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Why All Young Egyptian Women Should Work With A Great Female Boss After Graduation

February 4, 2020
El-Ustazah Fatmah (1952) film, starring Faten Hamama.

I used to think that I would eventually grow to become a great woman. It wasn’t a fact; but a hope that I carried inside me since I was a little girl. I would look up to other great women and say: this is going to be me. Or this is me. But just not yet. Not this time. My actual identity and the identity that I projected for myself were always standing on opposite ends of the line. I wondered endlessly as to why I always shrank my own identity for others, but then enlarged it for myself. When I speak, I speak tenderly, softly, quietly, and powerlessly. But when I think, I think loudly, fiercely, passionately and, most importantly, powerfully. I wondered if other young women faced the same problem, and I was intrigued to see that it is actually widely common. According to Herminia Ibarra’s research, due to the few number of women holding top or senior positions in many fields, it becomes difficult for young women to identify with role models and select or imitate their traits and behaviors. In contrast, men often have a variety of…


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