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LEND A HELPING HAND
AFRA ATIQ
Make-a-Wish Foundation grants
wishes to children who are
terminally ill or have life-
threatening medical conditions.
Website: http://www.makeawish.
ae/en/faq.php
Contact: info@makeawish.ae
KARAmA KAnTEEn
A support program that
provides food for those who are
underprivileged, injured or
receive low income. Karama
Kanteen welcomes volunteers.
Contact: karamakanteen@hotmail.
com
Global Youth Empowering
Movement (GYEM) aims to
bring like-minded Dubai youth
together and empower them
through a series of workshops
and community service projects.
Contact: info@thegyem.org
Become part of the “Pink Circle”
by joining the yearly Safe and
Sound breast cancer awareness
campaign.
Website: http://www.safeandsound.ae
Book Reviews
ThE LorAx
BY DR. SEUSS
“I speak for the trees, for the trees
have no tongue,” Dr. Seuss famously
said in his book, The Lorax. Not
simply a children’s story, it has
underlying modern-day issues
such as capitalism, environmentalism,
deforestation and biodiversity.
The book follows the story
of the Lorax, who lives peacefully
in a kaleidoscopic forest threatened
by the Once-ler, who wants
to chop down the forest to make,
according to the book, a Thneed
because, “A Thneed’s a Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need!”
The
Lorax is what people have come
to expect from a Dr Seuss book-
complete with carefully chosen
words that are beautifully woven
to produce a true classic to read,
and re-read.
ThE ArT oF WAr For WomEn
BY CHIN-NING CHU
Have you ever asked yourself
“How do I reach my goals and
advance in my career, while still
staying a nice person?” Have
you ever felt like women have to
check their femininity at the door
when they enter the office? Do
you sometimes wish you had a
workplace guide to help you deal
with sticky situations? The Art of
War for Women could be the book
for you. It is packed with practical
advice and strategies to help
working women. Chu has taken
Sun Tzu’s famous Art of War philosophy
and made it specifically for
working women. The book contains
chapters on everything from job
envy to conflicts with co-workers
plus extra pages to jot down
thoughts and reflections.
ForgoTTEn QUEEnS oF ISLAm
BY FATIMA MERNISSI
To describe this book as
“enlightening” would not do it
justice. The Forgotten Queens
of Islam is a powerful reminder
of the female influence in Islam.
Mernissi looks at not only women
who were queens by birth and
marriage rite, but also those who
rose to power despite their existing
circumstances. The stories of
the queens in this book stretch
from female Sultans in Egypt
to Mongol empresses to Shiite
queens in Yemen. It is a
concise account of their lives,
struggles and separate rises to
power. The Forgotten Queens
of Islam contains lessons that
transcend barriers of religion
and culture- it is universal.