Official Title:
Tala Fayed
Associate Director Magna Global MENA
Away from the usual, my bio is:
Relentless. I always knew where I wanted to be. I’ve built everything from the ground up, with intentions, confidence and clarity. I’ve learned to embrace my past as part of my strength. It’s been a journey of Kintsukuroi; the art of putting broken pieces back together, not to hide the cracks, but to let them shine!
Authentic. I seek doing things differently, without compromising on the purpose.
Ambitious. I’m always chasing what’s next, new cities, new ideas, new ways of thinking. Nothing fuels me more than learning or diving into a conversation that opens up a fresh perspective.
If I were to nominate anyone on this list it would be, and why:
If I were to nominate anyone, it would be Huda Kattan. Not only because she built a global brand, but because of how she built it. She listens to her audience and lets that feedback shape what comes next. She cares about getting it right, because she genuinely wants to create things that people love and need.
Huda has humanized the brand, which helped in building trust and emotional connection with her audience.
She did it differently!
Some of the reasons I should not be on this list are:
Some of the reasons I shouldn’t be on this list? Honestly, I’m still in the process, not quite where I want to be yet. I’m building, learning, and figuring out what “next” really looks like. Maybe in a couple of years, when the work speaks loud enough that I don’t need to.
That said, I’m proud of how far I’ve come and everything I’ve built from the ground up, but I’m still hungry for more. And knowing me, even when I get there, I’ll probably set the bar higher again.
My lowest point of my career was/the highest point of my career was:
My lowest point of my career was when I was working in a completely different field, and had a constant feeling that I didn’t belong. I was chasing every opportunity that felt more “me”. The challenge was that I’m impatient! It was frustrating to wait. But looking back, that struggle was the push I needed to stop setting and start building the career I actually want.
My highest point of my career is where I am now. It keeps evolving. Every day, every hour, I feel like I reach a new milestone, a new level of knowledge, confidence, and empowerment. But if I had to name a few milestones I embrace the most, I’d start with when I moved to the UAE, as I stepped into a country full of global opportunities and then when I joined Magna, that was a real turning point.
What I learned from either:
I learned to be patient. Things do eventually fall into place, even if the timing or the path doesn’t look the way you imagined. Believe in it, work for it, and trust the timing.
“Indeed, with hardship comes ease.”
If there’s one thing on my bucket list I want to do, it would be:
If there’s one thing on my bucket list, it’s to travel the world not just for the adventure, but to evolve through the cultures, people, and stories I encounter, and bring that growth back into my work in media with deeper purpose and perspective.
