Detroit Evening Report: Sisters create women’s workspace in Hamtramck when they couldn’t find one
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Sisters Aliyah, Laila and Taqwa Mahdi posing in front of The Social Loft in Hamtramck, a co-working space they founded for women.
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Sisters Aliyah, Taqwa and Laila Mahdi looked for an all-women’s working space during the pandemic.
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In this story produced by WDET’s Nargis Rahman, the trio tells us that when they couldn’t find a women’s co-working space, they created their own in Hamtramck.
“We created the place in mind for an all-in-one space for women to come to feel comfortable with and working together and networking (and) business,” Aliyah Mahdi said.
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