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A HUB FOR SAUDI WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

“Ten years ago, there were no female-friendly coworking spaces in Saudi Arabia,” Maha says. “Things have changed now, but back then, women had to be segregated from men and nobody paid any attention to the question of daycare.”

When Maha opened the SheWorks coworking hub in 2014, Riyadh had never seen anything like it. Gone were the leather sofas and dark colors that characterized other coworking centers. In their place were open spaces, big windows, designer furniture, and pastel colors, all intended to create a

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