1/2 Here’s the moment earlier today I found out that
#BothAndMemoir
is a
@nytimes
best seller! Thank you to everyone who made this moment possible. I hope I’ve made my parents proud.
Senator McCain once said, “Our reputations, our character, are the only things we leave behind when we depart this earth.” Being in the cathedral celebrating him showed that words can only strive to capture the greatness of his character. What a legacy to leave on this earth.
I stand with the women of Iran as they fight for their freedom. Religion by coercion is not about faith, it’s just a form of control.
#mahsa_amini
. #مهسا_امینی
14 years ago
@HillaryClinton
won the New Hampshire primary. To this day it is one of the most inspiring moments I have been privileged to witness in politics.
I recount the story of the days leading up to that election in
#BothAndMemoir
. Seems like it was only yesterday.
Let there be light....finally. I’m grateful for the leadership of our new
@POTUS
and history making
@VP
. What an epic and totally awesome day! Unity and healing feels really, really good.
One of the many lessons
@HillaryClinton
teaches in her
@MasterClass
is on mentorship & women supporting each other.
I sat down with her to talk about the importance of mentors & how having a supportive professional environment can help you succeed.
I grew up surrounded by stories. I’m really excited to share mine with you. It’s called "Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds” and will be released on November 2. Pre-order your copy here:
You can now read an exclusive excerpt of
#BothAndMemoir
in
@voguemagazine
.
Thank you to the entire Vogue team for allowing me to share my story with you.
The past few weeks have been a blur of interviews & events. I often have to remind myself to savor each moment. I feel such immense gratitude to everyone who made this moment possible & for everyone who picked up a copy & read my story. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Announcing the
#BothAndMemoir
book tour! I’m looking forward to being in conversation with an incredible group of leaders and trailblazers.
Tickets & more info threaded below⬇️ & also here:
Happy
#WonderWomanDay
to this ‘wonder’ful woman - the incredible
@RealLyndaCarter
! Thank you for inspiring a generation of girls (including me!) to find the courage to grow up and own our power.
A great conversation (25 years in the making!) with the boss at the iconic
@92ndstreety
. Having
@samanthabarry
there with us made it that much more fun. And what an incredible crowd! ❤️❤️❤️
@HillaryClinton
👗:
@victoriabeckham
📸 : Mark Doyle/Michael Priest Photography
@BillClinton
@barb_kinney
President Clinton - Thank you for teaching me that public service is the worthiest way to spend one’s life. It was an honor and privilege to have served in your administration.
Happy Birthday
@POTUS
!
I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday celebrating with loved ones.
Thank you for everything you are doing to build us back better.
"This is not women protesting against a hijab law,"
@HumaAbedin
tells
#TheView
of Iran protests. "This is women at the forefront of these movements protesting for themselves, on behalf of ... their families, their communities saying, enough is enough."
This Thanksgiving I am grateful more than ever to be surrounded by family and nature - to have good health, good food and good fortune. Hope everyone is eating a lot of food and getting a lot of rest!
Congratulations
@HillaryClinton
& Louise Penny on the release of
#StateOfTerror
! I couldn’t put it down and I’ve seen some crazy stuff happen in real life…
Watching these two pros is good practice before I start my own book tour in a few weeks!
It’s been almost 2 MONTHS since
@HillaryClinton
& I sat down for our 1st interview together! I was so nervous I was shaking in my heels, but the
@92Y
crowd was so generous with their love & I’m thankful to everyone who was there.
Relive the night with me:
Talked to the boss like I do nearly every day, except this time, with microphones in front of us. 🎤
It was a true joy to talk about
#BothAndMemoir
with my mentor & friend to help kick off the new season of ‘You And Me Both.’
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Across decades, countries, and campaigns,
@HumaAbedin
has helped me tell my story.
Now, I'm overjoyed to hear her tell the world her own.
Listen to Huma's extraordinary story of "Both/And" on the first episode of the new season of You And Me Both.
I remember it all too well.
“From the outside, it looked like I was living a fairy tale. That’s because I was.”
Read all about it in the chapter, “Every Wedding Is A Wonder… Or A Miracle,” from
#BothAndMemoir
.
