EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
Lana Alrasheed
The Extraordinary Women and TEDx Speaker
On Character
Knowing her capabilities. and keeping the rest a secret.
What motivates you the most?
Surrounded by the right people.
What are your greatest strengths?
Knowing my capabilities. and the rest is a secret.
What are your weaknesses?
Emotional sometimes.
What makes you lose your temper?
Lying.
On Life
Don’t waste your time in negativity.
What is the most courageous thing you have done in your life?
A lot. Bungee jumping. Parasailing.
If you could go back 10 years, what advice would you give your younger self?
Don’t waste your time in negativity.
Who inspires you?
People who focus on their lives and never let the noisy surroundings affect them.
One thing you tried and will never do again?
Diving.
2 things you are scared of?
Losing.
On Style
The best beauty tip? Smile.
Your best beauty tip?
Smile.
What fashion trends do you not understand or like?
I don’t like exaggerating.
Something you hate that everyone else loves?
I don’t know what everyone loves, but I don’t like 70% of social media fakeness.
Something you love but others don’t?
I don’t know exactly what everyone doesn’t like. I like everything beautiful in this life.
Daily Life
Morning coffee, emails, WhatsApp.
3 things you must do every day?
Morning coffee. Check my emails. Check my WhatsApp.
3 things you always have in your purse?
Labello lip balm.
Your hobbies?
I love being beside the pool and printing sometimes.
Favorite song and movie?
I love Michele Bubble and Andrea Bocelli.
The most rebellious thing you did as a child?
Jumped in the pool alone.
The craziest rumour you heard about yourself?
I don’t listen to rumours and I never tell drummers.
For Boujeez
The kind of honesty that earns its place.
Lana Alrasheed doesn’t perform confidence. She carries it quietly, with the kind of self-awareness that comes from knowing what matters and letting go of what doesn’t. For Boujeez, she is exactly the kind of person this section exists to document.