Breaking Taboos in Tunisia and Beyond - with Myriam Ben Farhat
Breaking Down Patriarchy
Amy McPhie Allebest
4.9 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Amy is joined by Myriam Ben Farhat to discuss her experience of patriarchy and gender roles in Tunisia, Spain, and the United States across her careers in law, art, and beyond.
Myriam Ben Farhat is an entrepreneur, originally from Tunisia. She has two master's degrees, one in financial and public law, and one in contemporary art. She also studied professional coaching and got her certification from the International Federation of Coaching. In 2020, Ben Farhat joined the Play Magnus Group to become chief people and culture officer. When the company was acquired in December 2022 by Chess.com, she became Head of L&D and DEI, and currently leads the "Chess is for everyone" initiative.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Breaking Down Patriarchy. I'm Amy McPhee, Allabest. At the beginning of season four, |
| 0:06.8 | I dedicated my work this season to all of you listeners who had ever encountered patriarchy |
| 0:12.6 | and had to struggle to overcome sexist systems, often alone without support. |
| 0:18.8 | It was really moving for me to imagine so many different people in so |
| 0:23.3 | many different circumstances all around the world fighting similar battles and overcoming |
| 0:29.2 | similar challenges. Today's episode demonstrates that beautiful, painful truth that just about |
| 0:36.0 | everybody, just about everywhere, has had to deal with |
| 0:39.0 | patriarchy. And we can learn so much from listening to each other's stories. So here to share |
| 0:44.9 | her fascinating story with us is my friend, the incredible Miriam Ben Farhat. Welcome, Miriam. |
| 0:51.7 | Thank you, I'm really super excited to be here and really honored to be |
| 0:56.8 | part of this. I'm a big fan. Thank you. I'm so excited to have you here. And we'll start as we do |
| 1:04.2 | every episode with your professional biography. So I'll read that really quickly. And then we'll launch |
| 1:10.3 | into your story from there. |
| 1:11.7 | Let's go. |
| 1:13.4 | Miriam Ben Farhot is a professional certified ICF coach and head of learning and development |
| 1:19.4 | and DEI leader at chess.com. |
| 1:22.3 | And Miriam is a single mom of two girls living in Barcelona, but she's originally from Tunisia. She got her |
| 1:28.7 | master's degree in financial and public law and joined the Tunis Bar in 2005. In addition to working as a tax |
| 1:36.3 | and business corporate lawyer for 16 years, Miriam owned with her ex-husband, a popular restaurant in |
| 1:42.1 | Tunisia. And Miriam, how do you pronounce the name of that |
| 1:45.1 | restaurant? It's Tam-Tam, Salad. It's a very famous, cute village, which is UNESCO. Classified. |
| 1:54.2 | So it's Tam-Tam, Sidipu. Oh, fabulous. Well, I understand that you were involved in that restaurant and involved in the creation process and the organization of private and corporate events for up to 500 people. So it sounds like it was like a cultural thing too. |
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