Woman-owned cafe in Indonesia's Sharia stronghold shakes stigma

The 28-year-old opened Morning Mama last year to create a space that caters to women in Banda Aceh, known as the city of 1,001 coffee shops.

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Morning Mama owner Qurrata Ayuni (C), who lost her parents in the 2004 tsunami, poses alongside staff members at her cafe in Banda Aceh. AFP PHOTO
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In what claims to be the only woman-run cafe in the capital of Indonesia's most conservative province, owner Qurrata Ayuni says she and her baristas provide an alternative to rowdy,

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