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NADEEN SIAM, STAR FOR LIFE JERUSALEM

Committed, ambitious,
and in full control of
everything and everyone.

Education is a wonderful thing, and for Star for Life, which expanded to Jerusalem
in 2022, this may be their most important ambition. That children should receive
a good education that takes them out into the world with knowledge and the desire
to create something better for themselves and for others. With her four degrees,
Nadeen Siam is well-equipped to create something good for these children.

Nadeen was born in Kuwait and lived there until the  science, English literature, and Spanish, among other
outbreak of war in 1990, when she and her family     subjects. Languages are important to Nadeen, who
fled to Jordan. They lived there for seven years     speaks Arabic, Hebrew, English, and Spanish.
until they moved to Jerusalem in 1997. Nadeen still
resides in Jerusalem, where she studied and got a       “Learning languages is a real privilege, and as an
good education. She holds two bachelor’s and two     Arab, you want to learn Hebrew because then other
master’s degrees. She has attended university on     educational opportunities and the job market truly
the Palestinian side but also studied at the Hebrew  open up. And then you can find good jobs and have
University of Jerusalem. She has studied computer    a good future,” says Nadeen about the benefits of
                                                     learning languages.
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