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WOMAN LEADER<br />
BUILDING<br />
BRIDGES<br />
Emirati woman leader, Omaira Farooq Al Olama,<br />
discusses her integral role in shaping UAE’s workforce<br />
By Nicola Monteath<br />
ome people naturally fall into their careers. Their<br />
current roles are poles apart from their five-year<br />
plan, with Master's in a field so unrelated, that a<br />
step back almost feels bizarre. “Criminology is a<br />
lot like technology. Medicine is constantly<br />
evolving, and I just don’t have the energy to get<br />
back into it and study all over again. Plus, I have<br />
three daughters below the age of ten,” says<br />
Omaira Farooq Al Olama, Managing Director of<br />
the ALF Administration Training, and Dubai’s<br />
first female Master's graduate in Criminology.<br />
Omaira and I met at LimeTree Café on<br />
Sheikh Zayed Road, a café known to fuel<br />
moms with their daily dose of caffeine,<br />
especially after the morning school run.<br />
Her morning was similar, having just<br />
dropped off the children at school<br />
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EQUITY
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