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Hamdi Ulukaya  is a businessman who founded  Chobani,  the number one selling strained Greek-style yoghurt in the United States. He took a risk in purchasing an outdated yoghurt factory in upstate New York in 2005, a region that was renowned for its dairy industry. With no prior experience in the business, he has created a yoghurt empire, with factories in several states. It was valued at $1 billion in annual sales in less than five years after its launch. In 2016, Ulukaya announced that he would be giving 10% shares of the company to his employees.

Have you ever asked someone to name inspirational people, dead or alive? You’ll probably get names like Martin Luther King, Neil Armstrong, Tariq Ramadan, … I mean, We can’t deny that these and so many other men have done amazing things and are definitely worth the title, but I’ve noticed that most people only name men when it comes to powerful people. Little do they know that women have done and are still doing some pretty amazing things. So in this series I want to talk to you about women whose names are often forgotten or simply ignored because of the patriarchal society we live in. All I want is for you to never forget their names and keep their achievements in mind. She was the daughter of a merchant named Mohammed, she was known as ‘the lady of Fez’ and ‘the mother of boys’. I’m talking about Fatima Al Fihri, founder of the very first academic university. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It all started 1215 years ago, Fatima was born in approximately 800 CE in Tunisia. A

“I am caged by my body but my mind is free and so is my soul and so is my spirit.” Muniba Mazari is an artist and a writer. Pakistan’s 1 st  wheel chair bound model. She has planned to be 1 st  wheel chair bound tv host in Pakistan. She has 3 year old son. She believes in playing with vibrant colors and flawless portrayal of true emotions. Her work speaks her heart out and is all about people, their expressions, dreams and aspirations. Muniba Mazari was one of the guest speakers at TEDx Islamabad 2014 event where she portrayed her true emotions. Although wheel chair bound, her spirit and artistry knows no bounds. In fact, she takes the agony of spinal cord injury as a challenge and is more determined to express her sentiments through her art work. About this she said “Although it is hard to paint being a paraplegic, it is not easy to paint with a free mind when you are wheelchair bound, yet I know it is the only way through which I can spread the message of strength and courage. S

Hoodbhoy is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist, defense analyst, prominent environmentalist and social activist and regularly writes on a wide range of social, cultural and environmental issues. He graduated and also received a PhD from MIT and continues to do research in Particle physics .He is the chairman of Mashal, a non-profit organization which publishes Urdu books on feminism, education, environmental issues, philosophy, and modern thought. Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy is a strong supporter of peaceful use of nuclear technology in Pakistan, nuclear non-proliferation, and nuclear disarmament. He has taught Physics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as a visiting professor, where he also worked on topics in theoretical applications in the topological insulators, various Hall effects and Graphene. Before joining LUMS, he was a professor of nuclear and high-energy physics, and also the head of the Physics Department, at the Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad.

Shaban ALi