Africa and Middle East Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/aaworld/africa-and-middle-east/ Connecting mothers; empowering women around the globe. Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:31:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-World-Moms-Network-Logo-512-125x125.jpg Africa and Middle East Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/aaworld/africa-and-middle-east/ 32 32 To All Moms: You Don’t Know a Thing! PS, I Love You https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/30/to-all-moms-you-dont-know-a-thing-ps-i-love-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-all-moms-you-dont-know-a-thing-ps-i-love-you https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/30/to-all-moms-you-dont-know-a-thing-ps-i-love-you/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37651 Alas! I’d just had yet another row with my 14-year-old, and the closing banter, as always was, “You don’t know a thing! I hate you Mom!”. Feeling drained out, wretched, and eager to make things normal, all at the same time, I heard the loud thud of the door closing. She has shut her bedroom […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/30/to-all-moms-you-dont-know-a-thing-ps-i-love-you/feed/ 3 Parenting Don’ts: Advice to My Future Self https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/16/parenting-donts-lessons-for-my-future-self/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parenting-donts-lessons-for-my-future-self https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/16/parenting-donts-lessons-for-my-future-self/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37543 I had the privilege to be born in Bahrain and imbibe the various cultures around me. Raised in a nuclear family, my parents tried to give my sister and me everything that a big, joint Indian family would provide for a proper balanced upbringing. That was a lot of expectations from one dad and one mum […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/11/16/parenting-donts-lessons-for-my-future-self/feed/ 3 Raising Kids in Abu Dhabi: Adolescent Boredom and Expanded World Views? https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/19/raising-kids-in-abu-dhabi-adolescent-boredom-and-expanded-world-views/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raising-kids-in-abu-dhabi-adolescent-boredom-and-expanded-world-views https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/19/raising-kids-in-abu-dhabi-adolescent-boredom-and-expanded-world-views/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:49:58 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37499 “Abu Dhabi is a great place to raise kids,” said the repair guy in our New York apartment building, about a month before we shlepped ourselves and our two kids halfway around the world. “My brother and his family love it there,” he added. His words surprised me. Everyone else we talked to worried about […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/19/raising-kids-in-abu-dhabi-adolescent-boredom-and-expanded-world-views/feed/ 1 Sustainable Development Goal #3: Let’s Keep HUMANITY Alive https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/09/27/sdg3-lets-keep-humanity-alive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sdg3-lets-keep-humanity-alive https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/09/27/sdg3-lets-keep-humanity-alive/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:01:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37408 I underwent breast surgery last Monday and, as a mother of four, aged 12 to 2, I was terrified. Terrified not to be able to make it, terrified to be left with terrible injuries, terrified of being left with a disability. This terror was because I live in one of the poorest countries of the […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/09/27/sdg3-lets-keep-humanity-alive/feed/ 1 Advice for the First Bird Leaving the Nest https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/07/27/advice-for-the-first-bird-leaving-the-nest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=advice-for-the-first-bird-leaving-the-nest https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/07/27/advice-for-the-first-bird-leaving-the-nest/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:18:21 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37017 Years ago (many years but not many many), I headed to London to start University at the age of 18. Moving from Riyadh, where I was accustom to always asking permission from my parents before going out, having a chaperone with me in the car with the driver, and living my life as a little […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/29/what-our-words-can-do/feed/ 1 The Pandemic, Traveling and the Power of NOW https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/17/the-pandemic-traveling-and-the-power-of-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pandemic-traveling-and-the-power-of-now https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/17/the-pandemic-traveling-and-the-power-of-now/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:42:10 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=36605 World Moms Network changed my life. The first time I traveled out of my country was in 2013. Jennifer Burden, Founder of World Moms Network, celebrated. She couldn’t stop talking about it on social media. I went to Chicago to collect the BlogHer International Activist Award on behalf of World Moms Network (at that time […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/17/the-pandemic-traveling-and-the-power-of-now/feed/ 4 EGYPT: Discover More about Yourself by Stretching Your Comfort Zone https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/03/19/egypt-discover-more-about-yourself-by-stretching-your-comfort-zone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=egypt-discover-more-about-yourself-by-stretching-your-comfort-zone https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/03/19/egypt-discover-more-about-yourself-by-stretching-your-comfort-zone/#respond Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:58:41 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=36071 We all tend to stay in our comfort zone. It’s safer and more comfortable even if we are not totally satisfied with our lives. To make a change and discover more about our strengths we need to get out of our comfort zone, experience discomfort, and challenge ourselves. Six years ago, I decided to start […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/03/19/egypt-discover-more-about-yourself-by-stretching-your-comfort-zone/feed/ 0 Interviewing Nancy Sumari, #WorldMom, Miss World Africa, Miss Tanzania (2005) https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interviewing-nancy-sumari https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/#respond Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:45:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35141 Happy Women’s Month! You may have read some of this phenomenal woman’s posts right here on World Moms Network. One of our own contributors, Nancy Sumari, has agreed to be interviewed for my Phenomenal Women Series, and it comes right on time as we keep celebrating Women’s History Month and women’s excellence (something, I believe, […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/30/interviewing-nancy-sumari/feed/ 0 Interviewing An International Model: Miriam Odemba https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/26/interviewing-international-model-miriam-odemba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interviewing-international-model-miriam-odemba https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2018/03/26/interviewing-international-model-miriam-odemba/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:59:55 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=35139 Happy Women’s Month! A few days ago I had a meaningful and fun conversation with international Tanzanian model, Miriam Odemba. If you have Instagram you might want to pop on over and see what she is up to, as she is always inspirational, motivational, fun, and has the kind of beautiful smile that makes you […]

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