Podcasts by Who Run the World

Award winning podcast where two friends explore what it’s like being Arab women, unpacking their multifaceted identities through conversations between themselves and with other (wo)men from across the region and the world. Winner of Moment of Comedy Gold at the International Womens Podcast Awards.

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Damn… It’s Been Three Years! from 2022-02-16T06:00

Who Run the World turns three years old this week! In honor of our podcast’s birthday, we answer questions from you, our audience, about the podcast, about our friendship, our creative partnersh...

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We Watched Netflix’s Perfect Strangers | Who Run the Time from 2022-02-09T06:00

Last month Netflix’s Arabic movie Perfect Strangers quickly became the number 1 streamed movie across the Middle East. So just like everyone else, we recently watched the Arabic adaptation. The ...

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We Got the Rona from 2022-02-02T06:00

After two years of successfully avoiding the CoronaVirus, it got Rhea on December 31st 2021. While visiting Marilyn in Dubai, Rhea tested positive for COVID19. Rhea spent eleven days stuck in Ma...

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Dealing with our Anxiety & Mental Health with Dr. Saliha Afridi | Things My Mother Didn’t Tell Me from 2021-11-10T16:00

We are joined by Lighthouse Arabia founder and psychologist Dr. Saliha Afridi who breaks down everything we need to know about anxiety and mental health. Dr. Saliha tells us how we should treat ...

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We Went on Vacation! | Who Run the Time from 2021-11-03T08:00

After 5 months apart, last week we were back together in the same place and took advantage to record a special episode in San Sebastian Spain. Since we were on vacation, we figured why not bring...

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Conversation Starters for Teams | Who Run the Time from 2021-10-13T14:00

If you listen to this podcast you must know that we both love to converse, ask questions, travel down hypothetical routes, and learn things about each other and other people. Actually, did you k...

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Establishing&Respecting Boundaries | Things My Mother Didn’t Tell Me from 2021-10-06T16:00

In this episode, we talk about boundaries: how to establish them, how to respect them for ourselves and for others, and why they are so important in the creation and maintaining of healthy relat...

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We Watched AlRawabi School for Girls | Who Run the Time from 2021-09-29T16:00

We recently binge watched Netflix’s AlRawabi School for Girls and it quickly became one of our favorite television shows. We loved the series...

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Exploring our Relationship to Food | Things My Mother Didn't Tell Me from 2021-09-22T16:00

54% of people in the Arab world are at risk for developing an eating disorder. To help us make sense of this astounding statistic, we invited Dr. Melissa Riz...

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Exploring our Relationship to Food | Things My Mother Didn't Tell Me from 2021-09-22T16:00

54% of people in the Arab world are at risk for developing an eating disorder. To help us make sense of this astounding statistic, we invited Dr. Melissa Riz...

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Feelings and Thoughts of Loneliness from 2021-09-08T16:00

Rhea moved to London almost three months ago now. Living in this new city has made Rhea feel major bouts of loneliness, which often result in lots of tears. However, Rhea is not alone in her lon...

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Feelings and Thoughts of Loneliness from 2021-09-08T16:00

Rhea moved to London almost three months ago now. Living in this new city has made Rhea feel major bouts of loneliness, which often result in lots of tears. However, Rhea is not alone in her lon...

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Time for Decisions | Who Run the Time from 2021-09-01T15:00

We continuously spend time having to make decisions. It’s part of being an adult. In this episode of Who Run the Time, we talk you through our processes of making decisions, with Marilyn laying ...

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Who Run the Time: Time for Decisions from 2021-09-01T14:00

We continuously spend time having to make decisions. It’s part of being an adult. In this episode of Who Run the Time, we talk you through our processes of making decisions, with Marilyn laying ...

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Searching for Home with Farrah Berrou from 2021-08-11T20:00

It’s been a year since the August 4th explosion in Beirut. We wanted to commemorate the one year anniversary of the port explosion by having a conversation with our friend Farrah Berrou. A year ...

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The TV Binge Showdown | Who Run the Time from 2021-07-14T18:00

In our last episode we talked about how to deal with conflict. In this episode we get to practice what we preach, as we have one of our long standing debates on the microphone: to binge watch TV...

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How to Deal with Conflict | Things my Mother Didn’t Tell Me from 2021-07-07T21:00

For our third episode of Things My Mother Didn’t Tell Me but My Best Friend Did, we dive deep into a topic that our families and communities never really taught us how to navigate: conf...

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Stuck in a Hotel Room for 10 Days from 2021-06-09T20:00

When she moved to the UK, Rhea had to spend ten full days quarantined in a hotel room. First things first: Rhea did not go crazy, and surprisingly enjoyed her time in between the four walls of h...

