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It was also fantastic to see Huda launch her Fempreneur Academy, a platform for more women to be Fearless Fempreneurs. Check out more here.
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A roundabout in Morocco, 15 km away from the Spanish occupied territory of Sebta. Take-aways/observations: 1. Spain apparently tries to attract its citizens to settle in Sebta with higher paying jobs. 2. Interesting to see Border security on patrol, looking out for asylum seekers trying to cross in to Spain. 3. Surreal to see Fnideq’s
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A couple of weeks ago I moved out of my on-campus studio room and in with my office-mate, Ayu, from Indonesia. *Damn yearly contracts!* Ayu’s 80-something year old dad has been visiting Canberra for the past month. Ever so often Eyang (“Grandpa” in Javanese) would have a look of disbelief when he sees me having
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A slight abberation to what I usually post, but this is such a MUST post! Shila Amzah from Malaysia wins the Asian Wave 2012 in China with her amazing voice, stage presence and lovely choice of songs from three languages – English, Mandarin and Malay. Not only is Shila a testament that language is no
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Me: “I’m having a Green Iftar on National Day, and you’re welcome to come. We’ll be breaking our fast with all things vegetarian.” Cousin:”Huh?! Where’s the meat? No meat, sure pengsan (faint), lah!” Well, no we didn’t pengsan. I’m glad that I finally got a chance to do a little green iftar with a few
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I was invited to be the Guest of Honour at the 2012 Canossian Awards. This ceremony is an annual event organised by my alma mater – St Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School – to recognise students that have achieved academic excellence for the year. Teachers are also commended for their efforts in support the students. It
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A big shout out to Arwa Aburawa and others from The Green Prophet for interviewing me on my thoughts on the environmental challenges in Southeast Asia and the role that women play in it. What an honour it is to be featured along side other awesome green Muslims like Ibrahim Abdul Matin, Kristiane Backer and the ever-so
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How awesome is that? I got interviewed by NTUMS’s Eleven and MuzlimBuzz.sg! Thanks very much folks, for listening to my two cents worth on the need to increase environmental awareness and action amongst Muslims. It is my hope that such messages will in time be shared further and ultimately reach a critical mass for a
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Greenwashing, as we know it, is the “deceptive use of green PR or green marketing in order to promote a misleading perception that a company’s policies or products are environmentally friendly”. And I could not help but think that there was a bit of greenwashing going on in the newly opened Princess Nora bint Abdelrahman
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