Fawzeya, the 50-year-old mother of three boys, first knew about Al Tadamun in 2009. When she took a EGP 750 -loan in support of her small business of making umbrellas and mats from henna firewood. A handicraft that she had picked from her husband and his family. Owing to her determination and dedication her latest …
My top priority is to prove my identity” Such was Dahlia’s statement, which might look abrupt and vague; but deep down inside, it cannot be more realistic and factual. Being 49 years of age, wife and mother of three girls and grandmother of three children, Dahlia is but a typical representation of the Egyptian woman. …
Hend, 45 years, has three children in different educational stages. She was raised during her childhood with her grandfather who taught her the manufacturing of “manashat” (which is an Egyptian tool that was used in past to drive away flying insects), since she was 15 years old. In 2015, she started to work in this …
Aida, 58 years old, married with two sons and two daughters. Her project journey started 20 years ago, right after the death of her father in law and her husband’s travel. She was forced to take the full responsibility of handling the cattle breeding project as well as raising and educating her children whom are …
Life – they say – is not a bed of roses. Some are born with a silver spoon in their mouths. Others don’t have immediate access to the spoon, but can afford what they need. For others still, life is so very difficult though we can overcome hardships as when life gives you lemons, make …
Life is not easy, and struggle is one of its exciting aspects, which encompasses a mixture of fatigue, hope and the pleasure of feeling achievements. A good wife does not complain of the work of her husband but the smart woman is able to play multiple roles in the life of her man; sometimes she …
When do we want to cross to the other bank…When we feel threatened? This is not the only aspiration. Once we are motivated to achieve some ambition, we swim and challenge constraints to settle on the nearest beach for more safety and success. Fayza, 44, married for 20 years, lived in Cairo until she met …
What a fatigue are the several roles played by the Egyptian lady on the theater of life! She is the family backbone, the spring of tolerance, the energy of giving and sacrifice. Under any conditions or restrictions, she is the safe fortress of her children, and the source of their warmth, their comfort, and the …
They told her as a young widow that she will spend her life in either one of two tragic ways. The first is waiting for another husband who is not going to support financially a mother with three children and the second way is living as a passerby waiting for charity and people’s sympathy but …
Egyptian women have shown success in various fields, despite their achievements at various levels, whether they are employees or have their own project, did not abandon their role as a mother to succeed in raising future generations and caring for their families and husbands at the same time. Amira is a model of a woman …
She is a 40-year-old woman representing inner happiness, peace and hope; she gives strength and courage to those around her; she is persevering and inspiring others. Samah is a mother and wife who spent years of her life standing by her husband and worked to provide good education to three children to just living with …
She is not an ordinary woman you meet daily. She has neither muscles nor an iron shield. She is shining with glittery hope of today’s will be a better day. She has the guts to refuse a status quo, oppression and community pressure. Nadia has an infused smile in her pleasant personality. Nadia 53 married …
Life is full of difficulties and hardships hindering a dependent person of taking wise decisions and confronting reality. Not only financial burdens affect or direct ambitions; however, the sense of achievement and independence directed Manal, 34, and mother of 3 children in different stages of education to establish in partnership with her sister, a project …
Over the ages, the Egyptian woman proved to be powerful and hopeful as she struggles in life to flourish with her family from the darkness to the light of life. Nadya wakes up at 5:00 A.M in a house of bricks, and its roof is based on straw and wood panels. Nadya is a fighter …
Patience does not mean you confront hardships with zero actions; it is when you look forward trusting end results. Patience means you don’t overlook the thorn of the flower but deep inside you wait for the flower to flourish; you survive the whole night to see the dawn. Amira is 42 years old widow with …
Mona, 54 years, divorced, she has five children; two sons and 3 daughters, and they are all married except one of her daughters. Throughout her 19-year-old marriage, her husband was strongly opposing the idea of a working woman and he spent his own money on the family. Some clashes intensified and happened with her husband …
This is what the mother told her daughter one night. The daughter did not realize her mother’s advice, but she learn it by heart. This same assisted daughter came to help her father in a small shop in a small town called ” Cendion” where a young man fell in love with her and decided …
Samia, 41, married, has two sons, the older one is in university stage and the other is in high school and she has a girl in preparatory school. She married at an early age, but this is the secret of her success because her husband is very cooperative and gave her freedom to have her …
Marwa, 38, has three children in different stages of education. She married at an early age and loves her husband; he appreciates her efforts and is “generous, kind and noble” as she described him. Marwa owns a large coffee shop and buys all her needs, where she agrees with the wholesale suppliers on the drinks …
