Women’s entrepreneurship in the Middle East faces more challenges than in other parts. Women often endure more incredible hardships than men when starting or running a business anywhere in the world, but it is much more challenging in the Middle East. In our research on female entrepreneurs in the Middle East, we encountered a woman named Masoumeh Mohammadi, a successful Iranian entrepreneur in tailoring education. She has significantly impacted online tailoring education in Iran and is striving to revolutionize the tailoring industry across the Middle East and maybe even the world.
The success story of this woman, who founded the online tailoring education platform “Doukht Bartar,” is both intriguing and inspiring.Masoumeh Mohammadi began teaching tailoring in schools and training centers in Iran in 1994, almost 30 years ago. Fifteen years ago, she launched a magazine called Doukht Bartar, aimed at providing tailoring education. Together with a small team of four …