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USA Today
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Michelle Obama reveals daughter Malia Obama's name change
Michelle Obama reveals daughter Malia Obama's name change Show Caption Hide Caption Michelle Obama breaks silence on skipping Trump inauguration Former First Lady Michelle Obama denies divorce rumors with her husband, and says she is reevaluating her public appearances. Michelle Obama is breaking her silence on eldest daughter Malia Obama's decision to drop her last name. Malia Ann, who is pursuing a film career in Hollywood, used her middle name as her artistic name for the credits of short film "The Heart" which she wrote and directed, that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. During a Wednesday, June 4, appearance on the "Sibling Revelry" podcast cohosted by Oliver and Kate Hudson, Obama addressed Malia's decision to ditch Obama after former President Barack Obama's second term. The Obamas also share University of Southern California alum Sasha Obama. "Our daughters (Malia and Sasha) are 25 and 23. They are young adult women, but they definitely went through a period in their teen years where it was the push away. … They're still doing that," Obama told the Hudson siblings, noting that "you guys know this as the children of parents who are known." Michelle Obama says 'everyone' would know if she divorced Barack Obama: 'I'm not a martyr' The Hudsons are the children of actress Goldie Hawn and previously estranged dad, musician Bill Hudson, although they count Hawn's longterm partner Kurt Russell as a father figure. "It is very important for my kids to feel like they've earned what they are getting in the world, and they don't want people to assume that they don't work hard, that they're just naturally, just handed things," the "Becoming" author added. "They're very sensitive to that – they want to be their own people." On Malia's first project "she took off her last name, and we were like, they're still going to know it's you, Malia," Obama continued. "But we respected the fact that she's trying to make her way." Obama told the Hudson siblings, during the appearance alongside her own brother and "IMO" podcast co-host Craig Robinson, that "our daughters didn't want to be little princesses in the White House." "They wanted to push the envelope; they needed some rope. They wanted to try some things, they wanted to be out in the world, and I knew that under the circumstances, they needed more rope than I probably would've given them if I were my mom," Obama said.
Elle
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
There's a Reason Michelle and Barack Obama's First Date Inspired a Movie
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Barack and Michelle Obama may have one of the most famous political marriages of the modern era, thriving through two terms of the White House and over 30 years together. The pair met in 1989 at a Chicago law firm, and it was love at first sight—for Barack. Michelle, then known as Michelle Robinson, took a little convincing to go on that first date, but she had no hesitation when he asked her to marry him in 1992. In the last eight years since Barack Obama ended his two terms as President of the United States, both he and Michelle have remained politically engaged, traveled the world, released books, produced films and podcasts, and stayed on as cultural influencers in almost every corner of the U.S. and many abroad. And they're still going strong, celebrating their long love story every year it grows. Here's their complete relationship timeline so far. Barack began working at the same Chicago law firm as Michelle in 1989, Sidley Austin LLP, and she was actually assigned to be his mentor. He told O, The Oprah Magazine in 2007 that he was immediately taken with her, but she wasn't exactly on the same wavelength. 'In the luckiest break of my life, [Michelle] was assigned to be my adviser, I remember being struck by how tall and beautiful she was,' he explained. 'I asked her out. She refused. I kept asking. She kept refusing.' In her own interview with ABC News in 2008, Michelle implied that the firm thought they'd be a good match, even if just as business associates. 'Because I went to Harvard and he went to Harvard, and the firm thought, 'Oh, we'll hook these two people up,'' she joked. 'Barack, about a month in, asked me out, and I thought 'No way. This is completely tacky.'' Eventually, she did say yes. In her 2018 book Becoming, Michelle described their first date by saying he picked her up in a Datsun with a 'rusted-out, four-inch hole' in the floorboard where she 'could see the pavement rushing beneath us.' But the date went well. 