Zahra'Life

  When you broke my heart, I …. I felt a sudden shred in my brain My heart stopped, I couldn’t breath I kept thinking why it didn’t matter to you? Why it didn’t work and where it went wrong? I kept running in an empty cycle. Torturing my mind with endless questions to figure out how i didn’t  see it what was coming towards me. Silly of me to think you were the man I needed and deserved. How everything was fake….. I did not see it. Sometime before that, I thought being a girl was a weakness. That our emotions controlling us is a shame, yet after many experiences the only person I found sticking next to me is ME! Hence, I declare that the true love relationship is between me and myself. Myself loves me with all my flows and imperfections. “I” helped me to pick myself up after each fall. Therefore I will put myself first above all limits and everything. Self love is an underrated concept. Why can’t we cherish who we are and take care of ourselves as we do to oth...

  Why Moroccan Companies are Missing out Opportunities ?   Boring jobs, sassy and bossy managers, low sales and deals, unsatisfied clients, angry and stressed employees! we don’t have leaders in Morocco, we have bosses! This statement might not be liked by the many “leaders” we have working within the companies based in Morocco, From where I see it, leaders must care for their teams and the ones they lead in order to achieve their goals, a true leader considers the emotions of his team or “employees” although I don’t fancy much this word, partners would be appropriate. They are your partners because they gather to help achieve a certain goal, they use their creativity, energy and time to come up with the right decisions that lead to the “goal”. Karen: “Why would you call them employees? They get paid for what they do and their time!” Consider this: But isn’t it the same thing that other companies do when they collaborate with each other? They get paid for ...

CONTENT DESIGN Content designer What is a great content? The purpose of the content How to formulate a user’s need USER-CENTRED CONTENT PRINCIPLES pexels.com   Content designer The job of a content designer is to make sure that the information is clear and in plain language (English for example), and given to the user at the right time, in the appropriate format.   A content designer must be able to: Think critically  Be able to work fast and meet due time Work collaboratively Has team work spirit Open to notes What is a great content? A good content gives people what they need, when they need it in an easy and understandable way. It must meet users need and help them find the answer, therefore it must be: ·          Informative ·          KISS: keep it short and simple & without unnecessary complicated words ·        ...

Why most of us if not all of us didn’t manage to have a successful E-learning experience even though we were at the comfort of our own homes??? one word: stress. Corona or COVID 19 took us by a storm, and it gave us a sense of fear and threatened our well being which resulted in an intolerable stress. Scientifically   speaking, when a human being is found in a threatening situation, the emotional station within our brain (I.E: Amygdala) takes over, our conscious curls inside and the stress controls our mind, then we feel hopeless, our mind can’t function as usual because the prefrontal cortex is stopped by the hijacking of the Amygdala. “ Bad stress erodes confidence and makes us question our ability’ (Schultz, 2019) ” So, I retrie ved some memories about our E-l earnin g  experience, which we were forced to undergo due to the pandemic, I remember our teacher trainers doing a lot of work, sharing some interesting insights with us as well as doing online sessions to m...

photo credits:  pexels The sound of the roaring engines of phosphate factory are depriving me from my sleep, or so i thought.  Why do i have a feeling that every thing is ending soon? At least for me. On the sound of a train passing by, my heart bumped faster than usual. I suddenly realized this urging feeling that lives within my ribs, that everything is on the edge and i am only living to witness the final show. I get this fear of losing my beloved ones and it is killing me because i deeply know i can't and will not be able to do anything about it. Besides, i really push myself to feel better, to stop all this craziness and chaotic mess inside me, but it only seems to grow stronger and spread its shadow over me. I hate to admit it is a depression that can't be cured easily. I was always following my gut feeling, it was always right, but now, i am brutally affected by it. My intuitive mind has been my guide this whole time, now it is only serving me as an annoying al...

  picture credit:  Pexels If we know what will happen in 5 years ahead, we will panic and commit some stupid things while sobbing and weeping. We wouldn’t accomplish anything nor get going with our daily life that actually makes use of forging our personality and our mind that will face the reality in 5years. I believe that we should be grateful to what we go through on every day basis for it is what makes us who we are today, and what we will become afterwards. This person, in 2020, who is facing Covid 19 situation, is a better version of the same person in 2010 mentally, physically and ideologically. When I started my personal development journey 3 years ago, I used to hear: “What you do today is what makes you the person you want to be in future” This quote implies the importance of investing in yourself to achieve your Goals. Everyone’s goals are deferent; for instance, your goal is to be financially independent, while mine is to speak another language or learn anoth...

W hile i was enjoying the timeless Schindler’s list soundtrack, I realized that this is not a common thing to do in Morocco. Morocco has a rich cultural variety that results in having a deferent musical tastes, yet most of Moroccans do not appreciate other types of music, to be a lover of symphonies, sonatas and classical musical pieces which results sometimes in endless discussions between friends and family due to the cultural differences we have from the westerns culture. There is another thing which we can call in these lines, musical prejudices. For instance: if a family member hears you enjoying, let’s say a metallic song, he/she would automatically classifies you as a satanic punk. The same thing can apply on listening to sonatas or artistic musical pieces, they would identify you as arrogant, fake or trying to be something you are not, while in reality, you are just enjoying the art and connecting with what you are hearing. When it comes to me, I feel like classical mus...