Fatima of Yemen -- The Girl Who Wants to Know Where the Road Goes

Fatima of Yemen -- The Girl Who Wants to Know Where the Road Goes

Age: 9      Region: North America

Fatima likes maps.

Not decorative maps.

Not maps hanging on walls.

Maps you can use.

The kind with roads.

She traces them with her finger and wonders where they go.

"What is there?"

"A village."

"What's after the village?"

"Another road."

"And after that?"

Her older cousin sighs.

This is not an answer.

Fatima especially likes places where roads divide.

Left or right.

One direction or another.

Every road becomes a question.

Sometimes while walking to school, she imagines the streets from above.

Her house here.

The market there.

School beyond that corner.

The narrow lane where two people can barely pass each other.

The place where rainwater collects after a storm.

That last one bothers her.

Why does the water always collect there?

Why doesn't the road slope differently?

Could someone fix it?

Fatima has learned that asking one question about a road usually creates five more...

Her Dream: To become a civil engineer and design roads and bridges that make everyday life better.

Her Wonder: “Who decides where a road should go before the road exists?”

Discover Fatima’s complete story in Girls Wear Crowns: Dreams Without Limits.

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