'He showed all the sides—he was hip, cutting edge, cultural, sensitive. The fountain—nice touch. The walk—patient,' Michelle told The Telegraph in 2012. Their first date even became the subject of the 2016 film Southside With You, showing the couple going from a lunch at the Art Institute of Chicago, walking across the city, having Baskin-Robbins ice cream in Hyde Park, and seeing the Spike Lee movie Do The Right Thing. Plus, a very special first kiss: Two years after their first date, they got engaged at Gordon's restaurant in Chicago just after Barack passed the bar exam, per ABC News. 'And then the waiter came over with the dessert and a tray. And there was the ring,' Michelle said. 'And I was completely shocked.' They were wed on Oct. 3, 1992. They wrote their own vows, and Michelle later reflected, 'Barack didn't pledge riches, only a life that would be interesting. On that promise, he delivered.' Their reception was held at the South Shore Cultural Center, and they then took a trip along the California coast for a honeymoon, Brides magazine reported in 2020. They welcomed their first child, Malia, on July 4, 1998. 'Being a mother has been a master class in letting go. Try as we might, there's only so much we can control. And, boy, have I tried—especially at first. As mothers, we just don't want anything or anyone to hurt our babies. But life has other plans. Bruised knees, bumpy roads, and broken hearts are part of the deal. What's both humbled and heartened me is seeing the resiliency of my daughters,' Michelle told Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in an conversation for British Vogue in 2019. Their second daughter, Sasha, was born on July 10, 2001. In a 2013 interview with Essence, Barack talked about Michelle and the role model she has been as a mom. 'The great thing about the girls is they've got a wonderful role model in their mom,' Barack said. 'They've seen how Michelle and I interact—not only the love but also the respect that I show to their mom. So I think they have pretty high expectations about how relationships should be, and that gives me some confidence about the future. I joke about this stuff sometimes, but the truth is they are smart, steady young women.' Michelle described more about life with both girls in those early years to British Vogue, sharing, 'When Malia and Sasha were newborns, Barack and I could lose hours just watching them sleep. We loved to listen to the little sounds they'd make—especially the way they cooed when they were deep into dreaming.' In 2004, Barack became a U.S. senator for Illinois after serving as state senator for several years. The family became much more public, though they had both already been serving their community for some time. Michelle worked on Barack's campaign while also serving as vice president for community and external affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals. And yet, that was not the highest echelon of government service the senator would reach by a long shot. In 2008, Barack defeated Republican nominee John McCain to serve as the President of the United States. In January 2009, Barack was sworn into office. The inaugural ball was a hugely celebratory evening, where Michelle wore a gown by Jason Wu. After being introduced by Denzel Washington, Barack asked the crowd, 'First of all, how good looking is my wife?' That night, Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Sting, and Faith Hill performed and the couple was photographed slow dancing like they were the only two people in the world. In his 2010 State of the Union address, Barack addressed how popular his wife is. 'If you were going to list the 100 most popular things that I have done as president, being married to Michelle Obama is number one,' he joked. In 2011, in an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show, he credited Michelle for his success. 'Obviously I couldn't have done anything that I've done without Michelle,' he told Oprah Winfrey. 'Not only has she been a great first lady, she is just my rock. I count on her in so many ways every single day.' Michelle agreed that their partnership was the key to their success, telling Winfrey, 'It has to be a true partnership, and you have to really, really like and respect the person you're married to, because it is a hard road. I mean, that's what I tell young couples. Don't expect it to be easy, melding two lives and trying to raise others, and doing it forever. I mean that's a recipe made for disaster, so there are highs and lows. But if in the end, you can look him in the eye and say, 'I like you.' I stopped believing in love at first sight. I think you go through that wonderful love stage, but when it gets hard, you need a little bit more.' Barack won a second term in 2012, defeating Mitt Romney in the presidential election. At the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Michelle told the audience, 'The truth is, I loved the life we had built for our girls. I deeply loved the man I had built that life with, and I didn't want that to change if he became President. I loved Barack just the way he was.' In March 2015, they were photographed in a behind-the-scenes moment embracing just before videotaping a segment for the 2015 World Expo. At the United State of Women summit in 2016, Michelle said that both she and Barack were ready to leave the White House and have some semblance of a normal life again. 