“The Only Constant in Life Is Change.”- Heraclitus We feel emotions such as fear, confusion frozen or stuck when we are faced with uncertainty. Society encourage us to be adept to measure data, be risk averse, control outcome, and to avoid uncertainty. The inability to change, progress and accept uncertainty…

There’s a lot of messages out there on how to be yourself. I think it’s the millennial thing to be yourself and follow your dreams, to be more self centred more . I think one of the most common message that associated with being yourself is about being fearless and…

I owe big part of my creativity to having a sense of not belonging growing up, also having immigrated and choosing a career path that made me question belonging in the field as a woman. …

Adversity is one of the most powerful forces in life. It can bring out your best or your worst. Ultimately, it is up to you, how much you are willing to reach-out and ask for help, how much you want to take a chance? When challenges come along there’s always…

Author Sura Karnawi, Art by Diala Brisly This was a conversation with BBC Wistem network on May 19th 2021. I’m sharing with you insights into my journey, the mindset that I cultivated that has helped me to overcome challenges and push boundaries in order to thrive in STEM career and…

This article was published at the BBC Ariel on 18.12.2020 | By Sutveer Kaur I’m Sura Karnawi, a Software Engineer. I gave birth during the first lockdown and returned to work almost a year afer originally starting. It has not been an easy journey to the BBC but definitely worth it… In 2006, I fled my home in Iraq. I was surrounded by violence, oppression, and a sectarian and religious fundamentalism that swept the country. This lead to a deterioration in many aspects including in women’s rights…

Today is International women's day, also it is my niece's birthday who just got accepted into a STEM programme in high school. I felt the urge to think about what piece of advice I could give her, to girls who are choosing STEM, and to women who are already in…

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I’m Sura, software engineer, artist and mother for 2 children under 3 years. I gave birth to my second child in the start of the lockdown. In one end doing my work which is art and software engineering require a lot of attention and time to keep up with everything going on. In another end, there’s a push for parents to do everything the right way the natural way so children can be happy. Like babies should be breastfed, cooking food for them at home, limited screen time.