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00:32This month, we celebrate how women are inspiring thought leadership,
00:36bridging cultures and collaboration, and driving change in society.
00:41I'm Laila Humayra, and this is Qatar In Motion.
00:48Did you know that among the GCC countries, Qatar leads the way with the highest rate of female labour force
00:55participation?
00:56In 2023, it was 60%, compared to the global average of 47.4%.
01:03It's also a 33% increase from 2001.
01:08The GCC has also made strides in appointing women in the government, ministries, C-suite and leadership roles.
01:15Qatar became the first GCC nation to appoint female judges,
01:21with women making up over 48% of the Supreme Judicial Council's workforce.
01:29Amid the hustle and bustle of Education City is a space of serenity.
01:34This is the Almujadila Centre and Mosque for Women.
01:37It opened its doors in early 2024, aiming to be a platform for learning and discussion.
01:44Vein-cut stone from Turkey and Italy, marble on the rooftop sourced from Oman,
01:51a massive carpet woven in China using wool from New Zealand,
01:56and a wise vision brought to life by American architects.
02:02Almujadila's space is the culmination of a melting pot of ideas and materials,
02:07much like the people, discussions and exchange of knowledge that happens in it.
02:13And I'm here to learn more about what makes this building so special.
02:18Can you introduce us to Almujadila for a global audience,
02:22put into context what the Centre aims to do,
02:24and what does the word Almujadila mean?
02:27At the heart of the project is really trying to create a space for Muslim women.
02:32And we do that by trying to ask the question of,
02:35how can we approach the needs of Muslim women in a more integrated and holistic way?
02:39There are intellectual, spiritual needs, religious needs, personal needs, familial needs, professional needs.
02:46Almujadila translates into she who discourses, or she who speaks, or dialogues.
02:51It represents a woman asking a question, a woman who's rooted in her faith,
02:56a woman who's identified a social problem,
02:59and a woman who wants to find an answer to that specific challenge within her community.
03:03And at the core of it all, it started with Her Highness Sheikha Moza's vision.
03:08I'm curious to know, how has Her Highness's vision translate into the initiatives
03:13to empower young women, women, future leaders of the world here at Almujadila?
03:18Society has gone through such, I would say, drastic changes in the past hundred years.
03:26Modernisation, globalisation, industrial revolutions,
03:29So many changes to how we as individuals actually live.
03:33And in that transformation of society, women have also taken on such a different role.
03:40And so for Her Highness's vision, it's to ensure that we also stop
03:44and make sure that we're taking care of the people who support that society
03:48and who ensure society is continuing, which are the women.
03:51The centre will be marking its second year since it opened its doors to worshippers.
03:55How has this journey been for you?
03:57There's this quote that I always found very powerful, which is,
04:01the meaning of life is to find your gift, and the purpose of life is to give that gift away.
04:06And in many ways, I feel the last two years at Mujadila, that really encapsulates what's happened,
04:13both for me as an individual, also the women that work here and the women that come to Mujadila.
04:18It's become a really open space for women to come, a space of self-discovery,
04:23a space where they are identifying their gifts.
04:25And then beautifully, Mujadila is the place where they can then give those gifts back to community.
04:30And for me, that is a really beautiful thing to witness.
04:34The designers of Al Mujadila made it a space for both spirituality and learning.
04:40The mosque has a library with a capacity of more than 8,000 volumes,
04:45including collections on Islamic history, published work of female scholars,
04:49and self-help books.
04:52The award-winning architects Dillas, Cofidio and Renfro wanted to preserve the tradition
04:57of building mosques in harmony with nature, thus centering the structure around these two olive trees,
05:04which are also symbols of peace, knowledge and continuity.
05:08Right next to it is the main space for worship, a 9,400-square-foot prayer hall.
05:14It has the capacity of hosting 750 worshippers and up to twice that number during the holy month of Ramadan.
05:22While Ramadan is the busiest period of the year, visitors come to pray,
05:28deepen their knowledge and take part in communal programs all year round.
05:33Every year, the centre also hosts a women's summit where scholars, thought leaders, practitioners
05:39and members of the public gather to discuss contemporary challenges of Muslim women
05:45and find solutions through dialogue.
05:47Through dynamic programming, dialogue and strategic engagement,
05:52the centre showcases the breadth and depth of the Islamic tradition
05:56and its enduring relevance to modern challenges.
06:01There's also the RIAYA Young Adult Stewardship Programme,
06:05which is aimed at supporting the personal and professional development of young women.
06:09This programme unites young Muslim women from all around the world.
06:14There were ladies from Malaysia, Indonesia, there were also from the Philippines, Germany
06:21and there were also people who came from Gaza.
06:24This programme focused on, for example, climate change, ways of knowing, assistive technology,
06:31which was my favourite because it showed us how we can use technology to help people who are in need
06:37and in general, like Muslim values.
06:40There were also lessons that stayed with Almayasa well after her time in the classroom.
06:46Here we've learned that being a leader isn't just about the title.
06:50It's about our values, how we inspire others to make them have a better self in general.
06:57Two years in, Al Mujadila is already seeing glimpses of the fruits from the seeds it has planted.
07:04The hope is that the centre will continue to be a sanctuary for women,
07:08a beacon of faith-based dialogue and a limitless pool of ideas and knowledge.
07:17Not far from Al Mujadila is the Qatar Science and Technology Park.
07:21It recently launched an initiative called The 300,
07:24aiming to build a community of women investors to help reshape the venture capital ecosystem.
07:30QSTP is headed by Rama Shikaki, a long-time Silicon Valley native
07:35who has paved the way for many wanting to pursue a career in technology and entrepreneurship.
07:41We did some focus groups to see the sentiment towards investing,
07:46whether women were interested in investing in deep tech and impact,
07:49and the response was a resounding yes.
07:51I think it's a fantastic time because the number of startups that are being attracted to Qatar
07:56or that are growing out of the education ecosystem in Qatar are growing exponentially.
08:03We're starting with women who want to invest at an angel level,
08:06but some of these women have the financial resources to graduate to become venture capital limited partners
08:13and want to be in this community to recruit other women into their work.
08:19That will change the landscape dramatically because once women come in,
08:25who they'll invest in, what they will invest in will be radically different,
08:30and that will create new economies, I think, and new green spaces to invest in.
08:38From faith and education to tech and investing,
08:41we've now come to the National Museum of Qatar to meet Chef Nuf Al-Mari,
08:46founder of the Desert Rose Cafe.
08:49She's blazed the trail for Qatari cuisine,
08:52putting the country on the Michelin Guide and on the map as a culinary destination of the world.
08:58Desert Rose is the second place.
09:00It's not just a thing that we're going to do it and it's all.
09:03I've been thinking, for example, when they come to me for a long time,
09:06they're sitting with me and say,
09:07you've been thinking, you've been 30-40 years and 40 years.
09:09And this is what I'm going to do with me a lot.
09:12And this is what I'm going to do with my own self.
09:14I have a big job for the country's office.
09:18I've discovered this thing from today's age,
09:20I've been about 9 years.
09:23And the father's father's father is a long-to-day life.
09:25I've always wanted to provide me some details of the kitchen.
09:29It gave me a big job for me to discover the paintings.
09:33I always wanted to go with her to the hotel room.
09:36We're going to discover the paintings, we're going to eat the paintings.
09:40When a person goes to this table, he knows that this table is a table that's a table.
09:44I'm happy today to cooperate with QC Plus.
09:49I'm looking forward to it.
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