egyptian american women

Memoir of Egyptian-American astrophysicist Serafina El-Badry Nance. Chronicles Sarafina's childhood, with nights often spent gazing up at the stars, how her American father and Egyptian mother both pushed her to excellence in whatever she did, and how she persevered in the face of misogynistic beliefs that girls weren't able to succeed at math and science to become the astrophysicist she is today.

The daughter of a high-ranking Egyptian army officer who grew up in Cairo and Gaza comments on the reasons Muslims embrace jihad, hate Jews, oppose America, and believe in the destruction of Israel; and provides her opinion concerning the necessity of the War on Terror.