1/2 Celebrating the final night of Diwali with friends this year, I’m reminded of something my father once wrote in an article, “let there be light.” The opportunity to share my story has been both cathartic & enlightening. (cont.)
I feel such a deep connection with
@DrewBarrymore
- someone I have known and admired for a longtime - a real gutsy woman!
Drew, I loved our conversation & am so delighted you had me on
@DrewBarrymoreTV
🥰
You can watch our chat here:
This summer I spent a week in a booth recording the audiobook for
#BothAndMemoir
.
Since this is so personal to me, I wanted to be the one to narrate my story. I didn’t realize how much I had memorized until I said it out loud.
Pre-order the audiobook:
Growing up in Saudi Arabia, one of the 🇺🇸 exports we were obsessed with was The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Imagine my excitement when I bumped into
@willsmith
at a White House party! I barely knew what to say when he &
@jadapsmith
asked, “which way to the bathroom?” 😂
Yet another school shooting. We are left asking all the same questions we ask each time it happens. It is heartbreaking. Maddening. To know that there is background check legislation that can’t get a Senate vote should be infuriating to all. Mental health needs more attention.
2/2 And thank you to the extremely impressive & gracious women who shared the news:
@KatColeATL
@madhulikasikka
&
@KatieS
for holding it down while I got a little emotional. It’s all about women supporting women.
Replay our full convo on
@clubhouse
:
Thank you
@Trevornoah
for having me on
@TheDailyShow
- you understand what it’s like to live in a both/and world!
Watch as we talk about everything from how to wake a sleeping First Lady, how challenging it is to be a woman in public office & much more!
#TBT
with my friend
@gwtweets
who brought me the White House internship application. It’s funny how one simple action can change another person’s life forever. Thank you, Roneith!
You can read the full story in
#BothAndMemoir
out next week! Pre-order:
.
@TerryMcAuliffe
is exactly the kind of governor Virginia needs. I’ve seen his hard work, commitment and his results.
Get involved! Sign up for a virtual phone bank before the polls close on Tuesday:
Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it. --George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
👗:
@proenzaschouler
📸: Andreas Laszlo Konrath
I told
@People
this is my “year of saying yes,” and that I’m open to all kinds of new ideas for the road ahead.
They followed up with; “Does that include
@DancingABC
?” 💃🤔
I recorded the audiobook for
#BothAndMemoir
over 10 days this summer. Originally I didn’t want to narrate it myself, but
@ScribnerBooks
thought it would be better read by me.
I’m thrilled to say they were right & the audiobook has now made the
@nytimesbooks
Monthly Audio Chart!
Anna - thank you for sharing your world with me, and thank you for opening your home to so many fabulous guests to celebrate
#BothAndMemoir
. A night I will never forget.
📖:
📸: Hunter Abrams
I share my maternity leave experience as a gov't employee in
#BothAndMemoir
- there was no policy, so I had to cobble together vacation & sick days to add up to 3 months.
We need to do better for families.
#showusyourleave
@theskimm
Sometimes we have to see something to believe our dreams are possible.
@camanpour
was that for me.
Sitting down with her last week to discuss
#BothAndMemoir
was a “pinch me” moment! Read about when I first saw her on TV, and then watch the interview:
This book, in many ways, is a love letter to my father. It chronicles our family’s journey from the Indian subcontinent to the American mid-west, to Saudi Arabia and back. Many miles have been traveled and I still miss him every day.
Sending love & thanks to my friend (& NY Times bestselling author), the luminous
@withlovecleo
, for this touching endorsement of my memoir! I knew she would get my story. Here we are with sweet Lydia doing what girlfriends should do more often - spending quality time together.
Thank you
@DanaBashCNN
for having me on
@CNNSotu
to discuss
#BothAndMemoir
today. We covered everything from the private side of a public truma and the one call I didn’t answer from Hillary Clinton.
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to eat healthier - but I’m not giving up french fries any time soon! That’s why I was thrilled when
@JessSeinfeld
’s
#VeganAtTimes
cookbook was released last month - I would especially recommend her vegan mac & cheese recipe on pg 92… heavenly!
