The Silent Path of Dignity: A Portrait of Resilience and Intellectual Grace

Following the death of her father in Cairo in 1980, she sought a sense of normalcy through higher education in the United States. She moved to New England, where she attended Bennington College and later earned a degree in social work from Columbia University. This choice of study was telling; rather than pursuing a path in the arts or fashion as many socialites of her era did, she focused on a field dedicated to understanding human struggle and social systems. This period represented an attempt to build a life based on individual merit rather than inherited titles.