On a mission to empower one million Arab women, with Sheikha Intisar Al Sabah

Episode 39 June 16, 2020 00:19:48
On a mission to empower one million Arab women, with Sheikha Intisar Al Sabah
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On a mission to empower one million Arab women, with Sheikha Intisar Al Sabah

Jun 16 2020 | 00:19:48

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Show Notes

This week, we're joined by Her Highness Sheikha Intisar Al Sabah, a princess of the royal AlSabah family of Kuwait. Sheikha Intisar is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, author and columnist. She believes in using her knowledge, experience and personal discoveries to inspire people to look, feel and do better and is now on a mission to empower one million Arab women. In 2013 she launched Alnowair, the first GCC non-profit working with schools to improve well-being among children through positive psychology. This year the program has covered 11,600 children so far. And in 2017 she launched the Intisar Foundation, which works with with NGOs in Jordan and Lebanon to offer drama therapy to women affected by war and female victims of violence.

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