Our right to vote is under attack and it is in SERIOUS danger. But you can do something about it! Something that will have a huge impact.
Call your Senator! (202)-224-3121 and tell them to
#PassVotingRightsNow
1/2 One of the reasons I wrote
#BothAndMemoir
was because I wanted to be able to share my story with the leaders of tomorrow. That’s why I was so excited when my former State Department colleague
@zeenat
ask me to do an event
@UChiPolitics
!
I’ve come a long way since my days as the
@GWtweets
Pakistani Student’s Association president, seen here introducing Pakistani Ambassador to the US,
@LodhiMaleeha
.
1 week from tonight I’ll be back at my alma mater in conversation with the wonderful
@joyannreid
. Tickets ⬇️
Sometimes it’s the hard bits in life that are meant to remind you of all the good things you DO have. It not always easy to see the point of a struggle or a loss, or that there can be a way through it – with or without a yellow brick road.
@thewizbway
📸: Bruce Glikas
@brugli
I was 33 years old when I had my first Valentine’s Day date. As I say in
#BothAndMemoir
, “when I was with him, I thought nothing bad could ever happen to me.”
Excited to reveal the paperback cover of BOTH/AND, available everywhere Tuesday, October 4th. The portrait was taken by the brilliant Brigitte Lacombe, who also shot the hardcover!
Pre-order your copy here:
My conversation with
@RosieBarton
for
@CBCNews
bridged a lot of topics: living in two worlds, mental health, sexism in politics and Hillary Clinton.
Watch the full interview here:
THURSDAY: Join the candlelight vigils for democracy. We must not forget what happened last January 6 -- and we must demand action from our leaders to prevent another attack on our democracy:
1/2 The thing I most looked forward to on the
#BothAndMemoir
book tour was visiting some of my favorite places - actual bookstores! Thank you to the gracious, efficient team
@ChevaliersBooks
for making that dream a reality & to all my friends (new & old) who came out to see me!
“I could not stand up here tonight without also recognizing the brave women in Iran who are standing up for their rights...against a horrific regime who stays in power in large measure because they oppress women.” | Variety Power of Women presented by
@LifetimeTV
4/4 …over the years. From a young age, my father always told me that a good life was a balanced life - a lesson I’ve only taken to heart recently.
My wish for you in the new year is that you too can find balance in your work, family, and personal lives.
Happy New Year! 🎉
This was so much fun! Thanks in advance to Amy Poehler for letting me borrow some of Leslie Knope’s quotes!
You can watch the full game (and try to beat my score!) via
@DrewBarrymoreTV
here:
Thank you
@sethmeyers
for having me on
@LateNightSeth
- delighted to be in front of the camera this time!
You can watch our full conversation - including the story of when I had to fish
@HillaryClinton
’s clothes out of the East River - here:
Live from the
#WomensVoices
Summit
@ClintonCenter
! Incredible day listening to luminaries & leaders from across fields & around the world about how we tackle the unfinished business of the 21st century - women’s equality. Tune in be inspired along with me:
2/2 In the last week, so many people have shared similar experiences to my own…and the beauty in all of it is to know you are not alone. Out of the shadows & into the light!
Thank you
@mkgoyal
for a fabulous evening & wishing everyone a happy Diwali!
I was thrilled to be joined by amazing leaders from around the globe & truly humbled they took time out of their day to be on a Zoom with me. Thank you for supporting
#BothAndMemoir
& sharing your stories!
#ICYMI
, watch my
@concordiaforum
conversation:
Appreciate you having me on,
@jaketapper
, to highlight the plight of Iranian women and citizens fighting for freedom & human rights
#mahsaamini
#مهسا_امینی
.
@HumaAbedin
says men need to step up and support the brave Iranian women protesting the government: “No progress is going to be made unless men are at the table."
Glad to support the work of
@Smiletrain
along with
@chaneliman
.
1 in every 700 babies is born with a cleft palette & the corrective procedure is not easily available to many around the 🌎. Smile Train is working tirelessly & has already helped nearly 1.5M people. Amazing work!