Letter to the Reader
‘TO THE WOMAN THAT CHANGED ME, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG’
June Sarpong OBE (UK)
‘TO MY AUNT, RAMONA FIANI’
Roula Azar Douglas (Lebanon/Canada)
‘TO ZOHRA MOOSA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAMACASH’
Hellen Lunkuse T. Waiswa (Uganda)
‘TO MY SISTER IN HUMANITY, ANGELINA JOLIE’
Basma Alawee (Iraq/USA)
‘TO MY DAUGHTER, LARA KARMEL’
Annabel Karmel MBE (UK)
‘TO MARGARET GARNER, THE WOMAN WHO MURDERED HER DAUGHTER’
Muna AbuSulayman (Saudi Arabia)
‘A POEM TO MY MOTHER, AS A METAPHOR FOR ALL WOMEN IN MY FAMILY’
Yasmin AlMassri (Lebanon)
‘TO ATHENA, AS THE YOUNGER ANOUSHEH’
Anousheh Ansari (Iran/USA)
‘TO MY DAUGHTER, 'Ashtar Mouallem'
Iman Aoun (Palestine)
‘TO MY MOTHER, AUDREY SMITH’
Emma Bache (UK)
‘TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST CELLISTS JACQUELINE DU PRÉ’
Silvia Chiesa (Italy)
‘TO MY DAUGHTER, SOFIA BABAI’
Shelmina Abji (USA/Tanzania)
‘TO MY YOUNGER SELF, HOPE’
Basma Al Said (Oman)
‘TO ALL FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS’
Mary Davis (USA/Ireland)
‘TO SENATOR HAIFA HAJJAR NAJJAR’
Deema Bibi (Jordan)
‘TO MY DAUGHTER, SOFIA BELTRAME’
Paola Diana (Italy)
‘TO MY GRANDMOTHERS HER MAJESTY QUEEN ZEIN AL-SHARAF TALAL OF JORDAN AND BEGUM SHAISTA SUHRAWARDY IKRAMULLAH’
HRH Sumaya Bint El Hassan (Jordan)
‘TO THE HOMELESS WOMAN’
Grazia Giuliani (Italy/UK)
‘TO MURDERED JOURNALIST, ANNA LINDH’
Miriam Gonzalez – Durantez (Spain/UK)
‘TO JACINDA ARDERN, PM OF NEW ZEALAND’
Elif Shafak (Turkey/UK)
‘TO MY SISTER, MANTALENA KAILI’
Eva Kaili MEP (Greece)
‘TO THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED ME, AMONG THEM ANNIE LENOX AND CAROLE CADWALLADR’
Livia Firth (UK/Italy)
‘TO MY UNBORN GRANDDAUGHTER’
Attiya Mahmood (Pakistan)
‘TO SHYAMA PERERA’
Dame Martina Milburn DCVO CBE (UK)
‘TO ALL YOUNG WOMEN’
Christina Nielsen (Denmark)
‘TO MY SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD’
Femi Oke (UK)
‘TO MY MOTHER, RHODA SPIELMAN TZEMACH’
Gayle Tzemach-Lemmon (USA)
‘TO THE ANONYMOUS WOMAN’
Mariane Pearl (France)
‘TO MY WIFE, HANAN KATTAN’
Shamim Sarif (UK/Canada)
‘TO GERALDINE, INSPIRED BY MOLLY YARD AND GLORIA STEINEM’
Geraldine Sharpe Newton (UK/USA)
‘TO MY NIECES’
Dr Rebecca S. Hage Thomley (USA)
‘TO MY MOTHER, REZZAN TUNÇER’
Nurdeniz Tunçer (Turkey)
‘TO ADA LOVELACE’
Dame Stephanie (Steve) Shirley (UK)
'TO ALL WOMEN, DAUGHTERS OF THE WORLD'
Elizabeth Filippouli (Greece/UK)
Afterword
Thought Triggers
Elizabeth Filippouli is a journalist and social entrepreneur. She is also the author of the book 'Invisible Reality', published in Greece in 2004. Elizabeth has worked as investigative journalist and news anchor with the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, CNN International and Al Jazeera English. She is the Founder & CEO of Global Thinkers Forum (GTF), a global platform incubated while she studied at Said Business School (University of Oxford), that works as an agent for positive change by connecting international thought leaders and promoting values-based leadership, collaboration and partnerships. The organisation launched Athena40 - the first ever global list of the top 40 most innovativewomen from across all industries.