Zarina Jafferji is a member of the Dawoodi Bohra community in London, originally from Zanzibar, Tanzania. With a lifelong passion for food, she blends her Zanzibari roots with global influences, creating a unique culinary style. She celebrated this fusion in her first cookbook, A Taste of Zanzibar, and more recently, in A Taste of Tradition,…
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Zahra Haamid is an educator at MSB Educational Institute, Nairobi, currently serving as the Head of the Lower Primary section. She has been in the education field for over a decade and is convinced in the power of engaging and purposeful learning to yield positive results. In this blog, she shares her thoughts on why…
Dr. Farida Essajee, a paediatric neurologist from Nairobi, Kenya, reflects on her professional journey—one filled with determination, faith, and the constant balancing act of career and family life. The First Step: A Dream Takes Root In 2001, I walked into the University of Nairobi, filled with excitement and uncertainty. Medicine wasn’t just a career choice,…



