I was lucky to have a very supportive husband who saw our home life as his responsibility just as much as mine. - Kawthar Zaki

I was the first woman to graduate with a PhD degree from the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California Berkeley.”

My father had hoped for my brothers to become engineers, but I was the one who did in the end. My mother, having raised 7 kids without any help, was very supportive of me

I’m so grateful that Egypt had free high quality public higher education when Ali and I met. If it were not for Ain Shams, I would not have been able to come this far.