Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Faten Ibrahem
Adventure used to be a man’s game. Now women like me are breaking new ground
Andi Cross 7th Mar 2024 7 min read 799 Human history is replete with tales of intrepid explorers who ventured into the unknown, driven by an insatiable curiosity and a desire to discover new frontiers, creatures and knowledge. But when the age of exploration truly began to blossom, it was often limited to those who held positions of power; such as kings, nobles, or military leaders. These individuals – almost exclusively men – had the means and authority to organize grand expeditions.
Meet Faten Ibrahem: Single mum and super guide for solo travelers in Egypt
As a solo mum of three, I get to shed light on what it’s like being a single woman in Egypt on my Flash Pack trips. I have a unique perspective on society and I shared lots of interesting conversations about how women here support our families through work and what our social lives look like. It’s not completely unusual to be a female guide in Egypt, but it is true that the majority of people working in the tourism industry are men.
As a female founder, self-belief is my armor in a sexist VC world
Radha Vyas 6th Mar 2024 5 min read 506 The world of venture capitalism is a brutal place for female entrepreneurs, and even more so for women of color. This is still a culture driven predominately by macho notions of success, meaning just 5% of women founders attract investment – and therefore power – for their ideas, dipping to 0.2% for Black women. As a Brown woman, and CEO of Flash Pack – a company that recently raised a $6.2M fundraising round – I’ve witnessed this struggle first-hand.
Sister act: the female trio breaking barriers in Jordan's food scene
Jordan has a very hospitable and family-oriented culture. Food is communal; it brings people together and usually the teta (grandmother) is the best cook in the house. Growing up, my two sisters and I cooked with our grandmother a lot. We started learning about Arabic food really young, guided by her years of love and experience in the kitchen.
Comuna 13 was once Medellín's most dangerous district. Until these women turned it around...
Paola Rivas 6th Mar 2024 6 min read 955 I grew up in Comuna 13, a hillside neighborhood in Medellín, Colombia. At the height of Pablo Escobar’s reign in the 1980s, it was considered one of the most dangerous places, not just in Latin America, but the entire world. The area was ruled by drug traffickers who were engaged in daily conflicts with the army, police and various guerrilla groups. Neighborhood women like me were caught up in the crossfire.
Meet Argentina's first female winemaker
Susana Balbo 6th Mar 2024 5 min read 459 As Argentina’s first female winemaker, I’ve faced a lot of challenges. I’ve had to break the stereotype that women cannot make wine or manage a vineyard. Even after I graduated as the country’s first female enologist in 1981, I struggled to find a job. Eventually, I was hired to run the Sucesión Michel Torino winery. It was a huge responsibility to be a 20-something woman in an industry that, at the time, was run almost exclusively by men.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Faten
Contact Faten, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack