Sana Abdeljalil This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. dukemagazine.duke.edu

   dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/9/2004   Last Visited: 12/9/2004

   Sana Abdeljalil, a twenty-six-year-old, fine-featured graduate student in common law at the Faculty of Legal, Political, and Social Sciences in Tunis, Tunisia, had five minutes to make her presentation. She stood before the class in the Fuqua School of Business, poised to perform. "I rehearsed in the mirror many times," she said later from her room in the Washington Duke Inn, home, for the month of August, to all twenty-two participants in Fuqua's internship program for Middle Eastern businesswomen.
   ...
   If so, said Abdeljalil, she would gladly exchange her dollars. In ten tries, she'd yet to keep the speech under five minutes in English, her third language (of five).
   ...
   The "clearly" part, Abdeljalil knew, was every bit as important as the "quickly" part.
   ...
   Everyone knew the swoosh, of course, but who knew Coudert Brothers LLP, the law firm where Abdeljalil would be working? "This was maybe a problem, I thought," Abdeljalil said. But she had an answer. To a rapt audience she recounted the unusual history of the Coudert brothers themselves, sons of the great patriarch Charles Coudert, who, after failing in an attempt to oust Napoleon, narrowly escaped the guillotine and emigrated to New York. "This year, Coudert Brothers is celebrating its 150th anniversary," said Abdeljalil, "Why? Because they are survivors!"
   
   Applause filled the room. Without intending to, Abdeljalil had made the connection. Everyone in class, it seemed, was a survivor, too. "I'm a survivor and a competitor," said Al-Jassim, a sales planning officer at MTC Vodafone in Kuwait, as she extended her business card.

2. 2. Duke Magazine-Survival Skills-November/December 2004

   dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/1/2004   Last Visited: 11/1/2004

   Middle-Eastern managers: Al-Jassim, from Kuwait, left, Al-Khudairy, from Iraq, and Abdeljalil, from Tunisia Photo: Les Todd
   ...
   Sana Abdeljalil, a twenty-six-year-old, fine-featured graduate student in common law at the Faculty of Legal, Political, and Social Sciences in Tunis, Tunisia, had five minutes to make her presentation. She stood before the class in the Fuqua School of Business, poised to perform. "I rehearsed in the mirror many times," she said later from her room in the Washington Duke Inn, home, for the month of August, to all twenty-two participants in Fuqua's internship program for Middle Eastern businesswomen.
   ...
   If so, said Abdeljalil, she would gladly exchange her dollars. In ten tries, she'd yet to keep the speech under five minutes in English, her third language (of five). Brown had stressed to the class the importance of time in American corporate culture. "Things move very quickly," he said.
   ...
   The "clearly" part, Abdeljalil knew, was every bit as important as the "quickly" part.
   ...
   Everyone knew the swoosh, of course, but who knew Coudert Brothers LLP, the law firm where Abdeljalil would be working? "This was maybe a problem, I thought," Abdeljalil said. But she had an answer. To a rapt audience she recounted the unusual history of the Coudert brothers themselves, sons of the great patriarch Charles Coudert, who, after failing in an attempt to oust Napoleon, narrowly escaped the guillotine and emigrated to New York. "This year, Coudert Brothers is celebrating its 150th anniversary," said Abdeljalil, "Why? Because they are survivors!"
   
   Applause filled the room. Without intending to, Abdeljalil had made the connection. Everyone in class, it seemed, was a survivor, too. "I'm a survivor and a competitor," said Al-Jassim, a sales planning officer at MTC Vodafone in Kuwait, as she extended her business card.

3. 3. Duke Magazine-Survival Skills-November/December 2004

   www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/duke - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/4/2004   Last Visited: 11/4/2004

   Middle-Eastern managers: Al-Jassim, from Kuwait, left, Al-Khudairy, from Iraq, and Abdeljalil, from Tunisia Photo: Les Todd
   ...
   Sana Abdeljalil, a twenty-six-year-old, fine-featured graduate student in common law at the Faculty of Legal, Political, and Social Sciences in Tunis, Tunisia, had five minutes to make her presentation. She stood before the class in the Fuqua School of Business, poised to perform. "I rehearsed in the mirror many times," she said later from her room in the Washington Duke Inn, home, for the month of August, to all twenty-two participants in Fuqua's internship program for Middle Eastern businesswomen.
   ...
   If so, said Abdeljalil, she would gladly exchange her dollars. In ten tries, she'd yet to keep the speech under five minutes in English, her third language (of five).
   ...
   The "clearly" part, Abdeljalil knew, was every bit as important as the "quickly" part.
   ...
   Everyone knew the swoosh, of course, but who knew Coudert Brothers LLP, the law firm where Abdeljalil would be working? "This was maybe a problem, I thought," Abdeljalil said. But she had an answer. To a rapt audience she recounted the unusual history of the Coudert brothers themselves, sons of the great patriarch Charles Coudert, who, after failing in an attempt to oust Napoleon, narrowly escaped the guillotine and emigrated to New York. "This year, Coudert Brothers is celebrating its 150th anniversary," said Abdeljalil, "Why? Because they are survivors!"
   
   Applause filled the room. Without intending to, Abdeljalil had made the connection. Everyone in class, it seemed, was a survivor, too. "I'm a survivor and a competitor," said Al-Jassim, a sales planning officer at MTC Vodafone in Kuwait, as she extended her business card.