A 22-year old Emirati trailblazer, drag racer, and philanthropist
About Hamda Taryam
Hamda Taryam is a 22-year-old Emirati drag racer, President and Founder of Hamda Foundation, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, and a Drifter! She featured in the Netflix show “The Fastest”.
By the young age of 21, Hamda managed to build a school and home for orphans, water wells for the poor town in Masaka, and a Hospital. Incredibly, she self-funded these non-profit projects.
About this Episode
In this episode, we talk to Hamda about what motivated her to start a professional career in racing, the challenges she faced, and how she survived. We talk about her involvement in charitable works and her love of helping people and how she got invited to be part of the Netflix reality show “The Fastest”.
Tune in to hear about Hamda’s exciting journey and the good work she is doing to help others!
“I started as just a small girl enjoying her cars in the desert and on the truck.”
Hamda Taryam
“You really need to take care of your health including sleep and what you eat and even by the way when it comes to mental health, you really have to take care of yourself to be able to compete with others.”
– Hamda Taryam
Show highlights
“I built my experiences by breaking my cars, by going to other garages, and then learning other stuff from them, it started there.”
Hamda Taryam
“I learned just not to expect anything in life but to expect from negative experiences or expect even the negative experience to teach you something for the future, so you don’t fall in the same trap.”
Hamda Taryam
