Vela Blog

A Mental Health Tool-Kit

We know what’s happening in the world can take a mental toll. Whether you feel anxious, down, lonely or bored, we decided to put together a compila...

VELA Game Changer: Layla Shaikley

Layla Shaikley is one a kind and we are thrilled to have her as our next Game Changer. She is the co-founder of software company, Wise Systems, tha...

VELA Game Changer: Malika Bilal

We are so excited to feature Malika Bilal, a game changing journalist who is a pioneer in her field. She co-hosted and digitally produced The Strea...

VELA Game Changer: Rana Abdelhamid

Our VELA community is full of women who are making an impact and changing the game. We wanted to highlight these extraordinary women and the import...

Defining our Own Identity as Muslim Women with Khadija Sillah

We’re starting to feature VELA girls from our wonderful community! Beautiful, unique, witty are some of the words that come to mind when we think o...