International Women’s Day: Meet one of the amazing women working on Gandeys Circus
To celebrate International Women’s Day , we chatted to our fabulous crew member Omaima Debbach, from Morocco, about her experiences working and studying across the world as part of a circus family and as a young Muslim woman. If you think Omaima looks a little familiar… it’s probably because her dad is long-standing Gandey World Class Productions employee Said Debbach, an acrobatics coach who has worked hard behind-the-scenes of Gandeys Circus and the Chinese State Circus , keeping our cast happy on tour for a number of years. Father and daughter Said and Omaima Debbach Q: Hi Omaima, can you tell us a bit about yourself? I’m 21 and am on tour with Gandeys Circus in 2019, working front-of-house. Although I’m from Morocco, I moved to Canada for the end of high school and to study at Saint Mary’s University Halifax because, as a woman, there were a lot more opportunities there, especially when it came to the education system. Q: What wer...