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"Instead of Being Helped, Refugees Are the Ones Doing the Helping"

What if we turned the tables and started looking at refugees for the talent they have, instead of the things they they need? We meet Mursal Hedayat, founder of the EdTech startup doing just that. By SWB Team Summer is officially over. This month, children across Europe start the new school year. But a crisis is looming. Around the world, there is an estimated shortage of 69 million teachers.
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Could This Be the Middle East's Own Lush?

Yasmeen Smadi meets Samah Kheir El-Zein, the Syrian entrepreneur pioneering locally-made organic skincare products in Egypt. by Yasmeen Smadi Samah pours the green mixture into the small, heart-shaped moulds as the voice of her children playing sings in the background. Her organic skin-care products, which she makes at home, emanate a fragrance unmatched, filling the room where she makes home-made…
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“This is the Positive Consequence of War; Women were Forced to Get Out of the Cocoon we Were Living in”

We speak to Souad Mohamed, the Syrian power woman who transformed personal trauma into a tale of leadership. by Yasmeen Smadi and Lenah Hafez Souad strolls around the Greek Campus, her brown backpack on, filming every detail of the all-female conference She Can, that is taking over the largest tech valley in the Egyptian capital. Nothing in her looks, her gentle smile, and her entrepreneurial…
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