A global citizen is somebody who lives to better the world around them, to be a citizen of earth, not just the community in which they live. Global citizens are hard to find. There are not many people on Earth who are truly global citizens and not because they don’t want what is good for the world, but because they haven’t been afforded the opportunity to explore the world to discover what truly is the best for the entire world. Firoozeh Dumas is not a global citizen according to my definition. She is not a bad citizen. Dumas certainly has the world experience to be a global citizen, but her upbringing seems to me to be the reason that she is not. Her values have taught her to live for the family, including third and fourth cousins, to be
