Big Heart heeds voices of countless women: Director

Social change is possible, according to an Emirati who grew up in a family and an environment where selflessness has been cultivated.

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter

The Emirati is Alya Obaid Al Musaiebi, the Director of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), the chairperson of which is Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah.

The Communication and Media Sciences, and Strategic Leadership graduate defined social change as the “restoration of the power of choice to those who have it taken away.”

“The choice to feel safe, to access knowledge, and to build a future with dignity which is possible because change begins with courage,” added Al Musaiebi, interviewed for the August 28 “Emirati Women’s Day.”

She expounded: “The courage of a girl who dares to learn, of a refugee who still dreams, of a leader who listens before acting; because change is not static. Change does not begin in conference rooms. It grows with the people it serves.”

“Social change is possible because empathy leads, when systems evolve, and when we centre humanity in every policy and every partnership,” added Al Musaiebi, in the humanitarian service since 2015.

She gravitated towards the TBHF because of her desire to be in a workplace where “service is sincere, stories are sacred, and leadership is human.”