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We’re not Crying, You’re Crying from 2021-06-02T20:00

After a year of living in the same city, Rhea is moving to London. This means that we are about to embark on a long distance relationship. We recorded one last episode together in person, and su...

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What to Expect When You’re no longer Expecting | Things My Mother didn’t Tell Me from 2021-05-19T00:00

One in four pregnancies end in a miscarriage, and yet the there is little medical and psychological resources available to guide women on how to go through this traumatic experience. Our friend,...

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What’s My Bra Size? | Things My Mother Didn’t Tell Me from 2021-05-12T18:00

80% of women don’t know what their bra size is. Most of us also do not know what cup shape best suits us, or where to even begin browsing when entering a lingerie store. Pair all of that with th...

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Game Night with the Coffee Break Girls from 2021-05-05T19:00

In this episode, we are joined for our version of game night by Nathalie Marsi and Nadyn Chalhoub, the hilarious duo behind Coffee Break. We quiz Nathalie and Nadyn on who knows who better, we ...

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Food, Cultural Appropriation, Diversity, and Authenticity in Media with June Xie from 2021-04-28T14:00

June Xie is a Senior Food Producer at Delish and is the host of YouTube series Budget Eats as well as other series on the Delish Channel. In this episode, June joins Marilyn and Rhea in convers...

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Who Run the Time: the Bumble edit - We’re Swiping Left, We’re Swiping Right from 2021-03-31T17:00

For all the single people out there, the pandemic has been a lonely and boring period. Have you ever tried dating six feet apart? Despite it all, Rhea decided to get back in the dating field, an...

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Dr Sandrine Attallah on The Dividing and Unifying Role of Media from 2021-03-24T20:00

Dr Sandrine Atallah is a consultant in sexual medicine, a certified psychosexologist and a hypnotherapist. She is also the host of her own podcast, Hakeh Sareeh, where she provides scientific in...

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Can You Shatter Glass Ceilings while Working from Home? from 2021-03-10T22:00

This past year has turned the way we work on its head. The pandemic and work from home has affected all of us in different ways, depending on our profession, our location, our personalities and ...

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Sexuality, Gender and Sexual Education in Middle East with Rana El Aaraj from 2021-03-03T20:00

Rana El Aaraj joins us in a conversation around sexuality and gender in the Middle East. Rana breaks down the current state of sexual education and gender identity in the Arab world. We also dis...

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Love it! Couldn’t wear it... | Who Run the Time from 2021-02-24T22:00

In the past, we’ve talked about how we’ve used time to learn new things, play fun games, start stimulating conversations, consume the pop culture content du jour, and do so many other beneficial...

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We’re 2 (years old) from 2021-02-17T15:00

Two years ago this week, we launched the very first episode of Who Run the World. We decided to celebrate by inviting our moms Antoinette and Nicole onto the podcast and have them speak about th...

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Truths and Myths about the Covid 19 Vaccines with Dr. Rania Ayat Hawayek from 2021-02-10T22:00

There is a lot of fake news circulating around the different COVID 19 vaccines. We invited Dr. Rania Ayat Hawayek onto the podcast so she can set the record straight. Which vaccine should you ta...

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Turning 30: Coriander, shots and the importance of compounding from 2021-02-03T20:00

Turning 30 means you’re about a 1/3rd of your life in and so it is no wonder that most people commemorate this milestone by taking note of what life has taught them so far.

On the occasio...

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Caroline Fattal Stands for Women from 2021-01-27T20:00

Since the Beirut explosion, I Stand For Women went from social media to social action. Behind this NGO is businesswoman Caroline Fattal, who with her tea...

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Who Run the Time: The Five Languages of Lebanese Love from 2021-01-20T19:00

This episode is for anybody who is Lebanese, has a Lebanese parent, significant other, friend, or is just around Lebanese people a lot, as we break down five different ways Lebanese people expr...

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Who Run the Time: The Bridgerton Binge from 2021-01-13T14:00

Rhea and Marilyn kicked off 2021 by binge watching the Netflix original series Bridgerton. In this episode Rhea shows off her knowledge on all things Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy included), and...

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Lebanese History&Women in Academia with Leb Historian Chloe Kattar from 2021-01-06T15:00

Chloe Kattar is a historian, and is currently pursuing a PhD in history at Cambridge University, where she is writing her thesis that analyzes the intellectual history of the Lebanese civil war....

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Who Run the Time: Our Very Merry Christmas Special from 2020-12-23T13:00

As for many, Christmas 2020 looks a bit different for us - we won’t be traveling to see our families, or going back to Lebanon where we normally spend the holidays. So we thought it would be fun...

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Who Run the Time: The Five Languages of Human Connection RERUN from 2020-12-16T14:00

This week we are re-sharing one of our favorite episodes we recorded this year on the 5 love languages - A great listen for this holiday season!

With every passing week of social d...