'I want to open my front door without discussing it with anyone—and just walk,' Michelle said, per People. 'I want to go to Target again! I've heard so many things have changed in Target! I tell my friends they're going to have to give me a re-entry training for like, 'OK, what do you do at CVS now? How do you check out?'' That same year, Barack told Jimmy Kimmel on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 'All the women in my life are looking forward to being able to live a more normal life.' The family left the White House in January 2017, and were seen in Italy, Hawaii, and Necker Island. During his wife's book tour for Becoming, Barack surprised Michelle while she was being interviewed by Valerie Jarrett, bringing a bouquet of pink roses to the stage. 'You don't get this at every show!' Michelle joked. 'This is like—you know when Jay-Z comes out during the Beyoncé concert? Like, 'Crazy in Love?'' Barack asked. 'It's the same thing. It's just a little sample to enhance the concert.' Michelle celebrated Barack for their anniversary. Barack's memoir A Promised Land was dedicated to 'Michelle—my love and life's partner, and Malia and Sasha—whose dazzling light makes everything brighter.' In a September 2020 episode of The Michelle Obama Podcast, Michelle was open about some of the challenges in marriage people don't often discuss. 'There were times that I wanted to push Barack out of the window. And I say that because it's like, you've got to know the feelings will be intense,' she admitted. 'But that doesn't mean you quit. And these periods can last a long time. They can last years.' When talking about meeting someone, the former first lady replied, 'You can't Tinder your way into a long-term relationship. There's no magic way to make that happen except getting the basics of finding somebody, being honest about wanting to be with them, to date them seriously, to plan on making a commitment, to date them, seeing where it goes, and then making it happen.' The couple had their official portraits hung in the White House in 2022. Barack praised Michelle's portrait by Sharon Sprung, saying it encapsulated 'her sheer grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she is fine.' His portrait was painted by Robert McCurdy, and Michelle had previously shared a photo of herself appreciating it. That same year on the Revolt x Michelle Obama special hosted by Angie Martinez, Michelle talked about the frustrations of early marriage, especially just after their children were born. 'People think I'm being catty for saying this; it's like, there were 10 years where I couldn't stand my husband. Ten years! And guess when it happened? When those kids were little,' she explained. 'Little kids have demands. They don't talk. They're poor communicators. They cry all the time. They're irrational. They're needy. And you love them more than anything. And so you can't blame them. So you turn that ire on each other.' Things improved when she realized 'marriage isn't 50-50, ever.' 'But guess what?' she continued. 'Ten years; we've been married 30. I would take 10 bad years over 30—it's just how you look at it. People give up: 'Five years; I can't take it.'' She added that it helps to 'know your person.' 'Do you like him? I mean, you could be mad at him, but do you still look at him and go, 'I'm not happy with you, but I respect you. I don't agree with you, but you're still a kind, smart person.' The feelings are gonna change over time,' she continued. While speaking with host Jay Shetty on the On Purpose podcast, Michelle dispelled the idea that she and Barack were #hashtag couple goals, adding that 'broken things' can happen 'even in the best of marriages.' She wanted to normalize discussing the 'natural, understandable rough patches' that make people 'want to quit.' 'And it's like, 'Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That's not quit-worthy. That's just the nature of things,'' she said. 'That's just the way it goes, but you don't quit on it, you learn from it. That's what sustaining a relationship is—it's the choice to figure it out, not quit when it gets hard.' For her 60th birthday that year, Barack celebrated Michelle in an Instagram post, describing her as his 'better half' and 'one of the funniest, smartest, most beautiful people I know.' He added, '@MichelleObama, you make every day better. I can't wait to see what this new decade brings you.'
