As the Dubai International Boat Show opens next week, XPRESS introduces you to a young woman boat architect whose designs are making waves in the nautical world
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The rust belt of Sharjah’s industrial area isn’t quite the place where you’d expect a young Arab woman to start her career. And that too in the male-dominated industry of boat-making. But then 28-year-old Palestinian Nour Al Sayyed isn’t your average woman.
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“I love the thrill of challenges. And nothing is more daunting and unconventional than designing boats,” says Nour, sitting in a modest office overlooking a production and assembly line where dozens of workers are giving shape to her designs.
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A graduate from the School of Architecture at the American University in Sharjah, Nour joined Al Marakeb in 2008 when it was still a fledgling enterprise.
But she first learnt about it in college.
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“I love the thrill of challenges. And nothing is more daunting and unconventional than designing boats,” says Nour, sitting in a modest office overlooking a production and assembly line where dozens of workers are giving shape to her designs.
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A graduate from the School of Architecture at the American University in Sharjah, Nour joined Al Marakeb in 2008 when it was still a fledgling enterprise.
But she first learnt about it in college.
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