Find something you really love and make it your career. Don't let anyone discourage you or tell you it's not practical. I have loved the Middle East since I was a little girl. I read my first book about ancient Egypt when I was 10, and I've been hooked ever since... I have been blessed to have had great, strong women mentors, beginning with my mother. I have also met incredibly impressive women in the Arab world. They are demonstrating enormous courage as they work to expand women's rights and human freedom in their countries. I am inspired to work harder every time I spend time with them.


Barbara Kantrowitz and Holly Peterson, "What I Learned: Whether they're running universities, political campaigns or major corporations, these 11 remarkable women have found their own ways of overcoming obstacles," Newsweek, October 15, 2007.


Find something you really love and make it your career. Don't let anyone discourage you or tell you it's not practical. I have loved the Middle East...

Find something you really love and make it your career. Don't let anyone discourage you or tell you it's not practical. I have loved the Middle East...

Find something you really love and make it your career. Don't let anyone discourage you or tell you it's not practical. I have loved the Middle East...

Find something you really love and make it your career. Don't let anyone discourage you or tell you it's not practical. I have loved the Middle East...