{"id":11038,"date":"2026-10-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/?p=11038"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:01:42","slug":"our-graduates-success-story-24-mai-imad-al-din-al-abd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/department-of-pharmacy\/our-graduates-success-story-24-mai-imad-al-din-al-abd\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story (24): Mai Imad Al-Din Al-Abd"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.single .cz_single_fi img.wp-post-image{height:auto!important;max-height:520px!important;object-fit:contain!important;background:#fff}body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{font-size:34px!important;line-height:1.5!important}@media (min-width:768px){body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{padding-top:150px!important;padding-bottom:40px!important}}@media (max-width:767px){body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{font-size:22px!important}}<\/style>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"cz_ignore_number\" style=\"max-width:860px;margin:0 auto;color:#233865;font-size:17px;text-align:left;line-height:1.8\">\n<p><strong>Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story | Episode 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mai Imad Al-Din Al-Abd<\/strong> \u2014 11th cohort \u00b7 2014\u20132015<br \/>Pharmacist \u2014 founder of the \u201cmay\u201d skincare brand<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSuccess is not easy\u2026 but whoever looks for their path will find it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Her journey in one sentence<\/h3>\n<p>Pharmacy was my dream, but I found a different path through which I express this dream in my own way.<\/p>\n<h3>Her story in her own words<\/h3>\n<p>I graduated in 2015 as a passionate pharmacist and tried more than one pharmacy role over eight years \u2014 from supervising a pharmacy specialized in skincare to other positions, and of course government work, all of which added to my experience. Then I found my own path: different, but enjoyable and scientific, and one that reduces the pollutants we are exposed to, especially women. I went back to nature, combined it with pharmacy, and created the \u201cmay\u201d brand \u2014 skincare solutions that treat skin problems scientifically and suit Iraq\u2019s climate, even in the way they are used.<\/p>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>B.Sc. Pharmacy \u2014 Baghdad College of Medical Sciences, 11th cohort (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing certificate \u2014 the Iraqi Academy<\/li>\n<li>Courses in manufacturing natural products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Career path<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Practising pharmacist for eight years in several areas of pharmacy<\/li>\n<li>Supervisor \u2014 pharmacy specialized in skincare<\/li>\n<li>Founder of the \u201cmay\u201d skincare brand (present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key milestones<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Natural products with a pharmaceutical character and carefully designed formulations<\/li>\n<li>Skincare solutions suited to Iraq\u2019s climate<\/li>\n<li>Turned her pharmacy dream into her own business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pharmacist Mai Imad Al-Din Al-Abd\u2019s advice to today\u2019s students<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFocus at every stage, learn from the smallest details, and don\u2019t listen to those who say there are no job opportunities; you can create a different opportunity \u2014 think outside the box.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Her professional page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/may_for_skincare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>A word to her College<\/h3>\n<p>We were always distinguished students in our knowledge. My thanks and gratitude to everyone who taught me during my college years \u2014 every doctor, professor and teaching assistant left a mark that I was able to turn into a point of distinction on my journey, the most important being discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Are you a graduate of our College \u2014 Pharmacy or Nursing? Share your story through the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/alumni\/share-your-story\/\">success stories form<\/a>. All episodes are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/alumni\/graduate-stories\/\">series page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story | Episode 24 Mai Imad Al-Din Al-Abd &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore cz_readmore_no_icon\" href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/department-of-pharmacy\/our-graduates-success-story-24-mai-imad-al-din-al-abd\/\"><span>\u0627\u0642\u0631\u0623 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u064a\u062f<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,84,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-affairs-unit","category-department-of-pharmacy","category-93"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11039,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11038\/revisions\/11039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}