Tag Archives: Dawoodi Bohra Women

Author Zarina Jafferji shares her thoughts on food, tradition and Bohra cuisine 

Zarina Jafferjee with the Hon. Mudrick Soraga at the launch of her book, A Taste of Tradition

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,…

Bringing concepts to life through STEM

Zahra Haamid of the Dawoodi Bohras of Nairobi

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…

A Nairobi doctor’s journey: Balancing family life and medical dreams

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,…