I met Raha Moharrak, the youngest Arab and the first Saudi to ever climb Mt. Everest. A tall and confident woman in heels, she towered over me, but I didn't for a second feel intimidated. She was warm, bubbly and had a great smile!
Where: Intercontinental Festival City, Dubai
What: A WHO-hosted forum on how to up physical activity levels among people in the Eastern Mediterranean region, where nearly half of the population is deemed insufficiently active
When: February 24, 2014
Parts of the interview were used for my work, but I thought I'd publish the whole interview here, because she's such an inspiration for young people in the region who have yet to walk a block or pick up a dumbbell!
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