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Sara Hamdan
Sara Hamdan is a former Merrill Lynch banker, NYT journalist and editor at Google. She writes on startups, women in business, and post-COVID-19 work trends.
Twitter: @SaraHamdan
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Making a living through art: Is it possible in the Gulf?
I left a steady job to work on my craft as a writer earlier this year. It was scary, but it led to major milestones like winning a short story competition hosted by Netflix and The Evening Standard in the UK.
Listen up: Podcasts mean business when done right
Podcasts used to be the companion of choice on the daily drive to work or while exercising. But when COVID-19 hit and we had nowhere to go and nothing to do … were people still tuning in? It turns out, podcast listeners escaped reality by tuning to podcasts even more than usual.
Bitcoin ups and downs: A question of trust
It is currently hard to scan the business news headlines without seeing something about cryptocurrency. The exchange medium can hit wildly varying highs and lows in a matter of days, so there is always something new to raise eyebrows at a dinner party.