She joined Barkassy Grunfeld Law Office in June 2018 and started her professional career there as a lawyer. As she is learning to master the French language, she’s member of the French Chamber of Commerce and is open to assisting French investors in Hungary.

With sport as her hobby and law as her business, Ghada has also become a member of the International Association of Sports Law.
 

1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
I’m have been working in Hungary since 2017, “love” brought me here. I came with my husband when he got a job in Budapest 

2.  Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
No, Budapest is my first long stop.

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
I would say what impressed me in Hungary did not surprised me. The way how this Country and its citizens try to keep their identity, and tradition - with a will of progress and modernity, a mix that it is hard to find in every country.

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
Well, a weekend it’s short period of time, but of would recommend them the Buda Castle, the parliament, a Danube cruise, the baths…

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Chimney cake- I like it.

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Cheese .

7. What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Köszönöm.

8. What do you miss the most from home?
First, I miss very much my family, and my small island Djerba, our traditional food specially kosksi.

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Before attending the university of law , I studied science in the secondary school and what I was dream about was to be doctor, but now I’m really happy to pursue legal studies and to be  a lawyer .

10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
I can’t imagine myself in a job where all the day I have the same routine and robotic tasks, no contact with clients. It would be definitely the opposite of my job now, since I have clients from whole over the world. I like meeting them since everyone has a specific case and specific story. Working as a lawyer means that you are in continues learning during your whole life.

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
My last vacation was in Barcelona.

12. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
I would prefer to do the round trip in whole Europe.

13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Titanic until now.

14. Apart of temptation what can't you resist?
I cannot resist dancing while listening to a good music.

15. Red wine or white?
I do not have preference between them, I don’t drink wine

16. Book or movie?
Both of them, they have their occasion, but of course book is more enriched.

17. Morning person or night person?
Definitely morning, I can’t do things during the night.

18. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Reduce the Inequality of opportunity: inequality has increased substantially in many countries in recent decades. Spectacular gains in the incomes and wealth of the richest fraction of the population often contrast with severe poverty in the same country. