11 - Alamira Reem and Arsalan, a husband and wife team
Emirati Stories28 Heinä 2019

11 - Alamira Reem and Arsalan, a husband and wife team

Emirati architect Alamira Reem Bani Hashim came back from 12 years in California with a PHD in Urban Planning, becoming the 1st female Emirati with that distinction*. In this episode she explains why she left the UAE at 17 to study abroad on her own. Describing herself as an overachiever and perfectionist, Reem experienced depression, an imposter syndrome, but finally found herself and her own identity.
Her husband Arsalan explains how they met and what matters for them as a couple in the Emirati context. Both are also partners in business after founding an interior design company with an original concept and name that resonates with their lives: "The Native Bohemians".

This episode was hosted by Nathalie Gillet, and was recorded in public at the French language institute Alliance française, by Fahim Benchouk from the company Fuzyo.

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* Episode 10 of "Emirati stories" was dedicated to Reem's work on Abu Dhabi and the story of the UAE capital's development. We strongly recommend her recently published book "Planning Abu Dhabi".

** Music: "Unbury Your Heart", by Snowflake

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