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Carving a Legacy in the Mountains of St. Catherine: Hajja Amiriya
Lebanese Forager: Rianna Tassabehji
Do Women in The Region Need Feminism?
Personal Essay
The Priestess: Reconnecting with the Remedies of My Great-Grandmother
Potentially Problematic
How to talk to a child about genocide (spoiler: it’s hard)
Feature
Can Photography Archives Shape Our Heritage and Future Narratives?
Feature
Doomscrolling a Genocide
Personal Essay
The Palestinian Diaspora: Navigating Survivor’s Guilt
Feature
Reclaiming Our Power: Fighting the Colonial Complex
I Heard the Sound of My Land and it’s Autotuned
Personal Essay
How psychoanalysis and capitalist patriarchy tricked women into smoking
Potentially Problematic
You, Me and Baby Makes Three
Feature
Rom-coms Shaped my Romantic Ideals, Social Media Tore Them Down
Feature
Neither Victim nor Survivor: How can we move #MeToo forward?
Personal Essay
…And what do we know of happiness?
Personal Essay
My matriarchal lineage and I
Potentially Problematic
Can friendships grow with us as we get older?
Feature
Does mental health care consider diverse cultural experiences?
Potentially Problematic
Explaining Death to a Toddler
Personal Essay
El Ghorba: Home Remembered and Imagined
Personal Essay
Parenting as a feminist is a lonely thing
Potentially Problematic
Making space for the me I am now
Feature
Is TikTok giving diaspora communities a connection to home?
Personal Essay
My Personal Collection of Culture, and Questions
Personal Essay
Stepping Up And Into Your Personal Power
Personal Essay
Parenting a Neurodivergent Child
Personal Essay
Living with ADHD after decades of medical gaslighting
Personal Essay
When I Was Dying
Profile
Creating An Artistic Language That Flows Between Fantasy and Reality
Feature
These Young Regional Pop Artists Are Repping The Arab Identity
Personal Essay
Where Do We Hide Our Shame?
Personal Essay
Learning to Like My Mother
Feature
30+ and “still” single: Redefining marital norms
Feature
What does building for climate resilience mean for our region?
Profile
Palestinian ‘tatreez’ and the politics of youth
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Personal Essay
The Reality of Motherhood
Opinion Piece
Shifting the outlook on self-care in the region
Personal Essay
“My mother wouldn’t call herself a feminist, but she upheld all its values”
Personal Essay
The generational ghosts of abandonment
Feature
Decolonizing beauty by reclaiming natural curls, curves and complexions
Profile
Spearheading a revolution of inclusion
Personal Essay
Living with Microtia didn’t define me, but it’s what made me
Profile
A sustainable approach to the period conversation
Personal Essay
The radical existence of my neurodivergent sibling
Profile
Advancing the rights of migrant workers in MENA
Profile
Spearheading a haven for creatives in Lebanon
Profile
Bringing the mental health conversation to streetwear
Feature
On Palestine: Speak up, get educated, hold space
Profile
Parkour, pregnancy and personalizing fitness
Profile
Harnessing movement and mindset as medicine through dance
Profile
Zeez Collective: Comics of remembrance and resistance
Profile
Championing sport in mental health advocacy
Profile
Breaking free from abstract age brackets
Personal Essay
Battling anxiety: Where do you go when an enemy is your home?
Profile
Standing up against society’s model
Profile
Forging a new era for women in Saudi law
Profile
Localizing climate solutions while baking Wu-Tang cookies
Profile
Diplomacy, adventure, and conveying true perspective
Profile
Making ethical essentials the new edgy
Profile
A journey back to basketball and self-actualization
Startup Profile
Bringing the power of holistic wellbeing to the region
Startup Profile
Empowering the region’s natural hair journey
Startup Profile
Making interactive learning accessible and relevant
Startup Profile
Personalizing access to healthier lifestyles in the region
Startup Profile
Podcasts connecting Arab youth to their culture and stories
Profile
Understanding the erotic through art
Profile
Spotlighting women filmmakers through Habibi Collective
Profile
The power of public art and empowering artists
Profile
Visualizing the inner warrior queen
Profile
Innovating tech for cleaner water
Profile
Breaking the silence of womanhood
Profile
Strictly sneakers and No Boys Allowed
Press Release
5 Startups Join Cycle 3 of Revamped Womentum Accelerator
Profile
Scrapbooking and the traveling Sarj
Profile
Adapting while remaining true to yourself and your art
Profile
The urban culture, the Dukkan, the courage
Profile
The vulnerability of carving out new creative spaces
Profile
The fashion of giving a f*ck
Profile
Connecting communities through the art of film
Profile
Ethereal imagery and living in metaphors
Profile
Radical honesty and the art of social impact
Profile
Sitti empowers refugee women and promotes ethical consumption
Press Release
Womentum 2020 Heads to Egypt and UAE
Profile
Alya Mooro is finding her truth on the way to “The Greater Freedom”
Profile
Malaika Munshi finds fluidity in artistic expression
Profile
A revolution of freedom, love and self-discovery
Profile
From entrepreneur to triathlete to transatlantic adventures
Profile
Balancing basketball, art and activism
Press Release
Womentum 2019 Graduates Cohort of 7 Female-Led Tech Startups
Startup Profile
Chefaa is giving patients safe, reliable access to vital medicine
Startup Profile
Pas-sport is taking MENA’s student athletes global
Startup Profile
A unique algorithm for complex planning problems
Startup Profile
A social network for MENA’s second-hand fashion lovers
Startup Profile
Driving diversity in the world of toys
Startup Profile
Luxury Promise: A pre-loved luxury marketplace for MENA and beyond
Startup Profile
Empowering farmers with fair pay and market access
Feature
Womentum 2018: The impact of taking startups to the next level
Press Release
Womena Opens Applications For Womentum 2019
Press Release
Womentum Graduates First Cohort of Female-led Tech Startups
Press Release
Womena Selects Finalists For Womentum’s First Cohort
Press Release
Womena Launches Womentum Accelerator to Support Female-Led Startups
Feature
7 Things MENA Investors Are Looking For In Your Pitch, As Told By WOMENA’s Angels