RIYADH: Saudi journalist Balqees Basalom started an online platform to shed light on Arab women role models to help young girls in the Gulf Cooperation Council area find inspiring women to look upto.
“I was inspired to do this platform for the girls who grew up without a female role model,” Basalom told Arab News.
“Balqees for Her” releases a weekly newsletter, and is staffed entirely by women.
“In our newsletter, for instance, we discuss music and then write about well-known Gulf women who are musicians. After that, we…
