Maya Zankoul, a Beirut-based Graphic Designer and author of Maya's Amalgam Vol. 1 and 2, talks about her decision to start her own design studio and publish her own books, which have been wildly successful.

"I always try to make things as small as possible in a way that I can self fund it, in a way that I am not dependent on someone else, to achieve my goal. I like to be independent as much as possible," says Maya.