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Michelle Obama's Best Quotes About Being a Mom
When Michelle Obama was the First Lady, she often seemed like the fun class mom we all wished we could be and have: Self-assured, warm, and fully into whatever activity she'd been tasked with, whether by choice or by official duty. Now, after spending so much time reading her books, watching her documentary, and enjoying her interviews and speeches, we know that there's so much more to the attorney-turned-politician's-wife-turned-media mogul — and we're taking the time to honor all the wisdom she's shared about motherhood. As Michelle raised daughters Sasha, 21, and Malia, 24, in the public eye, we were able to get a glimpse of her mothering style, even with her and former President Barack Obama guarding their daughters' privacy pretty vehemently. But she's spent the past few years revealing more about the parenting that went on before they moved to the White House, as well as some behind-the-scenes moments once they were there. Like any mother, she doesn't feel like she did a perfect job. But when she looks at the young women Sasha and Malia have become, she should be satisfied with the people she raised — we know we admire her for it! While promoting her memoir Becoming, Michelle opened up about the difficult journey she and Barack took to become America's mom and dad. She discussed the hard work her own parents put in to give her and her brother Craig a happy childhood and a good education, and she revealed the steps she took to make sure her much more privileged girls wouldn't grow up spoiled. Now that both she and Barack are looking to keep inspiring future generations, Michelle continues to drop wisdom about making sure our kids know love, freedom, and the drive to do good for others. We've already gathered inspirational words of parenting wisdom from both Obamas, but we could continue to fill up dozens more pages with Michelle Obama's best mom quotes — which is what we're doing with some of our favorites here. A version of this article was originally published in January 2021. More from SheKnows Malia Obama's Nike Ad Hit With Copying Claims by This Indie Director Best of SheKnows These Art Deco Girl Names Embody the Perfect Blend of Modern Elegance & Vintage Glam There's Something So Beautiful About the Bond Between Brothers Tween & Teen Slang 2025: A Definitive Guide to 'What the Hellyante' Your Kid Is Saying Right Now 'I never felt my job was to create mini-mes, or create people who were going to live out some brokenness in me or fill some hole or to be my friend,' she explained. 'As my girls joke, I always said — my favorite line was, 'I'm not one of your little friends.'… I don't care if you like me. I just want you to respect yourself and know what works. We don't have to be friends, and through those boundaries, we are such good friends, but there were some lines drawn.' — During a 2024 conversation on Melinda French Gates' The Moments That Make Us podcast 'You start thinking, you know, do I send them off in the world and follow them and fix every problem for them because I don't want them to hurt? Well, not seeing your kids hurt, that's for me. You know, but letting your kids hurt and fail and recover on their own and own their victories, well that's for them.' — During a 2024 conversation on Melinda French Gates' The Moments That Make Us podcast 'So many of us don't like the way we were parented. We can now look back at our mothers and fathers and the people in our lives and thinking of things that we think you would do differently. You know, but that's an opportunity to learn too. You don't have to repeat what you you've seen, but it takes a level of conscientiousness to do [that].' — During a 2023 conversation with Tyler Perry on her The Light Podcast 'As a parent, that's a hard thing to come to grips with as your child grows up and is out there in that big, bad world, is that you can prepare and love them all that you can, and you still don't have control. There are no guarantees that their life is going to work out, and something bad may happen. That is the hardest thing about parenting, is living with that truth.' — During a 2022 conversation with NPR 'You have to be ready for your kids to evolve. Who they are at 4 and 7 is not — and what they need from you — is very different from what they need from you as teenagers and then again as young women.' — During a 2022 conversation with NPR 'If you've laid a foundation of trust and honesty, every stage, I've found, is wonderful. It's full. It's exciting. I don't miss any stage — I loved every stage of parenting my girls, but I wouldn't go back to any of the stages… Now that they're young women, and now I'm less of a day-to-day manager and more of an advisor, there's a freedom to enjoy them as individuals, to watch them grow.' — During a 2022 conversation with NPR 'That's the story of America: All those folks who sacrificed and overcame so much in their own times because they wanted something more, something better for their kids.' — At the 2020 Democratic National Convention 'When we were growing up, [my mom] always gave us the space to ask questions and share our ideas. And she always took us seriously, carefully considering what we had to say and responding with thoughtful questions, and plenty of encouragement. All along, she was empowering