Personal circumstances should not hinder women aiming big while husband support is crucial

The Daily Star newspaper published yesterday a report about a pioneer woman, Claudia Kassab Tarazi, founding partner and managing director of Retail Consulting Group, a firm specializing in the development of shopping centers. Tarazi, who has a masters in interior architecture, explained with passion the details of her profession which is still largely new in the region, adding that while being a shopping center specialist sounds glamorous, it does not come easy, especially that it is not something one can major in at university. She said the she discovered her passion while working in Dubai for Aswaq Management and Services, an affiliated company of Societe des Centres Commerciaux, a major French retail consulting and development firm that specializes in shopping centers. After that, she started planning her return to Beirut with her husband and her idea to set up a retail consulting firm.
As a new mother with a 3-month-old baby, Tarazi indicated that things have become more hectic and adjustments have had to be made. Hence, she does not work long hours for the time being, but she invests her working time extremely well. Tarazi who gets a lot of support from her husband, which she admits not many Lebanese woman are lucky enough to have, believes that personal circumstances should not be a hindrance to women who are aiming big.
Source: The Daily Star 14 July 2014