“The building block of growing wealth is increasing income, lowering your expenses, and using that gap to invest in something that will provide you more wealth.”  In this episode, Elie Irani joins host Shereen Abdulla to discuss building wealth through exchange traded funds (ETFs). Elie Irani is an IT professional who’s been in the industry for over 20 years. By night, he educates people on the basics of passive investing as a way of building wealth. On the show, we cover: Which books to pick up as a primer to learn about creating wealth  When to start investing (hint, it’s never to ..read more

“You can be a mother and you can have a job.” In this episode of #MySarwaStory, we sit down with Nour Arida – one of the most recognized female Arab faces across the Middle East. Nour is a corporate fashion buyer turned entrepreneur.  On the show, we cover: How Nour pivoted from having a corporate career in fashion to being a model and entrepreneur Nour’s views on what being financially independent means for her, being an Arab women How Nour implements personal finance management in her life as a working, married mother. #MySarwaStory is brought to you by Sarwa. You can also watch this ..read more