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Mashtal –A Business Expo by

Dawoodi Bohra Women!!

ASIAN MEDIA USA © US Congressman Raja Krish-
namurthy, Representative Jim
Chicago, IL:
Durkin, DuPage County Elected Of-
he Dawoodi Bohra community ficials, the Mayors of Willowbrook
of Chicago hosted a two-day and Glendale Heights were amongst
Tevent, the Women Entrepre- many local VIPs who attended the
neurs Expo - or “Mashtal” - at their formal opening ceremony. The names
masjid, Burhani Park Complex, at of some of the VIPs present: Karen
Willow brook, IL from 10am to 6pm, Yarbrough, Cook County Clerk, Bob
Saturday September 10 & Sunday Berlin, DuPage County State Attor-
September 11, 2022. ney, James Mendrick, DuPage Coun-
The Dawoodi Bohras of Chica- ty Sheriff, Greg Hart, DuPage County
go have lived and worked peacefully Board Member, Frank Trilla, Mayor
here since the 1950s. They are Mus- of Willowbrook, Chodri Khokhar,
lims who hail from South Asia under Mayor of Glendale Heights, Lin-
the leadership of His Holiness Dr da Painter - DuPage County Forest
Mufaddal Saifuddin; over 1,000 fam- Preserve Commissioner, Greg Boltz
ilies worship at Al-Masjid-al-Badri in - Downers Grove Assessor, Michele
Willowbrook, IL. Bauman, Avon Township Supervi-
The word “Mashtal” means nurs- small scale and household businesses ing Decor, Food, Accommodations, sor, Asif Yusuf, Oakbrook Trustee,
ery. The expo seeks to nurture the of women within the community to IT/AV, PR, Marketing, Sponsorships, Suresh Reddy, Oakbrook Trustee,
business ventures of Dawoodi Bohra use their skills to support their fami- Infrastructure & Construction, and Theresa Sullivan, Naperville Coun-
women, enabling them to use their lies and help them achieve excellence Flow Management. Because Mashtal cilwoman, Quin O’Brien, Gurneee
talents and skills to develop small- in their respective fields. is an international event, the Chicago Trustee, Saba Khan, Morton Grove
scale businesses. The word “Bohra” Over 50 committee members, core committee was in constant com- Trustee; Shia Imami Esmaili com-
means traders, and Mashtal taps into primarily women, came together for munication with the central Mashtal munity President Imran Dhatwani
this deep-seated tradition. And their over 6 months of planning. Several department in Mumbai. Members & Mrs Dhatwani, Mr. Sadruddin
message is, “Mashtal - Nurture Your committees were formed to distribute of His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Noorani, Ms. Madison Signor on be-
Venture!” Their aim is to develop this immense amount of work includ- Saifuddin’s family attended the event.

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