peter bernstein, my book agent. the first thing he told me, you should write a book.is father, my agent, and he said you should write a book. i just said, who would read my stories, really? brian: you give credit to a woman, who issued? manal: i had five different collaborators. in writing aful book, you need to things. the first one, finding the right agent who believes in you who will always be there -- and i was blessed to have peter as my agent. and finding the right collaborator. i had very disappointing experiencing -- experiences with the previous collaborator. i said, i'm done with collaborators. i do interviews for six months and then they disappear without giving me a single word. itave always worked, i wrote in arabic and translated it into english. my fifth collaborator showed up after i wrote most of the book. she had transcripts of interviews before plus my written translated passages. she did a fantastic job. i did not have faith in her at the start because i was mad at all of the previous collaborators. is the wife of a historian we have here all the t

peter bernstein, my book agent. i met robert, around the human rights watch. the first thing he told me, you should write a book. his father, my agent, i met him and he said, you should write a book. you planted that seed that i should write a book and i just said -- who would read my story, really? brian: you give credit to a woman, who is she? manal: i had five different collaborators. to be successful in writing a book, you need two things. the first one, finding the right agent who believes in you, who will always be there, which i was very blessed to have peter and amy as my agent. and finding the right collaborator. i had very disappointing experiences with the previous collaborators. i had to sit down and i said, peter, i am done with collaborators. i do interviews for six months and then they disappear without giving me a single word. because i write. i always wrote. i blogged. i wrote stories. i wrote it in arabic. translated it in english by a native speaker. and then one showed up as my fifth collaborator after i wrote most of the book which good ne