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Rising from the Dust with Mellow’s Guilda Khoury from 2020-12-09T14:00

Guilda Khoury’s concept store Mellow was one of the very first shops to open in Beirut’s design district Mar Mikhael seven years ago. After the August 4th Beirut explosion, which completely shat...
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Blu Fiefer on Raising our Voices from 2020-12-02T17:00

Blu Fiefer is a Lebanese-Mexican singer, songwriter, producer, director and pole dancer. We asked Blu to come on as a guest off the heels of her latest release from 2020-11-25T12:00
As holders of Lebanese licenses, we quickly realized that the process of getting a UAE driver license was quite the ordeal. In this episode, we break down our road to driving (pun intended) by c...
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Who Run the Time: A Campaigner and a Commander Walk into a Bar -The Myers-Briggs Episode from 2020-11-18T13:00

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the Myers-Briggs personality test, its history, whether it is any more accurate than a horoscope reading and how it can help us improve our communicatio...
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What’s it like being a Doctor during a Pandemic with Dr. Melhim Abou Alwan from 2020-11-11T18:00

In this episode, we are joined by our second ever male guest: Dr. Melhem Abou Alwan. Melhim tells us what it is like being a doctor in the middle of the pandemic, how his hospital coped under pr...
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Friendships with Tara Tyan from 2020-11-04T19:00

Did you know that people with deep and meaningful friendships live longer? Friendships are one the most undervalued but most important relationships. In this episode, we look inwards to explore ...
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Léa Hakim on Creating Jobs for Lebanon from 2020-10-28T19:00

Economist Léa Hakim joins us from Beirut to talk about how creating jobs will not only help the financial crisis in Lebanon, but also allow people to live with dignity. Léa has dedicated a huge ...
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Time for Self Care from 2020-10-21T21:00

Rhea and Marilyn decide to take off on a girl’s weekend in the desert. And what do two podcast hosts do when they are away for a “self care” weekend? Naturally, record an episode on self care. W...
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Let’s Talk about our Periods with Gael Abou Ghannam from 2020-10-14T11:00

We are joined by Dr. Gael Abou Ghannam in a special episode about the female body in all its states. Dr. Gael, whose specialty is gynecology, is known for her Claire Harbour on gratitude we sat down with her again to recap the 5 ways to feel and ...
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Who Run the Time: Conversation Starters from 2020-06-24T19:00

We've been quarantined together for the past three months. You'd think we would have lost things to say to each other, but the well never seems to run dry. In this episode we list our ...
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Part 3 - Bonus: 5 Tips for Maintaining Your Balance from 2020-06-20T16:00

Following our episode on Balance with Susanne Peltz we sat down with her again to recap the 5 things we've learned about how to maintain a more balan...
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Part 4: On gratitude with Claire Harbour from 2020-06-13T21:00

In part 4 of Who Run the World season 4, we explore our relationship to gratitude and how we’ve been brought up to connect it with guilt. episode on Support Networks and Systems with Anita Zielina we sat down to recap the 5 things we've learned about harnessing the power o...
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Who Run the Time: Things We Are Not Doing During Lockdown from 2020-05-30T14:00

We were accused by a friend of sounding overly productive. So this episode we have decided to unveil the list of things we are very not to be doing. Take a listen as we fully embrace the lazy sl...
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Part 3: What Does Balance Mean to You with Susanne Peltz from 2020-05-18T14:00

In part 3 of our multi-part series following Marilyn and Rhea's journeys through their work life and its new chapters, they discuss how well they performed at the challenges given them by A...
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Who Run The Time: Escaping Reality from 2020-05-11T20:00

One of the ways we've been killing time during quarantine is by escaping reality through the TV we're watching, the books we are reading, the podcasts we are listening to and the games...
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Part 2: Harnessing your Networks with Anita Zielina from 2020-05-03T11:00

Season 4 of Who Run The World will be a little bit different from the previous seasons. On the one hand we have started a mini series called Who Run The Time (look for the pink icon) to help you...
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Who Run the Time: Work From Home from 2020-04-24T18:00

In this episode of Who Run the Time we talk about the thing we've been spending the most time on: working from home. We look at how to create a routine and boundaries during our work days, ...
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Who Run the Time: The Five Languages of Human Connection from 2020-04-18T13:00

With every passing week of social distancing our need for human connection grows, whether we are introverts or extroverts. In this episode, we share how we are getting and giving our dose of con...
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Taking the Time to Learn | Who Run the Time from 2020-04-11T15:00

As the world takes a breath, we have collectively found ourselves with more time to learn, explore and cultivate new skills. In this episode of Who Run the Time, Rhea and Marilyn talk about the ...
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Part 1: Losing and Starting a Job during the Pandemic from 2020-04-03T16:00

