Meet our Founder
This is the story of Navine Eldesouki – Founder of Coffee With An Expat, a platform representing her journey, it represents culture and diversity. But most of all it represents you.
More InformationOne Woman. One Journey. 24+ years. 8 Countries
A story manifested from infinite global influences…
Our lives are travel maps of images and experiences, a crisscross of cultures redefining our personal and collective identity. Mine is a journey of traversing the world in search of adventure, establishing homes, raising children, cultivating a marriage and finding inspiration in the music of foreign languages, the beauty of geography and the stories of its people.
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There was the red desert sands of Australia, the white sugar beaches, and the ocean as blue as sapphires...
There was the hustle and buzz of Egypt, pyramids shimmering like gold on the edges of Cairo, and emerald palms swaying in the sweet Nile breeze…
There was the idyllic French countryside with towns full of cobbled streets, quaint cafes and storybook chateaus...
There was England full of dappled woodlands and rustic stone houses, the smoker from chimney stacks trailing up in ghostly wisps…
There was Saudi Arabia with its cities full of ancient relics, eternal deserts, kaleidoscopic mosaic tiles and fluid fabrics that would billow in the wind…
There was America and her big city skylines, her gloss and glamour and the colour burst fireworks of the 4th of July…
There was Switzerland and her crystalline snow covered mountains glinting in the moon light and lakes like diamonds under the sun…
And finally United Arab of Emirates with its timeless Arabian flair, rolling desert dunes, modern indulgence and sparkling city lights…
Navine brought all these experiences home, emptied her suitcase full of ideas and started cultivating everything she had seen and learned to create a platform both supportive and empowering, dedicated to all the women she met along her journey, those she is yet to meet and those she won’t.