Samia Elfekih: Tunisian researcher in Antarctica for the first time

Samia Elfekih proudly waves the Tunisian flag over the frozen lands of the South Pole Samia Elfekih is a biosafety researcher on a scientific expedition, becomes the first Tunisian to reach the South Pole. In an interview with TunisianMonitorOnlie, she explained that the three-week expedition is part of the Homeward Bound Program, which supports women leaders in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine. Samia Elfekih expressed her pride at being the first Tunisian woman to set foot on this extremely cold and isolated land, stressing the importance and necessity of…