12/09/2025
🍲💪 Community, culture, and empowerment are at the heart of Areej Husam’s inspiring journey through the job shadowing programme.
Coming from Jordan, Areej is developing a business idea to support women-led community kitchens that preserve traditional food cultures while generating income for local families.
Her job shadowing took place in Zarqa, with a collective of women preparing and selling traditional meals at markets and events. There, Areej witnessed how food can be much more than nourishment—it becomes a tool for dignity, identity, and shared ownership.
💬 “Empowerment isn’t about providing help—it’s about removing barriers and respecting what people already know.”
Through this hands-on experience, Areej is now working on a practical guide to help more women set up informal kitchens with low-cost tools and culturally rooted approaches.
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