During the rule of Gamal Abdel Nasser girls were encouraged to go to school, and women exhorted to join the workforce, as part of the general push for economic development.
By adopting a cat, whether a kitten or adult cat, you become a kind of surrogate parent, you feed them, clean their litter tray, take care of them, motivate them to play and offer them plenty of affection.
As a child, Lim originally learned to play the piano—like so many children—and also the violin, but when she was 11 her teachers encouraged her to start composing.