My Salaam has always been at the forefront of celebrating Arab women in sports. This week, we featured a champion. Amna Al Qubaisi is definitely not afraid to #drivelikeagirl. Shattering regional stereotypes, the Emirati race driver is making her mark in the record books by becoming the first Arab woman to compete in Formula 4 next season. “People who say that women are bad drivers are just stereotyping, and if anything, we should all #drivelikeagirl,” she told My Salaam.

Have you heard of Mumm? Well, that’s a food delivery start-up providing an income for women in Egypt. Started by thirty-two-year-old entrepreneur Waleed Abdel Rahman Mumm is not your usual delivery service: Instead of teaming up with fast-food restaurants, Waleed partners with amateur or professional chefs to deliver fresh, home-cooked meals to patrons in Egypt.    

How different would your life be if you focused only on what  concerns you? Why do you care about things that do not concern you? That’s one of our favourite articles on productivity that helps you achieve peak performance by managing your energy, focus and time for beneficial things.

Luckily for us, modest-fashion bloggers have hit the streets this year, and we can’t help but gawk at all their amazing styles. Take a look at My Salaam’s ten looks to steal from this year’s Fashion Week.

October is Vegetarian Awareness Month, and it ends with World Vegan Day on 1 November. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up some of the tastiest vegetarian meal options in the UAE that you can try. Don’t live in Dubai? You can easily recreate or make your own versions of some of the options.

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