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Meem Voices: Inspiring Change

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Aiming to empower women and girls in the MENA region and shed light on their challenges, Meem Voices: Inspiring Change, brought to you by Meem Foundation, will lead conversations with leading experts to build knowledge and drive change.

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Meem Voices: Inspiring Change ft. Maysa Jalbout Episode 3 30.03.2026 37:39

In Episode 3 of Meem Voices: Inspiring Change Podcast, our host Alia Al Shamsi speaks with Maysa Jalbout, Director at Education Cannot Wait. Jalbout shares her journey from growing up as a Palestinian refugee to becoming a global leader in education, policy and philanthropy. Shaped by lived experience and decades of impact, her work focuses on expanding access to education and opportunity for the...

Meem Voices: Inspiring Change ft. Dr Farah Shamout Episode 2 01.10.2025 37:27

In Episode 2 of Meem Voices: Inspiring Change Podcast, our host Alia Al Shamsi speaks with Dr Farah Shamout, Assistant Professor at Clinical AI Lab, NYU Abu Dhabi. Dr Shamout shares her journey as an Arab woman in STEM, entering the male-dominated world of AI and healthcare. She forged her path through resilience, research and a vision to make medicine more preventative and accessible. Today,...

Meem Voices: Inspiring Change ft. Luma Bashmi Episode 1 10.07.2025 32:10

In Episode 1 of Meem Voices: Inspiring Change, our host Alia Al Shamsi has a conversation with Luma Bashmi, PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge and lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in Bahrain, and a research grant recipient of Meem Foundation. Luma reflects on memory, identity and the urgent need to decolonize mental health systems acrossthe MENA region. Her PhD research aimed a...