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Kerning Cultures and amazing brands from the Middle East

We are very pleased to announce that we are one of the feature brands in the new online store from Kerning Cultures. Kerning Cultures is a podcast challenging the narratives and stereotypes of the Middle East (available on iTunes). KC 'believes in the power of audio storytelling', and though their medium is a little different to ours, we are proud to be telling stories with them. Other incredible brands that are featured include Melting Pots, turning kitchen utensils into a multicultural exchange, THIS Toothbrush reviving an ancient natural toothbrush called the miswak, which has been used for centuries in Islamic communities and has been shown to be beneficial for dental hygiene, and Sitti Soap, a social enterprise providing fair-wage employment opportunities to skilled women refugees at...

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We're a switcher!

Have you heard the news? Taita Leila is now part of the Switchers community! We're so proud to be part of a group of green entrepreneurs and changemakers in the Mediterranean region, where entrepreneurs of a similar passion for the environment and society can meet. Switchers are individuals, enterprises or civil society organizations implementing innovative and ecological solutions that contribute to sustainable and fair consumption and production models, and we are so glad to be a part of this tribe! We loved speaking to Hilary Duff, she perfectly captured what we're about in this interview.  Switch on!

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Taita Leila en espanol!

We were interviewed by Alba Villén Rueda for her article on our social enterprise, Taita Leila. Titled (ES) 'El tradicional bordado palestino perpetua su patrimonio en prendas actuales', we love how we sound in Spanish! The article was published in prestigious publications such as efe, eldiario, telemundoatlanta, lavanguardia, and eldia. Ole! 

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Taita Leila in Arab press!

This week has seen Taita Leila feature in a few online Arab publications. Noora, founder and Chief Grandchild of Taita Leila, talks to the Emirati news outlet The National about the inspiration and the women behind our concept. In business news, Work Factory, the coworking space where we have our office, is profiled in Wamda. Read up about it why we love it here. In another article on Wamda, we talk about crowdfunding, with tips to make sure that raising money in this way is successful. More articles are coming out soon! Since we are always up to something, stay in-the-know by subscribing to our newsletter!

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