HELLO, I'M AMY VAYA



IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.





Entrepreneur





Founder and CEO of My Gold Souq, the region's first direct-to-consumer business for gold jewellery. Pieces are sourced directly from the factory and sold online, without the retail markup.

  • Winner of Bahrain Fintech Bay & Standard Chartered Women in Tech 2020
  • Flat6Labs Bahrain Cycle Six Feb 2021
  • Winner of Eureka GCC Business Competition 2022


Comedian





I am Bahrain's first female stand up comedian, and I've been performing since 2013. I am also a founding member of Bahrain's first improv comedy group and an improv instructor.



writer





As a PR and corporate communications specialist with expertise in technical and financial writing, I write corporate copy such as websites, brochures, investor reports, financial reports, press releases, advertising copy, video scripts, and social media content. I also write for pleasure. Sometimes. Check out my professional writing here and my personal writing here.



other fun things





  • Co-founder of Meow Day Bahrain Cat Festival, which had a glorious run from 2017 to 2019
  • Former Gulf Air flight attendant
  • May Queen 2009
  • Voiceover artist
  • Emcee
  • Martial arts practitioner, but not good at it
  • Movie extra: South Africa/Bahrain/India
  • Conductor of social experiments
  • Part time Wonder Woman cosplayer