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What I Didn’t Know About Social Businesses Before Starting Love Handmade

What I Didn’t Know About Social Businesses Befo...

By Zein Ahmed Before Love Handmade, I had built businesses. I understood what it takes. The first few years are hard. You work 17–18 hours a day. Seven days a...

What I Didn’t Know About Social Businesses Befo...

By Zein Ahmed Before Love Handmade, I had built businesses. I understood what it takes. The first few years are hard. You work 17–18 hours a day. Seven days a...

Why I Do This Work — And Why Love Handmade Exists

Why I Do This Work — And Why Love Handmade Exists

By Zein Ahmed People often ask me why I do this work. Why handmade? Why artisans? Why build something so slow, so difficult, in a world that rewards speed and...

Why I Do This Work — And Why Love Handmade Exists

By Zein Ahmed People often ask me why I do this work. Why handmade? Why artisans? Why build something so slow, so difficult, in a world that rewards speed and...

Every Purchase Is a Vote - What Are You Voting For?

Every Purchase Is a Vote - What Are You Voting ...

By Zein Ahmed There is a question I want you to sit with before you read any further. The last thing you bought — the coffee, the phone top-up, the clothing...

Every Purchase Is a Vote - What Are You Voting ...

By Zein Ahmed There is a question I want you to sit with before you read any further. The last thing you bought — the coffee, the phone top-up, the clothing...

The Generosity of Those Who Have the Least

The Generosity of Those Who Have the Least

By Zein Ahmed There is a kind of generosity you only witness when you sit on the floor of a home that has almost nothing. A single meal. Shared without...

The Generosity of Those Who Have the Least

By Zein Ahmed There is a kind of generosity you only witness when you sit on the floor of a home that has almost nothing. A single meal. Shared without...

The Mothers Who Stay and the Children Who Are Worth Nothing

The Mothers Who Stay and the Children Who Are W...

By Zein Ahmed On three decades of conflict, and who pays the price every single time. There is a question that haunts me, and I cannot shake it. When the...

The Mothers Who Stay and the Children Who Are W...

By Zein Ahmed On three decades of conflict, and who pays the price every single time. There is a question that haunts me, and I cannot shake it. When the...

The Great Theft

The Great Theft

How a Soulless System Stole Our Communities, Our Identity, and Our Humanity — And Why I'm Done With It By Zein Ahmed For most of my life, I played the...

The Great Theft

How a Soulless System Stole Our Communities, Our Identity, and Our Humanity — And Why I'm Done With It By Zein Ahmed For most of my life, I played the...