By Dr. Samia Al-AMoudi
I was proud to be part of the 21-member international delegation supporting the first Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure®. Our delegation included women from 18 countries--women from different cultures and races, and with different religious backgrounds. But we all spoke the same language when it came to fighting breast cancer. This was not a political or social fight, but a message of pure love for each other and for every other person on this planet...
We came to tell the whole world that breast cancer knows no boundaries and women's issues are the same everywhere. We might not have been able to prevent our own breast cancer diagnoses, but we are determined to do all that we can so that our daughters can live in a world free of breast cancer.
Dr. Jill Biden, a long-time advocate for breast health education and wife of U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, said to the Race participants, “You are paving the way for a breast cancer-free world through your efforts."
For the Race, Komen Founder Ambassador Nancy Brinker brought together women from across the globe to write a new page in a new era of peace to make breast cancer history. This is the way I felt as a Saudi woman, and as a breast cancer survivor attending the Global Race. I am a happy that the U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research is helping to bring us together. I wanted to share my feelings with women of all nations.
Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi isAssociate Professor and Consultant Obstetrician Gynecologist
Head of Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi scientific chair for breast cancer
King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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I was proud to be part of the 21-member international delegation supporting the first Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure®. Our delegation included women from 18 countries--women from different cultures and races, and with different religious backgrounds. But we all spoke the same language when it came to fighting breast cancer. This was not a political or social fight, but a message of pure love for each other and for every other person on this planet...
We came to tell the whole world that breast cancer knows no boundaries and women's issues are the same everywhere. We might not have been able to prevent our own breast cancer diagnoses, but we are determined to do all that we can so that our daughters can live in a world free of breast cancer.
Dr. Jill Biden, a long-time advocate for breast health education and wife of U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, said to the Race participants, “You are paving the way for a breast cancer-free world through your efforts."
For the Race, Komen Founder Ambassador Nancy Brinker brought together women from across the globe to write a new page in a new era of peace to make breast cancer history. This is the way I felt as a Saudi woman, and as a breast cancer survivor attending the Global Race. I am a happy that the U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research is helping to bring us together. I wanted to share my feelings with women of all nations.
Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi isAssociate Professor and Consultant Obstetrician Gynecologist
Head of Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi scientific chair for breast cancer
King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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