Rhea and Marilyn have found each other on opposite sides of a coin during the corona pandemic. Marilyn talks about what it's like losing her job in the economic downturn. Rhea talks about w...
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Who Run the Time: Cooking during Lockdown from 2020-03-28T22:00

In this episode of Who Run the Time, we talk about how food and cooking have brought joy to our confined lives while helping us structure our new routines. We list all the dishes we've made...
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Who Run the Time: The Games We Play When Quarantined from 2020-03-24T14:00

Like most of the world we have found ourselves quarantined because of corona. We are actually both stuck in Marilyn's apartment in Dubai. So we've decided to record Who Run the Time. B...
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Entrepreneurship, Transitioning to a Manager and More: Special Recap Episode from 2019-07-16T16:00

In this special recap episode, Rhea and Marilyn have a call where they each give updates on their career. Rhea has some excited news about her company Reyzin...
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Randa Bahsoun on Gender Equality in Partnership with BLC Bank from 2019-07-01T14:00

We talked to Randa Bahsoun at the WeInitiative and BLC Bank conference, A Step Towards Eq...
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Josiane Fahed Sreikh on Gender Equality in Partnership with BLC Bank from 2019-07-01T14:00

We sat down with Professor Josiane Fahed Sreikh at the BLC Bank and WeInitiative conference: ...
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Rebecca Bou Chebel on Gender Equality in Partnership with BLC Bank from 2019-07-01T14:00

During the BLC Bank and WeIntiative conference, A ...
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Asmahan Zein on Gender Equality in Partnership with BLC Bank from 2019-07-01T14:00

We sat down with with Asmahan Zein at the BLC Bank and WeInitiative conference: A Step Toward...
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Ayla Ziz Gender Equality in Partnership with BLC Bank from 2019-07-01T14:00

We talked to Ayla Ziz at the BLC Bank and WeInitiative conference A Step Towards Equality...
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Aline Kamakian Gender Equality in Partnership with BLC Bank from 2019-07-01T13:00

We sat down with Aline Kamakian at the BLC Bank and WeInitiative conference A Step Toward...
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Podcast&Career Updates: Season in Review with Marilyn&Rhea from 2019-06-14T16:00

In the last episode of the first season, host and producer, Marilyn and Rhea sit together to talk about all things podcast, career and of course feminism. They kick off the episode by looking b...
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Antoinette Tayar: Being Perseverant from 2019-06-14T12:00

In this special episode, our producer Rhea talks to Antoinette Tayar who has built an illustrious career as a computer engineer over the last thirty plus years. You might recognize Antoinette&ap...
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Hind Sergieh: Risk Taking from 2019-06-14T01:00

Hind Sergieh is the founder of ARkub, a VR and AR company based out of Dubai. Of Syrian descent, but born and raised in Canada, Hind's career trajectory is kind of the opposite of what you ...
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Elissa Freiha: Entrepreneurial Journey from 2019-03-18T02:00

Marilyn sits down with Womena founder Elissa Freiha, who shares her entrepreneurial journey and all the challenges and victories she has faced along the way. El...
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Elsa Aoun: Dual Career Relationships from 2019-03-01T10:00

Elsa Aoun is the co-founder and CEO of Ounousa. Marilyn got to sit down with Elsa in their country's capital: Beirut. Elsa shared with us a bunch of d...
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Marilyn Zakhour: Becoming a Leader from 2019-02-14T13:00

In this special episode, we flip the microphone on Marilyn, who goes from being a host to becoming a guest. She shares her story from childhood to becoming a manager, up until her last day at he...
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Peggy Li: Names We Call Women from 2019-02-14T02:00

Peggy Li is the co-owner of SPS Affinity, a boutique and strategy agency that specializes in hospitality - or as Peggy likes to call herself Chief Troubleshooter and Tinkerbell. Peggy has worked...
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Jessica Robinson: Overcoming Female Stereotypes from 2019-02-14T02:00

Managing Director and founder of Moxie Future, Jessica Robinson takes us on a trip that spans from London, to New York, Beijing, Honk Kong, all the way to ...
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Leila Serhan: Negotiating Your Salary from 2019-02-13T02:00

Leila Serhan is the Public Sector Director for the Gulf Region at Microsoft, where she has been working for the last seventeen years. In her conversation with Marilyn, Leila shares stories from ...
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Leila Serhan: Negotiating Your Salary from 2019-02-13T00:00

Leila Serhan is the Public Sector Director for the Gulf Region at Microsoft, where she has been working for the last seventeen years. In her conversation with Marilyn, Leila shares stories from ...
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Leila Serhan: Negotiating Your Salary from 2019-02-13T00:00

Leila Serhan is the Public Sector Director for the Gulf Region at Microsoft, where she has been working for the last seventeen years. In her conversation with Marilyn, Leila shares stories from ...
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