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Aug 2024
1h 15m

I Never Accept No! How Dr Suaad Al Shams...

Forbes Middle East
About this episode

When everything is stacked against, how do you still come out on top?

As the UAE’s first female aircraft engineer, Dr Suaad Al Shamsi has made a career out of proving people wrong, fighting not only for her dreams but also for the right of girls and women to excel in male-dominated industries.

In this special episode of Power Play celebrating Emirati Women’s Day, Dr Al Shamsi shares:

· the phone call from HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum that changed her life,

· Why she never accepts no for an answer

· her secrets to gaining unshakable confidence

· Her near-death experience

· Her dramatic weight loss (at her heaviest she reached 160kg) and what she learned from the experience

· Why she wrote the book “How to Kill Your Man Without Evidence”

and so much more.

Exclusively on Power Play with Sally Mousa on Forbes Middle East

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