3 lessons on success from an Arab businesswoman

Name: 3 lessons on success from an Arab businesswoman
Uploaded: 2016-07-11T15:00:17Z
Duration: 13 min 52 s
Description: Professional Arab women juggle more responsibilities than their male counterparts, and they face more cultural rigidity than Western women. What can their success teach us about tenacity, competition, priorities and progress? Tracing her career as an engineer, advocate and mother in Abu Dhabi, Leila Hoteit shares three lessons for thriving in the modern world.

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Leila Hoteit |

TED@BCG Paris

• May 2016

Professional Arab women juggle more responsibilities than their male counterparts, and they face more cultural rigidity than Western women. What can their success teach us about tenacity, competition, priorities and progress? Tracing her career as an engineer, advocate and mother in Abu Dhabi, Leila Hoteit shares three lessons for thriving in the modern world.