“5 years ago, I needed some change in my life.
A friend who lived in Mozambique offered me a job there. I took his offer, as I needed some time far away...
“ When I was 16 years old, I had to fight and change school to be able to pursue my scientific studies. I wasn't really good at mathematics, and inst...
”My family moved to the States when I was 3 years old. We used to come back to Lebanon every summer, and I developed an unconditional love for the country,...
“I was born in 1975, the year the civil war started. I grew up in an environment of stress, bombing, shelters. I lost some friends in this meaningless war. A lo...
"I travel a lot for my work. And every time I mention that I am from Lebanon, people ask me if the country is safe, if it’s a desert, if we’re at a war… This ma...
”The first time I went outdoors to paint something, I drew some letters of my name with a stencil, behind the wall of my house. 10 years later, the graffiti is ...
”The first day I landed in Paris, I was 10 years old, and my father told me: “Take the best out of your Lebanese culture and the best out of the French culture....
"My mum is Lebanese & my dad is French. When they fell in love, she quit everything to follow him in Normandy, France. She started her own business one year...
“I come from a very entrepreneurial family. It started with my great-grandfather, who founded a textile business in Guadeloupe. It grew to become an empire of 1...