Arab Women Rising by Knowledge@Wharton
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Recent decades have seen greatly expanded opportunities for women throughout the Arab world, leveling the playing field as never before.
In Arab Women Rising, Knowledge@Wharton contributors Nafeesa Syeed and Rahilla Zafar share the entrepreneurial journeys of 35 women, from a flower farmer tending her fields in the Tunisian countryside to a Saudi royal advocating for expanded women's rights throughout the kingdom.
This Knowledge@Wharton collection tells the stories of:
Pioneers who are establishing exciting technology companies in a region where mobile usage is on the upswing
Small and midsize business owners who started enterprises specializing in everything from public relations to the arts
Innovators who have rolled out new products, revamped fashions, and integrated new services into their industries
Visionaries tapping the big-picture potential the region holds in such growing fields as entertainment and science
Women effectively spearheading change in their communities by starting social enterprises
Inspiring and powerful, Arab Women Rising is a guide to understanding the modern business environment created and led by a new generation of women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa.
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http://www.amazon.com/Arab-Women-Ris...dp/B00IN7BFZG/