Ethiopian Supermodel Liya Kebede and her 2-year-old daughter Raee, cover and are featured in the February issue of Cookie magazine.Liya Kebede who is a mother of two,an actress, an activist, and a goodwill ambassador has recently created a line of children’s clothes called Lemlem and all the clothes will be made in Ethipia.Here is an excerpt of Kebede’s interview with the magazine.
On her hopes for her country:
“It’s wonderful to be able to donate and help people,” “Yet at the end of the day, Ethiopia has to get out of poverty by economic power and by giving people jobs—it’s like that expression, ‘Give a man a fish … teach a man to fish….'”
On Lemlem:
(lemlem means “to bloom” in Amharic). “They’re chic and ethnic,” she points out, “made with traditional techniques like embroidery and hand weaving.”
On working from home with Raee being often underfoot:
“so everything ends up taking that much longer,” “Whether it’s the foundation’s needs or a speech I have to give or modeling, things get done according to priority. Sometimes I feel I should get more organized, but then I think, Why fight it? This is my system: Just do what needs to be done next.”
“I think, Oh, no, don’t get me started on a women’s line. I am way too busy right now.”
On being extremely busy:
“so everything ends up taking that much longer,” “Whether it’s the foundation’s needs or a speech I have to give or modeling, things get done according to priority. Sometimes I feel I should get more organized, but then I think, Why fight it? This is my system: Just do what needs to be done next.” “I think, Oh, no, don’t get me started on a women’s line. I am way too busy right now.”
