Tech Sisters Stories
by Tech SistersTech Sisters is a community that supports Muslim Women in Tech through storytelling, mentorship and collaboration. We know how important it is to have role models who look like us. These interviews are how we put the focus on our incredible sisters, the work they're doing, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned. As you listen to the interviews, we hope you feel at home here. You have the support and inspiration to go and do whatever you want to do
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Episodes
Ruqayyah Brown - Be bold enough to take up space in the spaces you go into
22m · PublishedToday on Tech Sisters Stories we're excited to have Ruqayyah Brown!
Ruqayyah is a brand strategist helping iconic Muslim brands elevate their voices. She has over 10 years of experience in brand building and is also the co-founder of Homeschool Queens
Key Lessons from this Episode
- Why Ruqayyah loves working with Muslim brands (5:20)
- How she navigates being a brand strategist and co-founder (11:15)
- Ruqayyah's tips for being comfortable in uncomfortable situations (13:20)
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Yasmin Desai - Find the thing you love and you'll be able to make it work
39m · PublishedFor our first episode of season 2, we are so excited to have Yasmin Desai. AKA the startup girl, Yasmin is a product director who has worked for over eight years in startups, including catapult Revolute and Impala. She's passionate about startups, tech and entrepreneurship, and she's on a mission to empower people, to develop entrepreneurship as a skill in their day jobs.
Key Lessons
- "Just apply. The worst that can happen is you don't get it. At least you tried" (6:50)
- Why Yasmin loves startups (17:20)
- Advice for people who want to launch a product (29:25)
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Season 2 Trailer
1m · PublishedWe're back with new episodes for season 2!
Tech Sisters is here to help Muslim women to feel seen and validated in their tech journeys so that they can build fulfilling and long-term careers. We connect you with other sisters who share your story, experiences and goals so you no longer have to feel like the only one on your team.
Reflections from the Mentor Match program
33m · PublishedToday's episode is a little bit different. We're talking to some of the participants of our first Mentor Match cohort: Medina Tochi Ajro, Madihah Akhtar, Muna Ali, Damilola Odumosu, and Sadiya Zackria. The three-month cohort recently finished, and you'll hear their reflections on their mentoring experience.
Applications for the next mentor match cohort will open after Ramadan
Also, this is the last episode of season 1! Thank you so much for listening and supporting the show. Season 2 will start in August iA
Key Lessons from this Episode
- Mentoring is just being sisters to one another and sharing and saying, "Hey, I've been there. I understand what it's like." 16:00
- So much of mentoring is just listening to your mentee and pointing out the things that their not necessarily seeing. 20:00
- You don't have to know all the answers to be a mentor 29:30
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Reem Mahmoud - We need to enable communities to build their own solutions
39m · PublishedToday on Tech Sisters Stories we're excited to have Reem Mahmoud
Reem Mahmoud is the cofounder and Education Lead at Zaka, a community-driven Artificial Intelligence startup. She is pursuing her Ph.D at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon in Electrical & Computer Engineering where her research focuses on personalized Machine Intelligence with a focus on learning from limited labelled data.
Key Lessons from this Episode
- Reem's experience as the only female electrical engineer in her university 7:00
- What happens when technology, especially AI, isn't developed for diverse communities by who belong to those communities 13:00
- The challenges of having a startup in Beirut 17:00
- Reem's beautiful answer to what makes her most proud 23:45
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We become more confident when we see people like us succeed
44m · PublishedToday on Tech Sisters Stories we're excited to have Iliana Montauk and Mai Temraz from Manara.
Manara is a social impact startup whose mission is to unlock human potential and diversify the global tech sector while uplifting the economies of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), with a focus on Palestine and women.
Iliana is the co-founder and CEO of Manara and Mai is the Program Manager. They’ve both previously worked together at Gaza Sky Geeks and they’re both Fulbright Scholars.
Key Lessons from this Episode
- Manara's vision is to become a platform that creates community connections and supports people at every stage of their career 12:00
- What makes Manara graduates so special 14:20
- Confidence is a huge challenge for people who come from non-traditional backgrounds 16:30
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Safa Ghribi - You should never limit your ambitions
31m · PublishedToday on Tech Sisters Stories we're excited to have Safa Ghribi!
Safa is a full stack developer at Microsoft, and an expert in NodeJS, Electron, Angular and React with quite a certification collection! She also did her university studies in 3 different countries: Tunisia, France, and Canada.
Key Lessons from this Episode
- Never limit your ambitions 11:00
- Safa's advice for getting into top tech companies like Unity and Microsoft 15:30
- Don't focus too much on work; have a healthy life balance 23:30
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Amira Chalbi - Never compromise your identity for your career. Have faith in yourself!
34m · PublishedToday on Tech Sisters Stories we're excited to have Amira Chalbi
Amira is a UX/CX researcher at Worldline Global. She’s very experienced in UX design and research, data visualization, innovation, UX strategy, and market studies.
Amira is passionate about contributing to the development and enrichment of the community and has been a wonderful part of Tech Sisters
Key Lessons from this Episode
- Amira's experiences working in academia and industry as a Muslim woman in France 8:30
- What happens when companies misuse UX 14:38
- The mindset that helped Amira overcome the many challenges she's faced 24:00
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20+ Questions to ask at your next interview to see if the company is a good fit
22m · PublishedIn today's episode we'll continue where we left off in How to Survive as a Muslim Woman in Tech. This time, we'll focus on the job interview as a point where you can get a sense of whether the company will be a safe place for you. A place where you can thrive being yourself without any compromises.
I'll go through over 20 questions that can help you figure out what you want in a company and if the company you're interviewing for fits that ideal.
Key Lessons from this Episode
- Questions to identify the purpose you want to have at work and if this company aligns with that purpose 4:30
- What kind of team do you want to be a part of? 9:03
- Does the pace at this company fit with the work-life balance you want for yourself? 12:28
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Sadiqah Musa - Seeing the real impact of our work makes me feel really good!
27m · PublishedToday on Tech Sisters Stories we're excited to have Sadiqah Musa
Sadiqah is a co-founder of Black in Data, a rapidly growing network of people of colour in data. Their end goal is to shift diversity in the data industry, ‘in order that people of colour may feel confident, visible and heard.’
She is also a lead analyst for the Guardian News and Media where she is an advocate for increased representation of ethnic diversity within data.
Sadiqah was recently recognised as Best Motivator by Women Leaders in Data and AI as one of the Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics by Corinium Global Intelligence.
Key Lessons from this Episode
- What Sadiqah wants her as legacy 2:45
- It takes courage to step into the unknown and invest in yourself 7:00
- Sadiqah's experiences as a Muslim woman in data 8:40
- Why setting boundaries and self-care is so important, especially for advocates 12:00
- The balance Sadiqah's been able to achieve with her family life 15:00
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Tech Sisters Stories has 44 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 24:18:52. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on October 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 30th, 2024 19:10.
