Savvy Talk is your backstage pass to the stories, strategies, and secrets of the people behind the world’s most compelling brands. Each episode dives deep into the journeys of entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders who’ve built brands that captivate, inspire, and make an impact. Plus, hear from expert communications specialist Maha Abouelenein as she shares invaluable tips, tricks, and real-world examples of what works when building a personal brand.
Learn how to define your unique value, amplify your voice, and create a brand that resonates authentically with your audience. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a brand enthusiast, or simply someone looking to build a standout personal brand, Savvy Talks offers inspiration and actionable insights to fuel your journey. Tune in to Savvy Talk—where savvy minds meet bold brands.
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Savvy Talk is your backstage pass to the stories, strategies, and secrets of the people behind the world’s most compelling brands. Each episode dives deep into the journeys of entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders who’ve built brands that captivate, inspire, and make an impact. Plus, hear from expert communications specialist Maha Abouelenein as she shares invaluable tips, tricks, and real-world examples of what works when building a personal brand.
Learn how to define your unique value, amplify your voice, and create a brand that resonates authentically with your audience. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a brand enthusiast, or simply someone looking to build a standout personal brand, Savvy Talks offers inspiration and actionable insights to fuel your journey. Tune in to Savvy Talk—where savvy minds meet bold brands.
Welcome to Season 7 of Savvy Talk, I am excited to bring you leading voices from those shaping Dubai's cultural scene. Today we are joined by Zahra Abdalla, someone I personally have been following and enjoying her approach to cooking. She considers herself a modern-day Bedouin.
About Zahra Abdalla
Her culinary journey started with her online blog in 2010 and soon thereafter she presented her own cooking shows on MBC3 and hosted the fourth season of a food and travel documentary show called Maggi Diaries on MBC1, where she traveled to Egypt, India, Spain, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, and met amazing, inspiring and wonderful women of change who addressed important social issues including food wastage, hunger, environment, mindfulness and women empowerment.
Working from her studio, Abdalla develops and creates modern interpretations of Middle Eastern recipes, inspired by her childhood, the flavors of the region and her travels. For her, food is her artistry as well as therapy, and a medium through which long-forgotten memories can be brought back to life or new ones can be made. She is a keen advocate of sustainability and the importance of being mindful of how we source our food, prepare our food and eat our food.
In addition to her public roles, Abdalla is an avid food entrepreneur and founder of Zahra’s Kitchen, a retail frozen food range available for sale in over 35 Spinney and Waitrose locations across the UAE.
She is married and has three young boys and a little puppy. She loves to travel, stay fit and collect art when she is not obsessing over new recipes.
You can find Zahra Abdalla on her Website, and follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and on YouTube.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Zahra Abdalla`s story and heritage
2:02 How her multicultural background influenced her cooking and journey
4:58 Food as a vehicle to tell stories
06:06 Food save me
10:56 Are people cooking more or less
12:15 Book: “Cooking with Zahra”
21:58 Feed your soul project
25:00 Kitchen a place to create
27:30 outro
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Savvy Talk
Savvy Talk is your backstage pass to the stories, strategies, and secrets of the people behind the world’s most compelling brands. Each episode dives deep into the journeys of entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders who’ve built brands that captivate, inspire, and make an impact. Plus, hear from expert communications specialist Maha Abouelenein as she shares invaluable tips, tricks, and real-world examples of what works when building a personal brand.
Learn how to define your unique value, amplify your voice, and create a brand that resonates authentically with your audience. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a brand enthusiast, or simply someone looking to build a standout personal brand, Savvy Talks offers inspiration and actionable insights to fuel your journey. Tune in to Savvy Talk—where savvy minds meet bold brands.
