by B&W Oman | Nov 15, 2021 | Adarsh Madhavan, Purple Page
By Adarsh Madhavan “I am ‘Ummiyyah’(illiterate)”, self declares Dirbibi Al Balushi, 71, when Purple went to meet her in Muttrah Souq recently. Dirbibi is living in acute penury and is trying her best to make both ends meet, but she is heavily weighed down by...
by B&W Oman | Nov 15, 2021 | Purple Page
What’s cooking Badriya?The wonderful aroma that would waft from spice lady BADRIYA AL-HODAR’s home, when she starts roasting some spices in her kitchen, in an experimental bid to find new and delectable mixes, would quite often result in neighbours knocking on her...
by B&W Oman | Nov 15, 2021 | Purple Page
71-year old Dirbibi is Muttrah souq’s lucky charm. On a dreary Monday morning, along with other sellers and early-bird visitors, DIRBIBI AL BALUSHI, 71, shuffles in to Arabia’s oldest marketplaces, Muttrah souq, clutching many tiny packets of sweet tamarind and other...
by B&W Oman | Nov 15, 2021 | Purple Page
In a span of seven years, SAMIYA SINAN MOHAMMED AL JAHWARI, a hiker and coach/training specialist (for ladies and children) lost four very dear and close members of her immediate family. Losing them sent Samiya down a spiral of grief, despair and depression.World of...
by B&W Oman | Nov 15, 2021 | Purple Page
Zainab (* not her real name) was a kid when she started to help her fisherman father. And for several decades she continued in the same vein. Even when she married another fisherman from her village in Musannah, her prime job was to support him. But a coastal women...
by B&W Oman | Nov 15, 2021 | Purple Page
As a portion of the world’s population age, there is a need to figure out how their children (of the elderly) are going to provide them — their ageing loved ones — with increasingly complex care. It is only when we experience it that we begin to fathom the...
by B&W Oman | Nov 15, 2021 | Purple Page
In the hot, desert climate of Buraimi, some 300-plus kilometres away from Muscat, you would not believe that you would bump into a bright, young Omani woman who is always buzzing around town like a bee, doing what she knows best: volunteering; helping women become...
by B&W Oman | Nov 15, 2021 | Purple Page
Why do we need any reasons to protect our own property, asks Aida Al Jabri, one of the Sultanate’s first few Omani marine conservationists. Called a ‘wonder woman’, having trained 120 marine rangers, and working all hours for the cause of the marine environment...
by B&W Oman | Nov 14, 2021 | Purple Page
“Women bring higher emotional intelligence to the workplace. Female leadership stood out on the global stage during COVID, like New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, Germany’s Angela Merkel, and Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-Wen. “(Therefore), it is clear that women can be particularly...
by B&W Oman | Nov 7, 2021 | Purple Page
“The COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has shown that women are very adaptable. In many ways we can be born leaders as we often have to juggle work and home lives and families,” says Ayesha Al-Shoily, department head, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Ooredoo. “Ask...
by B&W Oman | Nov 3, 2021 | Purple Page
A leader has to learn to delegate and this is evident among the successful leaders who have fought crises like the global pandemic and come out with flying colours, says Laila Al Hadhrami, Smart Cities Development Manager. “How you face a crisis is a very critical...
by B&W Oman | Oct 31, 2021 | Purple Page
“The essence of a woman’s success rests in her patience and durability, which helps to overcome any obstacles,” says Maryam Mohammed Al Murr Al Wahaibi, administrative personnel, Oman Water and Wastewater Services Company.“As women we are all strong, mentally and...
