Rana Dajani is a Yidan Global Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a professor of molecular biology at the Hashemite University in Jordan. She has shaped national and regional stem cell laws and served on global scientific and UN councils, including as President of the Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World. She has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cambridge, and the Jepson School of Leadership. A social entrepreneur and founder of We Love Reading, she has promoted literacy and community leadership by establishing over 8,000 libraries in 70+ countries. Dajani also champions women in STEM, leading award-winning mentorship programmes. Her honours include the UNESCO Literacy Prize, Nansen UNHCR Award, and fellowships from Fulbright, Eisenhower, Bosch, Ashoka, and Yale. Her book Five Scarves reimagines success through science, equity, and innovation.