Sadia Anwar

Creative Wanderer, Content Creator, Author

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Shirin Zemmo

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Melwyn Abraham

About Sadia Anwar

Creative Wanderer, Content Creator, Author

Sadia Anwar is a creative entrepreneur and a mother of 2. Sadia has a background in Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi, India, and a business degree from the London Business School in the United Kingdom. She worked as an architect and lighting designer for 12 years before making the shift to entrepreneurship.

She is quite passionate about children’s books and the content consumed by children, she is a self-published author of 4 children’s books. She is the founder of two startups that address issues of identity and diversity in different ways. The second of these is Storically, a project that began because of an unexpected win at a weekend pitch contest.

About this Episode

In this episode, we talk to Sadia about her journey from being an architect for 12 years and taking the leap into entrepreneurship. We talk a lot about the importance of stories and storytelling for kids’ development as well as the importance of diversity and inclusion in our society.

Sadia shares with us how Storically came to life and what her hopes and dreams are for it.

If you are looking for a lighthearted story filled with passion and valuable parental advice, or if you are just a fellow lover of books, this episode is definitely for you.

“Issues of self-awareness, self-acceptance, and identity, they’ve been recurring themes in what I do, what I’m interested in”
Sadia Anwar

“Write your own story. This is where we enable people to share stories from their personal history and heritage and we convert it into a beautiful book for a child, something that a child can engage with.”

– Sadia Anwar

Show highlights

I think paper books will always, always be there. I think they’re not going to be out of fashion. - Sadia Anwar Click To Tweet

“We often talk about a sense of self and this research talks of a sense of trans generational cells, like the sense of being connected deeply to something bigger than yourself, and apparently, this is a very very powerful thing that gives you confidence in your own identity.”

Sadia Anwar

“Books are everything, like through books, children begin to expose reality beyond what they can actually experience in their everyday life, so that’s really, really broaden their minds, broadens their perspective .”
Sadia Anwar

“It’s really powerful for a child to know that they come from something special which is enough, which is great. They don’t have to change themselves to fit in.”
Sadia Anwar

I think the moment that you become a parent is really pivotal, it turns everything around. It shifts your perspective on life itself. - Sadia Anwar Click To Tweet

“My mission historically, is for children or I guess even adults, for people to be aware of their own personal histories, to connect with their own heritage, to know details like where your grandmother went to school, what she did, what adventures she had.”

Sadia Anwar