Née en Egypte, mariée à 17 ans et ayant émigré juste après son mariage aux Etats-Unis, la femme musulmane égypto-américaine Tahani Amer a fait des études d'engineering en mécanique et en aérospatiale tout en élevant 2 enfants. Recrutée par un centre de recherches de la NASA en Virginie, il y travaille comme ingénieure de recherche.
Ci-dessous, un extrait de sa biographie et une vidéo de présentation tirés du site de la NASA.
I am an American Muslim NASA employee who grew up in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. I have always strived to live by three simple principles: Please God and you will please all. Education is the key to opportunity. Serve others with compassion and kindness. If one thinks about these principles, it is very simple. You have general guidance about values and ethics from God and his books, self-determination by education, and a sense of social responsibility. I planned on going to medical school in Cairo, Egypt, but I changed my major to engineering before starting college because of my life choices. I married at age 17 and moved to the United States.
Ci-dessous, un extrait de sa biographie et une vidéo de présentation tirés du site de la NASA.
I am an American Muslim NASA employee who grew up in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. I have always strived to live by three simple principles: Please God and you will please all. Education is the key to opportunity. Serve others with compassion and kindness. If one thinks about these principles, it is very simple. You have general guidance about values and ethics from God and his books, self-determination by education, and a sense of social responsibility. I planned on going to medical school in Cairo, Egypt, but I changed my major to engineering before starting college because of my life choices. I married at age 17 and moved to the United States.
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