DAWSAT
Co-founded in 2003 by Mrs. Mas Watad, a clinical dietician from Palestine and Tally Zingher, an Israeli corporate lawyer, Dawsat is a digital community that offers tools, a proven methodology , and weekly group meetings to help participants improve wellness and address the growing obesity and diabetes epidemic across the Middle East. Dawsat’s tools include in-person and online group support and an in-app social community that incorporate specific Arab culture and food.
The Dawsat solutions have been developed based on years of experience and research by Mas Watad. They have personalized offerings for women, men, and children across the Arab world. Participants lose an average of 11% of their body weight, maintain weight loss 12-18 months later, demonstrate increased healthy habits, and show improved mood with the help of Dawsat’s methodology and tools.
Dawsat’s goal is to reach hundreds of thousands of people across the Arab world and equip them with tools that not only assist in improving their own health and nutrition choices, but that of their families and communities. It works directly with end-user customers as well as with their employers and insurers.
Dawsat has 65 trained leaders in Palestine, Jordan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and London, and over 100,000 mobile application downloads. Dawsat International has its branches in Palestine, Bahrain, and the United Kingdom.
Co-founder and President, Mrs. Mas Watad has a BA in Clinical Nutrition from Al-Quds University and several courses in Business Administration. Mrs. Watad received a patent for the Dawsat system that provides the body with the required amounts of minerals and vitamins, combining calories, carbohydrates, proteins, and saturated and unsaturated fats. She is Editor-in-chief of Dawsat magazine, which is considered the first Arab magazine specializing in healthy food and the shift towards a healthy lifestyle by creating healthy eating habits. Approximately 20 thousand copies of each issue are distributed.
Co-founder and CEO Tally Zingher practiced corporate law (financing & M&A) in New York with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and with Istithmar (Dubai World) in Dubai, UAE. Tally was a law clerk to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the Netherlands. She started her career as a technology M&A investment banker at Broadview (Jefferies) in New York. Tally lectures on subjects related to economic development, emerging markets, and innovation for development at conferences in the US, Europe and the Middle East and has taught at Harvard University and Tel Aviv University. Tally holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard College, magna cum laude, an M.P.A. in international development economics from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Learn more at https://dawsat.com