The inspiring life of an Emirati woman

By Rana Alsweilem

Today I met one of the most inspiring women I have ever met. Her name is Salwa Shaibani and she is a business woman who has struggled to reach the position she has reached in her career. Before she was widowed, she was working in a bank and a mother of 4 daughters but also wanted to open her own business.
Even though that didn't work out well for her and she almost lost her money and family, she was able to find her way out of her mess and travelled half way around the world to build her business back which was a slimming institute. However, after making that finally work, her husband passed away and that tragedy got her even in a worse situation. she had 4 daughters to support and no one to help her. However, she also did not let herself go there but actually found herself subconciously doing what her husband only dreamed of doing. As a result, she became the direct competitor to the company whrere her husband used to work.
I found that part of her life the most inspiring to me. I was very touched by how hard her life was but how strong of a woman she truly was. I was also surprised by how strong and motivated she was to go on even though she said she did not have a role model. As she said, "some people were born to be leaders", and I guess she was one of them.