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Maha Gargash
Maha Gargash is an Emirati author, story teller, radio presenter, news reporter, documentary film maker and the vise president of Dubai television. Gargash earned a Bachelors degree in Radio and Television from the George Washington University in Washington D.C. and earned a Masters from Goldsmiths’ College in London. In 1985 after graduating college Maha joined Dubai Television to pursue her dreams in telling stories and creating documentaries. Through her journey in film and documentary making, Gargash heard many stories and she became interested in writing and focusing on traditional Arab societies, and that's when she began her writing career with the masterpiece The Sand Fish (Oct/Nov 2009). Following her interest in arts and culture, Gargash produced a remarkable television program that consisted too many features to do with culture, nature, people, and different communities from all around the world. Regarding of how small the team was, Maha ended up not only filming the documentary but also researching, scripting and presenting all of the stories. Thanks to her idea of creating the documentary, Maha ended up visiting 40 countries, which helped her to bring more ideas into the world and create beautiful novels and documentaries for the world. In 2007 Maha left Dubai television to open her own boutique media agency Polka Dot which specialized in television media campaigns.

Novels
Through her Novel The Sand Fish, Gargash highlights the struggle of a woman to live her life differently. Throughout the novel Gargash focuses on several obstacles of being a Middle Eastern woman who gets to fall in love with a man and marrying another for cultural reasons.

That Other me, is the second novel written by Gargash after years of remarkable success of her first novel. The second novel written by Gargash discusses the struggles of maintaining ties with ones traditions. The story focuses on the struggles of an Emirati family confronting a different lifestyle and new world. Mad Naseemy, one of the characters in the story, he is the aging patriarch of a dispersed family and an outstanding member of Emirati society. He is an angry man who struggles to keep his mild manner niece and his strong, determined, decision maker daughter under control. The conflict becomes more interesting and outstanding when both the daughter and the niece come of age in two totally different worlds.

Her books can be found worldwide and in online stores.

Personal life
Maha loves spending time with her family and friends, she enjoys their company and their affect of her mood. She enjoys reading, writing, photography, watching movies, listening to calm classical music, and all the different forms of outdoor activities and travel, she prefers visiting places with more natural landscapes. Gargash is now working on her third novel.