The Transit Lounge with Mohamad Zaoud
Journeys of people who’ve had a considerable impact on the Muslim world
We found 2 episodes of The Transit Lounge with Mohamad Zaoud with the tag “founder”.
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S1E6: Mohamad Jebara | Co-Founder of Mathspace: Islamic Values and Modern Business
December 18th, 2018 | Season 1 | 23 mins 25 secs
founder, math, maths, mathspace, mohamad zaoud, mohamed jebara
By any measure of the word, Mohamad Jebara is a true Math whiz. Scoring in the top 0.5 percentile in his year 12 finals, he ventured to take on the toughest Math he could find at university: actuarial studies. By his mid-20s, Mohamad's genius saw him being named senior partner of a lucrative derivatives trading firm in Sydney. But after just two months, Mohamad dropped it all. Something just wasn't right. From here on, with a relentless pursuit of value, faith and principles, Mohamad brought Mathspace to the world; a unique start-up changing the way children learn Math through reward-based digital tutoring. We trace Mohamad's journey from growing up in a Lebanese household of 8 siblings, all the way to the struggles of the start-up space and uncover some gems about practicing Islamic values in the corporate world.
The Transit Lounge chronicles the journeys of people who’ve had a considerable impact on the Muslim world. In season 1, we hear from successful entrepreneurs, academics, scholars and politicians. Hosted by Mohamad Zaoud, each episode explores the highs and lows of our guests, and tackles the question of our time - what does it take to find balance when living a contemporary Muslim life.
Mohamad Zaoud is a brand enthusiast and consults businesses and NGOs on brand & growth strategies. He’s currently the Manager of Digital Growth – EMEA, and formerly Head of Marketing MENA, at
Al Jazeera Media Network where he’s worked on flagship brands including Al Jazeera and AJ+.Visit ToledoSociety.com for more info.
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S1E2: Haroon Meer | Founder of Thinkst: A Method to the Madness
October 23rd, 2018 | Season 1 | 38 mins 35 secs
apartheid, canary, cyber, founder, haroon, information, meer, muslim, nato, security, tech, thinkst
Haroon Meer grew up in the tail end of Apartheid South Africa, but his future was far from bleak. After almost two decades in information security (and playing a lot of pool!), Haroon founded Thinkst, a start-up responsible for bringing Canary to the world, a cyber-security honeypot used by some of the biggest tech giants in the world including Slack and Etsy. In this interview we reflect on Haroon’s journey that saw him consulting NATO, sleeping on the Quantico base, and everything in between. What does it take to become an authority in one field? Haroon’s experience draws us closer to answering that question.