Awakening Talks 3: You will be tested — will you persevere?

Bara Kherigi, Awakening’s co-founder & director, reflects on the tests and obstacles that inevitably come when trying to do something good.

Drawing on a time when Awakening was close to bankruptcy, he shares how perseverance, faith and a belief in the purpose behind the work kept them going.

“The test will come. The obstacles will come. Each one of us will have a different test.

The question is: will you persevere?”

This is the third in a series of excerpts from a talk delivered at Inspire Changemakers on Islamic music, creativity, leadership, entrepreneurship and building with purpose.
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