Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation
Prior to the establishment of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, Muna worked for many years as an Executive manager of Strategic Studies and Research Initiatives in the Kingdom Holdings company of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. She built the foundation from ground up and serves as the Secretary General and Executive Director. Her duties in the foundation range from administering the day to day activities to researching, managing the budget and laying down long term goals for the foundation and the Prince's vision. She mainly focused on four areas; promoting East/West dialogue, women empowerment poverty alleviation and disaster relief.
Many women considered that her change of work was due to pressure from conservatives, or social pressure, when in reality, according to Muna, it was more of a choice of how to spend one's time. "It boils down to time management. If you have limited time, which raising two kids and navigating two travel heavy careers I did not have much of. And so, I had to make a decision. Do I want to talk about change, or do I want to create change?"
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