do you mind if we talk a bit about your childhood and what was it about growing up in kocho that mades separated, but we were very close to my dad's house and my mum decided to raise all 11 of us. we were 11 siblings — eight brothers and three sisters. and she never went to school and didn't have any support but worked on the family farm to give us a better life. and i went to school as the first one in my family to go to high school. i learned arabic as my second language and i felt special, going to school, knowing another language. i didn't know any women in my life or, you know, that region that went to college. so i knew after high school, i would have to do something in the village and at home. it sounds like your mum was a really inspirationalfigure. my mum was a very strong single mother who not only raised her own 11 children but also my dad's children, after his first wife died of cancer. and so, she took care of so many children and she was always a happy person. she, you know, she taught me the power of compassion in the face of systemic marginalisation and i feel like all

do you mind if we talk a bit about your childhood, and what was it about growing up in kocho that made three or four months, my parents separated, but we were very close to my dad's house, and my mum decided to raise all 11 of us. we were 11 siblings, eight brothers and three sisters. it sounds like your mum was a really inspirationalfigure. my mum was a very strong single mother who not only raised her own 11 children, but also my dad's children, er, after his first wife died of cancer. and so, she took care of so many children, and she was always a happy person. she, you know, she taught me the power of compassion in the face of systemic marginalisation. and i feel like all these experiences shaped me profoundly. applause nadia's mother could never have imagined this. that her youngest — and the only one of her children that, through her hard work, she managed to put through high school — would one day stand amongst the most celebrated people in history. where were you when you found out? i was at the harvard university. my husband and i, we were there. i had an event the day before