Poging GOUD - Vrij
Leader, fighter
THE WEEK India
|April 13, 2025
Reem Al-Hashimy's book on Dubai Expo 2020 is as much a tale of leadership as it is a love letter to the UAE
In a way, the UAE's bid to host the Expo in 2020 was a David vs Goliath story. If they were successful, they would be the smallest country to host it since Belgium more than 50 years earlier. As the minister in charge of the Expo, Reem Al-Hashimy was all set to go to Paris to make the final presentation in June 2013 before the ballot in November. There was only one problem: she was fully pregnant with her first child. Her colleagues tried to persuade her not to go. What if she went into labour on the plane or what if her water broke while she was onstage? But nothing could dissuade Reem. As she was three weeks beyond the permissible date for intercontinental flights, she had to fly privately, with a doctor onboard for the seven-hour flight.
Dit verhaal komt uit de April 13, 2025-editie van THE WEEK India.
Abonneer u op Magzter GOLD voor toegang tot duizenden zorgvuldig samengestelde premiumverhalen en meer dan 9000 tijdschriften en kranten.
Bent u al abonnee? Aanmelden
MEER VERHALEN VAN THE WEEK India
THE WEEK India
The buzz is real
The investment announcements by Google and other companies in Andhra Pradesh are already yielding tangible results, triggering a real estate surge across Visakhapatnam's IT zones and adjoining districts.
1 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
Legacy reloaded
From sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai's high-street retail, a new generation of scions is reshaping India's old businesses
7 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
TRIAL IN THE US IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF MADURO
Mercedes Baptista Guevara is an attorney and diplomat based in Spain.
3 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
Wrong decisions, right places
Sometimes a film, a book, and a bottle of vodka blend in ways so unexpectedly perfect that you feel grateful simply for having been present.
4 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
TRUST FACTOR
Lokesh's willingness to listen, his comfort with detail, and his bias for execution create confidence
3 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
March to Caracas—Yankee oil doo
Lefties and liberals want Narendra Modi to condemn Don Trump's invasion of Venezuela. All invasions are bad; innocents get shot. But if we condemn one, shouldn't we condemn all?
2 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
Revision before the exam
BJP and Trinamool use SIR to kick-off state election campaign, but those affected by the exercise remain anxious about their future
5 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
Nuclear governance: caution to confidence
Nuclear power has long occupied a singular and somewhat uneasy place in Bharat's public imagination. It has been viewed, often with pride, as proof of scientific achievement and strategic resolve, yet governed with a restraint that reflected a deeper discomfort with the diffusion of risk.
2 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
I WANT TO BE KNOWN AS CHIEF JOB CREATOR
Historically, the Telugu Desam Party has been a regional party but it has always had the nation’s interest at heart.
12 mins
January 18, 2026
THE WEEK India
The battle of words
As young adults we certainly used abbreviations and cryptic phrases. But MC and BC did not stand for the master of ceremonies and the era before Christ. They stood for something else which, if said in full, would certainly have made our mothers make us rinse our mouths with soap. Once you have tasted soap, you would not want to taste it ever again.
4 mins
January 18, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size