(February 2017) – WEORITU has won a prestigious Award of Recognition from The Impact DOCS Awards Competition. The award was given for Taibah AlQatami and Mohammad AlSaeed’s exciting Documentary Short, #WeCanDoIt, which aims to raise awareness on accomplished women in the Middle East (GCC) to inspire future generations. #WeCanDoIt features advice from exceptional women from six countries in the Middle East namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates!
“Thank you Impact DOCS Awards for the Award of Recognition for our #WeCanDoIt Short film. We are very grateful for recognizing our work and message. This would not have happened without the efforts of the team. Thank you to our amazing team for volunteering their time and efforts because they believe in the cause! Thank you Mohammad AlSaeed, Dana Aljouder, Shaikha AlQatami, Farah Behbehani, Lina Al Qaddoumi, Sheikha Al-Jubair, Rozana AlBanawi, Omar Afuni, Lamia Al-Ansi, Saba Al Busaidi, Abdullah Al-Mulla, Nasser AlQatami, Abdalla Abdulrahman, Nasser Al-Naama, Fatema Alhasan, Fatma Hayat, Haif AlHammadi, Shayma Fawwaz, Haya Alissa, Lulu Al-Awadhi, Meshari Abukhudair, Nicola Toomey and everyone who crossed our path and helped us be able to accomplish our project including all the women who took part in the #WeCanDoIt #نحن_قادرات project and all our Indiegogo crowdfunding supporters and Twofour54 Abu Dhabi for supporting us in post-producing each individual journey.” - Taibah AlQatami, Founder of WEORITU.
The video aims to raise awareness about accomplished women in the Middle East (GCC) and bring the community closer to one another. We aim to spark a global movement of women voicing their positive advice to help inspire future generations and to create encouraging vibes around the globe using the hashtag #WeCanDoIt!