 And I realized that there was a huge lack of representation for the Middle East and North Africa in conversations on global health. I think traditionally, in the US at least, global health conversations revolve around sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, which are definitely, of course, important to focus on when we're talking about health worldwide. But I think the reluctance to focus on the Middle East and North Africa was not one of negligence, but I actually felt it was more deliberate because a lot of the public health issues we see happening in the Middle East and North Africa are as a result. And it's not just in this region, but I think