Laila Alawa Explained

Laila Alawa
Birth Date:1991 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Ishøj, Denmark
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Wellesley College
Occupation:Founder & CEO of The Tempest
Spouse:Afif Rahman

Laila Alawa (born 1991) is a Syrian-American entrepreneur, psychology researcher, and writer. Her work on examining gendered stereotypes in STEM led to results displaying continued issues in discrimination and prejudice against female scientists.[1] She is recognized by The New York Times as an innovator for her global media & entertainment company, The Tempest.[2] [3] In 2018, Alawa was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Lists In America and Europe.[4] [5]

Personal life

Alawa spent early years of her life living in Japan, where her father studied as an engineer, after moving from her original birthplace, Denmark - her mother's native land.[6] [7] As a child, Alawa then moved to the United States with her five younger siblings and two parents. The Alawa family moved from upstate New York to Berkley, Massachusetts following the events of 9/11. Alawa's mother was an educated woman with a degree in pedagogy, and chose to homeschool her children. She eventually received her American citizenship in 2015.[8]

Alawa is a practicing Muslim woman and has remarked on the struggles she has faced experiencing Islamophobia. She has remarked, " I've grown up as a visible Muslim, with people spitting on me, yelling at me, harassing me."

Career

Alawa began her post-graduate career working on examining socio-cognitive processing at Princeton University.[9] Following her work at Princeton, she moved to Washington, DC, and explored digital branding, journalism, and communications work. During that time, she also worked on Capitol Hill.[10]

She decided to found the beta version of The Tempest, using research principles from her time at Princeton University.[11] She also felt that she and other diverse millennial women were not represented by mainstream media.[12] After she left her full-time digital branding job, Alawa began working at The Tempest full-time.[13]

Research

Alawa studies organizational leadership, social interactions, and stereotypes in real-world contexts. In particular, she is interested in the unconscious assessments of oneself and others, resulting in in-group and out-group classifications.

At Wellesley College, Alawa worked on examining the effects of stereotypes as possible gendered obstacles to women in science.[14] [15]

Later published in the Psychology of Women Quarterly, the study established that overlap in perceptions was due to stereotypes about the agency and communion of women, men, and scientists.[16] [17]

To date, the findings have been used in more than 200 studies exploring STEM and gendered representation, as well as the World Bank Group and Parliament of the United Kingdom to seek support for STEM education initiatives.[18]

The Tempest

While originally focused on personal essays and editorials exploring gender and ethnic equality, the media platform gained new attention when it began incorporating perspectives of more than 1200 thought-leaders from more than 90 countries, including subjects such as the cultural stigma of abortion in South Africa[19] and university protests against Richard Spencer.[20] The Tempest launched internationally at South by Southwest in March 2016.[21]

By November 2019, there were more than 8 million unique visitors each month, according to comScore.[22] [23]

