For this activity, I was paired with a fantastic coursemate, Lewa Ahmed and it was an absolute pleasure to interview and connect with her. Lewa is a not just an inspirational person but also a true servant leader. She is a mother of five, entrepreneur, runs an NGO called The LEAH Foundation for the upliftment of women and children and mankind in general and last but not the least her organization is building a hospital. While talking to her, I was utterly mesmerized and inspired. She is everything I would like to grow up to be. When I asked her to define herself in three words, she picked, passionate, determined and patient and our conversation and her actions are a proof of this as well. I asked her about what her driving force is because it cannot be easy to manage so much and her answer was as beautiful as her thoughts; she replied that God is her driving force. Although she is doing great already, she is a constant learner, and she is looking forward to enhancing her ventures and run the hospital that she is building and serve as many people as she can.
I’m blessed to have come across such amazing people with this course, and she is a great human being as well. We connected well, and I believe we share a lot in common. She is humble and sweet, and even though she has achieved so much, she is kind and generous and not intimidating at all. I strongly think the world needs more servant leaders as she and I will surely look up to her at various times in my life.
Shaaz, I thoroughly enjoyed your interview and write-up about Lewa. You always seem to have genuine curiosity and reflected all the great things about Lewa, capturing her personality, spirit and what motivates her. Times like these I miss not having class in person.
Thank you for your beautiful words. Indeed, I miss in-person class as well while I read everyone’s posts. Every person in this course is so inspiring and I feel so blessed to be a part of such supportive class. Hope to see you on some of the on-campus courses.