us to be ourselves, kindling the unique flame burning inside each of us. She laid out the blueprint for how I have raised my own girls.' — In a 2020 Mother's Day tribute to her mom on Instagram 'We made sure they had responsibilities, and so, we had to do things like, institute rules that the housekeepers couldn't clean the girls' rooms, and that they had to make up their own beds, and have a set of chores. [When] we grew up … each of us had our own set of responsibilities. … I know I had to clean the bathroom, we each had to do the dishes.' — During a conversation with her brother, Craig, in an episode of the Michelle Obama Podcast 'This is like no other time in history, especially for our kids who are so used to being occupied and stimulated all the time. It's forced us to continue to sit down with each other, have real conversations, really ask questions and figure out how to keep ourselves occupied without just TV or computers. 'It's a good exercise in reminding us that we just don't need a lot of the stuff that we have. We can do with a lot less, and I think that's an important lesson I want my kids to understand. Be grateful for what you have and be ready to share it when the time comes.' — During a virtual conversation with Ellen Degeneres in 2020 'It's up to us, as mothers and mother-figures, to give the girls in our lives the kind of support that keeps their flame lit and lifts up their voices — not necessarily with our own words, but by letting them find the words themselves.' — In her 2019 Mother's Day essay in People 'Being a mother has been a master class in letting go. Try as we might, there's only so much we can control. And, boy, have I tried — especially at first. As mothers, we just don't want anything or anyone to hurt our babies. But life has other plans. Bruised knees, bumpy roads and broken hearts are part of the deal. What's both humbled and heartened me is seeing the resiliency of my daughters.' — In 2019 to Meghan Markle in British Vogue 'Motherhood has taught me that, most of the time, my job is to give them the space to explore and develop into the people they want to be. Not who I want them to be or who I wish I was at that age, but who they are, deep inside. 'Motherhood has also taught me that my job is not to bulldoze a path for them in an effort to eliminate all possible adversity. But instead, I need to be a safe and consistent place for them to land when they inevitably fail; and to show them, again and again, how to get up on their own.' — In 2019 to Meghan Markle in British Vogue 'I felt like I failed because I didn't know how common miscarriages were, because we don't talk about them. We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we're broken. So that's one of the reasons why I think it's important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen.' — In 2018 on Good Morning America 'When you get married and have kids, your whole plan, once again, gets upended. Especially if you get married to somebody who has a career that swallows up everything, which is what politics is.' — In 2018 to Oprah in Elle 'When it came to the home-for-dinner dilemma, I installed new boundaries, ones that worked better for me and the girls. We made our schedule and stuck to it. … It went back to my wishes for them to grow up strong and centered and also unaccommodating to any form of old-school patriarchy: I didn't want them ever to believe that life began when the man of the house arrived home. We didn't wait for Dad. It was his job now to catch up with us.' — In her 2018 memoir, Becoming 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama $25.99 $34.00 24% Off on Buy now 'Kids wake up each day believing in the goodness of things, in the magic of what might be. They're uncynical, believers at their core. We owe it to them to stay strong and keep working to create a more fair and humane world. For them, we need to remain both tough and hopeful, to acknowledge that there's more growing to be done.' — In her 2018 memoir, Becoming 'When you have children, you have to be fiercely organized to get anything done. I learned that if I don't put myself up on the priority list, somehow my kids will eventually get knocked down on that list.' — At the 2017 Obama Foundation Summit 'When a father puts in long hours at work, he's praised for being dedicated and ambitious. But when a mother stays late at the office, she's sometimes accused of being selfish, neglecting her kids.' — At the 2016 Let Girls Learn event in Madrid 'With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models. And let me tell you, Barack and I take that same approach to our jobs as President and First Lady because we know that our words and actions matter, not just to our girls, but the children across this country, kids who tell us 'I saw you on TV, I wrote a report on you for school.'' — At the 2016 Democratic National Convention 'I come here as a mom whose girls are the heart of my heart and the center of my world — they're the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night. Their future — and all our children's future — is my stake in this election.' — In her 2008 Democratic National Convention speech
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Billionaire Warren Buffett's Daughter Asked Him For A $41,000 Loan To Remodel Her Tiny Kitchen — His Response: 'Why Not Go To The Bank?'
