Sabika Radjab

Have you seen those tweets saying things like “there are people with half your skills and intelligence living out your dreams, just because they put themselves out there and didn’t overthink it”? It’s definitely true. When I observe my own experience and analyse why things worked out, I can tell you that it wasn’t because of any business skills or... See more

And somehow, that doesn’t make our connection less meaningful. It makes it more. Knowing I’ll never fully know anyone is what makes it feel like such a gift when someone lets me in, even a little. When they tell me the thing they didn’t post about. When they trust me with the part that doesn’t make a good story. When they let me see the mess behind... See more

The Arabs, again like the Chinese, settled in coastal areas of today's Indonesia long before the European colonisers—primarily Portuguese and Dutch— first landed in the archipelago in the 16th century. After the arrival of the Portuguese and later the Dutch, the numbers of Arab immigrants gradually decreased, and then rose again after the opening... See more

If Nike announced that they were opening a hotel, you’d have a pretty good guess about what it would be like. But if Hyatt announced that they were going to start making shoes, you would have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER what those shoes would be like. That’s because Nike owns a brand and Hyatt simply owns real estate.

And it’s not just strangers who get me like this. It’s my sister, too. We talk nearly every day, but sometimes I’ll catch myself realizing—truly realizing—that she has an entire interior world I’ll never fully enter. She has her own thoughts looping in the shower. Her own people who made her laugh that week. Her own worries she might not voice... See more