Presenting the firsthand account of an American woman working several jobs in Egypt over a four-year period, this book analyzes the cross-cultural business environment between the United States and the Middle East and North Africa. It provides recommendations to enable anyone—male or female—to successfully navigate commercial activities in the region.• Supplies the first-hand accounts of someone who worked for four years in Egypt at several jobs—including founding her own company—regarding the cross-cultural business issues that arise in the Middle East and North Africa• Offers detailed information based on real-world experience that is not found in academic studies of the subject and is highly useful to practitioners, e.g., business women• Provides knowledge that will be valuable and applicable to entrepreneurs and employees being sent overseas by their companies as part of their global leadership development program, not just women• Addresses sensitive subject matter—topics about which real information is hard to find—such as how to handle sexual harassment in a country that does not follow rule of law in the same way as the United States