Starting Over: Women Entrepreneurs Launching Businesses After 40

The idea of starting a business at midlife is gaining acceptance across the Middle East. Women who once prioritized family or worked in traditional careers are using their experience to create businesses that are sustainable, local, and personally meaningful. In Jordan, women like Lina Khalifeh, founder of SheFighter, are launching platforms with social impact. In…

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How Wealthy Women in the Middle East Manage and Grow Their Investments

Women with significant wealth in the Middle East are taking more control over how their money is managed and invested. Whether they inherited family wealth or built it through business, they are making decisions rooted in caution, stability, and values. Financial advisors in Dubai and Riyadh report that high-net-worth women often prefer portfolios that emphasize…

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The Cost of Care: How Childcare Affects Women’s Bottom Line

For millions of working women and entrepreneurs, the true cost of doing business isn’t measured solely in dollars and cents — it’s also counted in hours spent arranging daycare, juggling nap schedules, or making difficult choices between scaling a company and staying home with a child. In both developed and emerging economies, the cost and…

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Private Credit Gains Momentum in the UAE: A New Era of Alternative Finance

As the UAE continues to diversify its financial landscape and solidify its position as a global investment hub, a new form of capital is gaining prominence: private credit. Long a fixture in the financial strategies of Western markets, private credit is now making significant inroads into the Gulf region—particularly in the United Arab Emirates, where…

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The Power of Purposeful Leadership: Gül Gürsoy’s Approach to Coaching and Culture

Coaching, hospitality, and human resources are often seen as separate tracks, each with its own goals and pace. But there is a growing intersection where purpose-driven leadership meets business outcomes. In this space, personal growth is treated as a lever for organizational success, and employee engagement is more than a metric—it’s a strategy. The hospitality…

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