How a former lawyer took her children’s storybooks global
Photo: Hajera Memon, Founder, Shade 7, UK
Former finance lawyer Hajera Memon had always dreamed of starting her own business. She says, “I asked myself, ‘if I could do anything in the world, what would I do?’”
Leaning heavily on her Muslim faith, she created Shade 7, a global Islamic storybook company, to meet her “heartfelt desire to establish a long-term source of knowledge, which would inspire children to learn more about Islam and their relationship with God.”
“There wasn’t much out there by way of comparison with the Christian publishing industry and the sheer variety of Biblical stories. With Islam as the fastest growing religion in the world, I saw an amazing opportunity.”
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Alicia Buller