When your dad is one of the richest people on the planet, you might assume you'd never have to worry about scraping together money for home repairs—especially not for something as practical as a kitchen remodel. But for Warren Buffett's daughter, Susie Buffett., the rules were different. She wasn't looking for a handout. She was asking for a loan—and still got a hard no. The story was first shared publicly in a 2006 interview on "Good Morning America," where Susie appeared with her siblings. She mentioned asking her father for a loan to remodel her kitchen after having a baby. A few years later, Toronto's Globe and Mail followed up with a 2011 feature reporting that Susie had requested $41,000—and that her father told her to "go to the bank like everyone else." Don't Miss: Hasbro, MGM, and Skechers trust this AI marketing firm — Deloitte's fastest-growing software company partners with Amazon, Walmart & Target – That moment became somewhat legendary, especially for those familiar with Buffett's tough-love approach to money. In the 2017 HBO documentary, 'Becoming Warren Buffett," Susie revisited the story, saying, "There's the famous story about the kitchen with me. I had some trouble with that one just because I thought I was asking for a loan. I was not asking him to give me the money. I thought, oh come on, can't you do this?" She joked to her mother that she'd end up "on the cover of People magazine someday homeless, because my dad will be like this super rich guy and... we'll all be wandering around." The most detailed version of the story comes from Alice Schroeder's 2008 authorized biography, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life." According to Schroeder, Susie and her husband Allen were living in a cramped Washington, D.C., home with "a kitchen the size of a baby blanket." They planned a modest renovation to make room for a kitchen table and access to their garden. Trending: Maker of the $60,000 foldable home has 3 factory buildings, 600+ houses built, and big plans to solve housing — When she asked her billionaire father for a loan, Buffett replied, "Why not go to the bank?" He went on to explain that just as a quarterback shouldn't start for Nebraska just because his dad played the position, children shouldn't be handed advantages they haven't earned. "He won't give it to us on principle," Susie said. "All my life, my father has been teaching us. Well, I feel I've learned the lesson. At a certain point, you can stop" . From an investment perspective, the lesson is crystal clear. Buffett has never viewed capital as something to be given freely—even to those closest to him. He believed in value, in proving your case, and in capital allocation with discipline, whether you're a Fortune 500 CEO or his own daughter asking for a modest a way, this story isn't just about a kitchen. It's about Buffett's guiding principle: money isn't about love—it's about responsibility. Buffett had no problem giving billions to global health, education, and poverty initiatives. But when it came to his children, he drew a firm line between charity and family support. For him, financial self-sufficiency was a non-negotiable—no matter your last name. And while the anecdote reads like a parenting parable, it's also a page straight from the Buffett investing ethos: discipline trumps emotion, even when it's close to home. Read Next: Maximize saving for your retirement and cut down on taxes: . 'Scrolling To UBI' — Deloitte's #1 fastest-growing software company allows users to earn money on their phones. Image: Shutterstock Up Next: Transform your trading with Benzinga Edge's one-of-a-kind market trade ideas and tools. Click now to access unique insights that can set you ahead in today's competitive market. Get the latest stock analysis from Benzinga? APPLE (AAPL): Free Stock Analysis Report TESLA (TSLA): Free Stock Analysis Report This article Billionaire Warren Buffett's Daughter Asked Him For A $41,000 Loan To Remodel Her Tiny Kitchen — His Response: 'Why Not Go To The Bank?' originally appeared on © 2025 Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Mayor
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Mayor
Here's JPMorgan's summer reading list for the wealthy for 2025
Along with the list of 16 books, and increase from prior lists, which had 10, this year's summer reading list also includes suggested summer experiences, from the Dataland exhibit at The Grand LA, to the SailGP racing series and the Hill Family Estate in Napa, California. 'Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life' by Shigehiro Oishi 'Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career' by Suzy Welch 'Reset: How to Change What's Not Working' by Dan Heath 'The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward' by Melinda French Gates 'Iron Hope: Lessons Learned from Conquering the Impossible' by James Lawrence 'The Tell: A Memoir' by Amy Griffin 'Coming of Age: How Technology and Entrepreneurship are Changing the Face of MENA' by Noor Sweid 'The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West' by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska 'Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles' by Mike Colias 'Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future' by De Kai 'MirrorMirror: The Reflective Surface in Contemporary Art' by Michael Petry 'The Fricks Collect: An American Family and the Evolution of Taste in the Gilded Age' by Ian Wardropper 'Mars: Photographs from the NASA Archives' by Nikki Giovanni, James L. Green, Emily Lakdawalla, Rob Manning and Margaret A. Weitekamp 'Living with Flowers' by Aerin Lauder 'The Values Compass: What 101 Countries Teach Us About Purpose, Life, and Leadership' by Mandeep Rai 'Economic Spotlight: Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of the Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead' by Kenneth Rogoff READ SOURCE
