Change in the Middle East, 1 Stitch at a Time

Sarah Hermez has a habit of making things difficult for herself.

“I was always good at putting myself in uncomfortable situations because I’ve always moved a lot,” she said from her apartment in a fashionable neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, which she shares with her husband and their two dogs. “Even if I’m scared, I’m the type of person to dive into it.” It’s this tenacity that led the the Kuwait-born, Lebanese-blooded Parsons graduate to push for reform in the Middle East with her free fashion design school, Creative Space Beirut. Since its inception in 2011, three students have graduated, and another 11 are currently under Hermez’s tutelage. All of them, she hopes, will go on to pursue successful careers that will bring Lebanon’s community of designers to international acclaim.

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