This was the best thing that happened to us last year, seriously! To be in the same room with an icon and girls' education champion Mrs Michelle Obama was EPIC!! This was at the World Innovation Summit in Education in Doha, Qatar in Nov, 2015.
It was so awesome, just listening to her. We were so inspired.These words spoken be her summed up our year-
"Don't worry about those who don't believe in you, you just have to work harder to prove them wrong"
YES and YES and YES.
This shot was taken from way back in the auditorium. Unbelievable. I tweeted that i would meet her just a few months before and this was close to that. My dreams are coming true y'all.
Other than this it was a great experience, I met some wonderful people from Japan, Singapore, China, Israel, US, Pakistan, Jordan etc. It was GREAT. Qatar is rich y'all. It's actually the richest country in the world.
This happened during my birthday and it was the best gift I could ever receive. Stayed at a 5 star hotel, had great food, met amazing people and made great connections. Graca Machel was there too. She speaks so passionately about education, you will be converted if you're not a believer!!!
Congratulations to Dr. Sakeena Yacoobi for winning the WISE Prize 2015. She's doing an amazing job educating women in Afghanistan. She's definitely one I look up to.
I'm still not over all this and it happened in November 2015 :)
Bless,
L
PS: I was sort of a celeb there because of my hair!!! haha I had these twisted braids in maroon, blonde and black. Some guy from Bahrain even had to get a pic:) Will share the photo if anyone asks for it. (i'm too shy)The compliments i got were awesome. I'm soo soo happy about this.
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