Name: Noura Hawilo
Age: 20
Hometown: Beirut, Lebanon

Life Goal?
To open a design house in Beirut and several chains across the Arab world. Also, I want to open a non-profit organization, free of political and religious interference.

And why?
My love for design and art deposes deeper than just for the value of aesthetics, it goes further to initiate and push for change; I want to do this on a broad scale by opening a design house in the Arab world with its base in my hometown Beirut and several chains across the Arab world, my aim is to employ the best Arab designers there are, and join them under one roof, one name, to create unity between them, and give them a place to grow and spread their work, while living in their own country and working alongside Arabic designers from other Arab countries. This will lead to breaking a lot of the prejudice and fanaticism, which lies as a barrier for growth and stability in this part of the world.

As for my long-term goal, I believe that there isn’t a charity that is not pressured under some governmental or political hand, either invisible or out in the open. I would want to find away to release myself from those sort of unwanted hands and pressures; by opening my own charitable organization, in order to justly say “my aid organization helps those in need, no matter who they are or where they are , and it is  truly non-profitable”