#egyptian women abroad
It’s 1967, and Laila Pence is shelled out of her home by warfare. She’d had “every luxury,” a home embellished with nuances of wealth and warmth, and a family with a profound sense of integrity. In a single moment - a bombshell dropping in the context of the Six Day War with Israel - Pence had to reimagine her world without all of that. And, without Egypt. After migrating to the United States at twelve years old, arm in arm…