PURPLE SPECIAL EDITION 2021

PURPLE SPECIAL EDITION 2021

PURPLE SPECIAL EDITION 2021 - Come, be part of the lives of some iron women of Oman – just simple, ordinary womenfolk, who were not afraid to be themselves, who refused to remain what they were and decided...

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Hope is a woman who has lost her fear

Hope is a woman who has lost her fear

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...

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A spices magician: Badriya Al-Hodar

A spices magician: Badriya Al-Hodar

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...

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Hope is a woman selling tamarind: Dirbibi Al Balushi

Hope is a woman selling tamarind: Dirbibi Al Balushi

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...

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Women are born leaders: Ayesha Al-Shoily

Women are born leaders: Ayesha Al-Shoily

“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...

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