Lina Saud is a senior in Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs with a certificate in Near Eastern Studies and a concentration in development. With a fervent interest in public policy and global development, she has worked as an intern for Congressman Rush Holt (NJ-12), and as a writer for a global poverty NGO. She has spent time during the past few summers in the Middle East and returned in August 2014 to conduct research for her senior thesis.