Author Archives for Mouna Boujmal

Chimamanda, my new hero.

March 26, 2019 5:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Chimamanda, my new hero.

Chimamanda ngozi adichie, a Nigerian author, a feminist, and the deliverer of the TEDx Talk “We Should All Be Feminists”,...


The end.

March 24, 2019 7:51 pm Published by Comments Off on The end.

It feels like It was yesterday that Emma was sending me emails about the fellowship preparations before arriving to Washington...


MIT D-Lab Participatory Design

January 31, 2019 8:27 pm Published by Comments Off on MIT D-Lab Participatory Design

It’s been a year now that I have started serving at MIT D-Lab in Boston, and I couldn’t have chosen...


I don’t have a passion.

December 31, 2018 9:32 pm Published by Comments Off on I don’t have a passion.

To all those “find your one true passion!” I got thrown at my face, I heard in TED Talks, or...


Miami Street Art

November 13, 2018 3:57 pm Published by Comments Off on Miami Street Art

Wynwood walls is a neighbourhood in Miami, Florida that is very much renown for its beautiful artistic murals. In October...


Empathy in development

November 13, 2018 3:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Empathy in development

I’m one of the biggest fans of Seth Godin daily posts. This one especially hit home as a development actor....


A story of colonisation, the case of Morocco

September 13, 2018 8:59 pm Published by Comments Off on A story of colonisation, the case of Morocco

History states the protectorat in Morocco started in 1912. It actually began from 1830. Indebted, threatened, overwhelmed, the sultans (Moroccan...


Participatory Budgeting

July 24, 2018 5:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Participatory Budgeting

I was delightfully surprised to see this participatory budgeting initiative in Cambridge since participatory design is at the core of MIT...


The “Social Entrepreneur” Label

April 29, 2018 11:55 am Published by Comments Off on The “Social Entrepreneur” Label

For the past decade or so, the term “social entrepreneur” has become the sexy label reserved only to a few,...


How about “The Majority World”?

April 29, 2018 11:28 am Published by Comments Off on How about “The Majority World”?

In the development work, we usually hear our countries referred to as the third world, the developing world, the global...


Here’s to thriving social impact careers!

March 16, 2018 4:08 pm Published by Comments Off on Here’s to thriving social impact careers!

This article is about building a thriving environment for social impact careers in social impact organisations. Social impact organisations, problem-solving ecosystems — working...