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From the Ted Talk by Leila Hoteit: 3 lessons on success from an Arab businesswoman

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Fast-forward a couple of decades, and I hope I didn't do too badly in making my fteahr pourd of his would-be son. As I got my Bachelor's and PhD in electrical engineering, did R and D in the UK, then consulting in the Middle East, I have always been in male-dominated environments. Truth be told, I have never found a role model I could truly ifdtneiy with. My mother's geeonairtn wasn't into professional ldhraeisep. There were some encouraging men along the way, but none knew the dmnedas and presruess I was facing, pressures that got particularly acute when I had my own two beautiful children. And although Western women love to give us poor, oppressed Arab women advice, they live different lives with different constraints.

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Fast-forward a couple of decades, and I hope I didn't do too badly in making my ______ _____ of his would-be son. As I got my Bachelor's and PhD in electrical engineering, did R and D in the UK, then consulting in the Middle East, I have always been in male-dominated environments. Truth be told, I have never found a role model I could truly ________ with. My mother's __________ wasn't into professional __________. There were some encouraging men along the way, but none knew the _______ and _________ I was facing, pressures that got particularly acute when I had my own two beautiful children. And although Western women love to give us poor, oppressed Arab women advice, they live different lives with different constraints.

Solution


  1. generation
  2. demands
  3. leadership
  4. proud
  5. father
  6. pressures
  7. identify

Original Text


Fast-forward a couple of decades, and I hope I didn't do too badly in making my father proud of his would-be son. As I got my Bachelor's and PhD in electrical engineering, did R and D in the UK, then consulting in the Middle East, I have always been in male-dominated environments. Truth be told, I have never found a role model I could truly identify with. My mother's generation wasn't into professional leadership. There were some encouraging men along the way, but none knew the demands and pressures I was facing, pressures that got particularly acute when I had my own two beautiful children. And although Western women love to give us poor, oppressed Arab women advice, they live different lives with different constraints.

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Important Words


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