About Nadia Wassef
Nadia Wassef is an owner of Diwan, Egypt’s first modern bookstore, which she co-founded in 2002 with her sister, Hind. Before Diwan, she worked in research and advocacy for the Female Genital Mutilation Taskforce and in the Women and Memory Forum. She was featured on the Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the Middle East in 2014, 2015, and 2016, and her work has been covered in Time, Monocle, Business Monthly, and elsewhere. She received an MFA degree from Birkbeck College at the University of London, a masters in social anthropology from the University of London, and a masters in English from American University in Cairo.
About Vaneh Assadourian
Robin Miles, named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, has twice won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, an Audie Award for directing, and many Earphones Awards. Her film and television acting credits include The Last Days of Disco, Primary Colors, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order, New York Undercover, National Geographic’s Tales from the Wild, All My Children, and One Life to Live. She regularly gives seminars to members of SAG and AFTRA actors’ unions, and in 2005 she started Narration Arts Workshop in New York City, offering audiobook recording classes and coaching. She holds a BA degree in theater studies from Yale University, an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama, and a certificate from the British American Drama Academy in England.