories is a series that profiles Muslim women in tech and brings attention to the incredible personalities and work we have in our community. Hadeel is an experienced lecturer, researcher, and entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the higher […]
My Life as a Startup Founder – Interview with Amany Killawi
Social worker turned social entrepreneur, Amany is the Co-Founder & COO a.k.a Team Swiss Army Knife at LaunchGood.com: A crowdfunding platform to support Muslims launching good all over the world by helping them raise funds for their projects, campaigns, and creative ideas. Today, she tells us about what it’s really like as a startup founder, […]
What I look for as an interviewer at Cisco with Farhan Ali Khan
Photo by Max Duzij on Unsplash How I got into tech I’ve always loved learning by making things. Being an electronics engineer, I had a fun time working on microcontrollers/robots, but electronics is an expensive hobby to pursue. Back in 2009, Reddit was a big social platform for people to network, share their ideas and […]
