SPEECH TITLES AND/OR TOPICS Balanced Living | Diversity |
Education | Globalization | Inspiration | Leadership | Personal
Development Jehan Raouf, the first girl and third child of her
Egyptian father, Safwat Raouf, and her British mother, Gladys
Cotterill, was born in Cairo, Egypt. Fifteen years later, she
unexpectedly came face to face with Egypt's national hero, Anwar
Sadat, during the Holy Month of Ramadan at her cousin's home in
Suez. Recently released from prison where he had been confined
for many years because of his resistance of the British
occupation of Egypt, he had come to Suez with his friend, to
contemplate his future. In addition to enduring the horrible
physical conditions of prison life, he had been stripped of his
cherished position in Egypt's military thus was left unemployed
and alone. Soon after their initial meeting in Ms. Raouf's
cousin's home, they realized they were destined to be together.
Initially, both her mother and father voiced their objections
and opposed their daughter's eng