...سندوتش فلافل

Dina Habib [Deputy National Security Advisor for strategy] was born in Cairo, Egypt to a middle-class, Coptic Christian family.^[20][22] Her father was a captain in the Egyptian Army, and her mother had attended American University in Cairo. Dina Habib at the age of four came to the United States with her parents and her younger sister. Dina knew no English.

The Habib family settled in Dallas, Texas, where they had relatives among the Coptic community there; the parents ran a convenience store.^[20] Her father also worked at times as a bus driver and in real estate, while her mother sometimes endeavored as a social worker.

Her family insisted that she be raised with Egyptian culture and language as well.^[20][25] As a result, she is fluent in Arabic. "I so desperately wanted a turkey and cheese sandwich, and instead I always got grape leaves, and falafel. And now, of course, I appreciate so much that I did."