Rana Dajani is a professor of molecular biology at the Hashemite University in Jordan and visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, MIT and Cambridge University. She is currently a Robert Bosch Fellow in Germany. She is President of the Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World. Rana is also a social entrepreneur and global thought leader. She is the founder of We Love Reading, a grassroots initiative to create changemakers in underserved communities by fostering a life-long love of reading. A recipient of the UNESCO International Literacy Prize, We Love Reading has established more than 8,000 locally run libraries in over 60 countries. Her 2018 book Five Scarves: Doing the Impossible — If We Can Reverse Cell Fate, Why Can’t We Redefine Success? challenged global policy makers to address ongoing inequities in education and employment, while also putting forward a new paradigm for measuring success in an evolving world.