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Brand New Shoes

Brand New Shoes

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By Nigel Sielegar

Areej Kahn (MFAD '09), whose thesis, "We The Women," a campaign to encourage women to drive in Saudi Arabia, has a new product:

"It's nothing like anything I've done before and it has opened up an entirely new world to me," she says. "New shoes do make everything better."

Below are her "Petal Shoes" and "Derby Boat."

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