Sesen

About the Book

Sesen: The Egyptian Lotus is based on true relationships between people and in families from diverse populations with a diversity of thoughts. It includes love and romance along with strong emotions, moral values, and beliefs. The female lead struggles against the expectations for her culture and family, and the discrimination of all types she finds when she settles in the United States. However, her ambition, her hidden intolerance of Judaism, and insistence on reason over emotion follow her through personal disaster and success, denying her peace and the one great love of her life.

About the Author

Dr. Omnia El-Hakim is a Civil Engineering Professor who immigrated from Egypt 35 years ago. She Had her Doctoral Degree in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University (CSU) in 1984. She held joint appointment at both Fort Lewis College (FLC) Durango, Colorado and CSU, Fort Collins, CO. She served as a faculty member, Department Chair at Fort Lewis College and served as Assistant Dean and Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusiveness at CSU. She moved to Washington DC in 2009 and served as Director of Diversity and Outreach at the National Science Foundation until 2012. Her passion is Diversity and equality and she did many projects to increase the number of female and minority engineers in the US. She speaks many languages and loves to travel and to dance.