“All I want is to secure my son’s future”… This is her main motive which she long-faced many difficulties to achieve. “Um Sherif”, aged 68 years, her husband divorced her while “Sherif” aged one year and four months, because her only son was diagnosed with minor Motor Neuron Disability by 5%. “Um Sherif” did not …
Nora is 20 years of age; she is single and studies commerce at Helwan University. She is also enrolled in accounting diploma at Cairo University and in her summer vacations; she takes courses in computer and English. She joined Al Tadamun Microfinance Foundation in 2014 with a loan size LE 1,500 and her current loan …
Zeinab, 19, joined Al Tadamun Microfinance Foundation this year with a loan size LE 1,500. She lives with her parents and seven younger brothers and sisters. She is literate and dropped out of school after 1st prep. Her project is producing ladies’ wallets. At the age of 11 she learnt the skill from her father, who …
A unique case and an example of determination, ambition and success in spite of all circumstances experienced by Attiyat, known as “Umm Hamada,” 54 years who has three sons and two daughters. She dropped out of school after primary school and learned to sew linen which became her passion. She opened her first shop in …
A lonely woman without enough money or a husband or family or friends to support her, took her first steps outside her hometown “Beni Suef ” for the first time accompanied by her two young daughters 18 years ago to reach the train station in Cairo. This woman is Fardous, aged 66 who refused her …
She feels so delighted when customers approach her to buy a gift for making someone else happy. That’s what Zeinab,55, does because she owns a small shop where she sells crochet products, flowers and decorated baskets. She is married with one boy and one girl. Her daughter, aged 28 graduated from the faculty of commerce. …
When her marriage life came to an end, Nour El Hoda did not lose her determination for success. She has two girls aged 17 & 14 and one boy aged 16. The eldest goes to the university while the youngest is in 3rd preparatory. Nour El Hoda holds a commerce diploma. Her project is decorating baskets …
In another scenario, she would have been retiring by now, especially after turning 61 years old, yet Yousreya didn’t abide by her age and chose to work hard. Yousreya is married with one son aged 35. Her son works in Jordon and her husband works as a fruit seller. However, she decided to be an …
She had a friend with whom she began her project, until each had her own separate way. And Intesar became the owner of a very successful project of lamp shades’ production. Intsar, 30, married with two boys and one girl, the eldest is 12 years and the youngest is seven years. She successfully enrolled all …
Having worked for years in a Hair Salon, marriage pushed her to leave her work in order to pursuit a happy marital life. But after she found herself married for three years, to a man who does not care for his home or his only son, she decided to get a divorce and be more …
If you are on your way to school, or a father who wants to buy some sweets for his children, or a young guy whose feeling thirsty during hot days and you live in the same neighborhood where Saadia lives, then she is your savior. It has been 10 years since Saadia started to sell …
It still has a special glamour among people in the Middle East to have male kids, but on the other side of the coin there is women’s horror and feelings of fear if they give birth to only girls; because they are threatened by getting divorced or their husbands marry another in order to achieve …
He chose the easy way-out. He took the decision to leave his family not considering what might happen to his wife and children. He was selfish enough not to think about their future. Yet, he didn’t recognize up till now that he left an iron woman and great children. Badria, who’s husband left her with …
Polygamy is quite common in Egypt. And usually movie makers display the second wife with tears and sadness, yet this doesn’t have to be true. Reda, 40 years old, managed to be the second wife who supports her husband, cooperates with the first wife, and loves all sons. Everybody in this big family comes together …
She spent 14 years in evening dresses embroidery. After, Rabha who aged 42, used to work in factories for a while, she decided with her friend, who produces evening dresses, that anyone of them receiving an order, her friend designs and Rabha does the embroidery. Eventually, she became one of the most important micro-businesswomen in …
She was raised up in a street full of shops, that is why Nadia learnt buying and selling skills brilliantly despite not joining the school from an early age. Nadia, 37 years old, has five sons. The eldest boy is Saad who is 17 years old and studies at an industrial secondary school, and the …
It is such an incomparable feeling of happiness when a girl finds her prince-charming and future husband, so felt “Hekmat” when fate bonded her with “Mohamed”. They shared common dreams and goals in life and agreed to start a project together after marriage. Men’s T-shirt factory is the dream that they had started together in …
After her father forced her to drop out after primary school, she decided to join a sewing institute in order to make a living from a newly learnt craft. Haneya, aged 59, now owns a factory where she produces sleepwear, and distributes her products to most well-known shops around Cairo. Thereby, she was able to …
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