Breakfast in Ayn al-Tineh
Saturday afternoon - May 2013, I receive the latest report from my contact in the UN; Ayn al-Tineh has been taken over by radical religious militias who massacred the men of the town, dumping their bodies in a mass grave and took 300 young women and girls as slaves;...
A Healthy Mind is in a Healthy Wallet – 10 Tips to Wellness Through Financial Sustainability
Dealing with stress, anxiety and other mental challenges is one thing. Doing it while under financial stress is a whole other ballgame! And that is the unfortunate position many women in the Arab world find themselves in. In societies that uphold a women's place in...
A Fine Line Between Social Etiquette and Telling Lies
You're leaving a dinner party, and a friend needs a taxi ride. You offer to drop her off, but her house is in the opposite direction, and yet you insist on dropping her home. You do it in-spite of traffic, and that report waiting for you at home to finish. You end up...
Some good news .. #gaza family a phone call away..
I just got off the phone with Abdulhadi & khalil. Two brothers, one lost his eye, another his limbs in the 2009 attack."Hamdul Allah we are fine.. three days no water, electricity. Our neighborhood is a ghost town. Everyone evacuated, two missiles hit two houses...
The gravity of the battle means nothing to those at peace
Last night, my 20 year old son came home in a solemn mood. One of his dear school friends had passed in an operating room from complications. We spoke of death, funerals and post funeral customs and how people of different cultures observe it. Ssome celebrate it...
A Christmas Gift from Maria
Maria's smile was the best gift I received this Christmas. Maria is seven years young. She can't wait to go the USA, so she can run and play with other kids like she used to. Five months ago she was walking with her mom in their neighborhood in a Palestinian...
Rama Chakaki
Partner - Transform VC. Co-founder - VIP.fund
Impact Tech Founder & Investor. Creating peace through education. Life learner. TedxBeaconStreet speaker 2017