In 2016, Alawa managed a collaboration with Voxe, a French NGO that created a system for comparing the platforms of political candidates to help voters.[24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: APA PsycNet. 2020-09-12. psycnet.apa.org. en. 27 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200127005411/https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-18538-001. live.
  2. Web site: The media site seeking to dethrone Buzzfeed. 2020-08-25. Cheddar. en. 19 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200219091838/https://cheddar.com/media/the-media-site-seeking-to-dethrone-buzzfeed. live.
  3. Web site: Women's Activist Stories. WomensActivism.nyc. 25 August 2020. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202311/https://womensactivism.nyc/stories/2026. live.
  4. Web site: Defining and driving the world of news and content. Forbes. 25 August 2020. 20 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210120015437/https://www.forbes.com/profile/laila-alawa/?list=30under30-media. live.
  5. Web site: December 11, 2018. Wellesley Alumna Embarks On New Path for Impact. December 27, 2019. 28 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928004936/https://www.wellesley.edu/news/2017/stories/node/135506. live.
  6. News: Wangsness. Lisa. 2011-09-08. Strangers in their own land, as they came of age. Boston.com. 2021-09-28. 28 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928222542/http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/09/08/growing_up_muslim_in_the_shadow_of_911/?page=4. live.
  7. Web site: O'Brien. Sara Ashley. 2016-06-19. Muslim woman deluged by 'hate tweets' after helping Homeland Security panel. 2021-09-28. CNNMoney. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918200018/https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/19/technology/laila-alawa-trolling/index.html. live.
  8. Web site: 2016-06-15. Meet Laila Alawa, the 25-Year old Syrian Immigrant on DHS Advisory Council Who Wants to Curb Your Speech Rights. 2021-09-28. CounterJihad. 28 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928222542/https://counterjihad.com/meet-laila-alawa-25-year-old-syrian-immigrant-dhs-advisory-council-wants-curb-speech-rights/. live.
  9. Social Identity and Socially Shared Retrieval-Induced Forgetting: The Effects of Group Membership. https://web.archive.org/web/20200208220937/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1989/ac8fd37d8698c0224ce7db5263ef828cdfc6.pdf. dead. 2020-02-08. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2015. 144. 717–722. 10.1037/xge0000077. 21226426. Semantic Scholar. Coman. Alin. Hirst. William. 4. 25938179.
  10. Web site: O'Brien. Sara Ashley. 2016-06-19. Muslim woman deluged by 'hate tweets' after helping Homeland Security panel. 2020-09-12. CNNMoney. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918200018/https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/19/technology/laila-alawa-trolling/index.html. live.
  11. Web site: The Magic Behind World Domination. TED Talks. 25 August 2020. 14 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200614123111/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX4BEkOTlh8&feature=youtu.be. live.
  12. Web site: Prince. Richard. College to Be Named After Gwen Ifill. 2020-09-12. Journal-isms. en-us. 3 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200803144535/https://journalisms.theroot.com/college-to-be-named-after-gwen-ifill-1820527640. live.
  13. Web site: Best Entrepreneur Before 25 Podcasts Most Downloaded Episodes. 2020-09-12. www.owltail.com. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202307/https://www.owltail.com/podcast/20991-Entrepreneur-Before-25/best-episodes. live.
  14. Book: Powell, Gary N.. Gender and Leadership. 2020-08-20. SAGE. 978-1-5297-3804-9. en. 13 November 2020. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202303/https://books.google.com/books?id=5jTfDwAAQBAJ&q=laila+alawa+linda+carli. live.
  15. Web site: Ruhlman Conference. 2020-09-12. Issuu. en. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202310/https://issuu.com/wellesley/docs/2011ruhlmanprogram. live.
  16. Book: Charles. Maria. Gender and STEM: Understanding Segregation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Thébaud. Sarah. 2018-12-06. MDPI. 978-3-03897-147-4. en. 13 November 2020. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202323/https://books.google.com/books?id=5Kp9DwAAQBAJ. live.
  17. Stereotypes About Gender and Science: Women ≠ Scientists. 10.1177/0361684315622645. 147728174. en. free.
  18. Book: THE EQUALITY EQUATION: Advancing the Participation of Women and Girls in STEM. World Bank Group. 12 September 2020. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202256/https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/789951595308672516/pdf/Main-Report.pdf. live.
  19. Web site: Abortions are legal in South Africa – but half of them are done illegally. 19 May 2019. 12 September 2020. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202333/https://thetempest.co/2019/05/19/news/social-justice-and-inequality/abortions-south-africa-not-accessible/. live.
  20. Web site: White supremacist Richard Spencer picked the wrong school to speak at. This is how we fought back. 19 October 2017. 25 August 2020. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202310/https://thetempest.co/2017/10/19/news/social-justice-and-inequality/uf-braces-for-richard-spencer/. live.
  21. Web site: Memo to The Tempest Team. 2020-08-25. www.linkedin.com. en. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202330/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/memo-tempest-team-laila-alawa. live.
  22. Web site: Maerz. Jennifer. 2016-04-25. These Millennial Muslim Women Are Clapping Back Against Stereotypes. 2020-08-25. Cosmopolitan. en-US. 8 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125044/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/news/a57063/twentysomething-muslim-women-in-media/. live.
  23. Web site: The WIL power: a way forward for women in a gender-neutral dialogue. 2020-08-25. Wamda. en. 10 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200610084505/https://www.wamda.com/2017/11/wil-power-way-forward-corporate-women-gender-neutral-dialogue. live.
  24. Web site: Hackers cívicos o cómo Voxe.org busca ayudar a los votantes. 2020-08-25. La Nacion. es. 25 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225202310/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/hackers-civicos-o-como-voxeorg-busca-ayudar-a-los-votantes-nid1912253/. live.

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