An avid observer of world events, this blog carries the writings of Issmat Al-Akhali on what he finds interesting in the world today.

BIO:

“Issmat is a graduate of the Sobey School of Business of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada. His dual degree in Business Administration and Computing Science reflects his passion for all things related to business and technology.

In the year 2000, Issmat co-founded the ‘Yemenite Global Network’, a Canadian-Yemeni NGO that undertook grass-root projects to combat Xenophobia and promote Human Rights education in the Middle East. As Chief Operations Officer, he recruited global volunteers and conducted UNDP-funded Capacity-Building and Human Rights workshops in Yemen.

Later, Issmat joined a leading Canadian investment firm as a Financial Consultant. He specialized in international taxation and gave seminars to Canadians who planned to live and work outside Canada.  Shortly after, he returned to Saint Mary’s University as Project Manager for a number of international initiatives, mainly focusing on China.

During this time, Issmat spent his evenings developing a diet-management pocket device. He became a member of the Nova Scotia Inventors Society in the summer of 2006.

That same summer, Issmat began offering his expertise as a part-time freelance consultant for international marketing and business development initiatives. A year later, he launched a second venture – Kick Media – and introduced the first in-cab digital taxi advertising network to Atlantic Canada.

After completing his contract with Saint Mary’s, Issmat lead the international marketing department of a renowned Halifax-based language-training center for three years. He later moved to direct international project development for Nova Scotia’s Education and Training sector consortium, EduNova.

During his career, Issmat has done business in Canada, Yemen, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, St. Lucia, United Arab ‎Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Italy.”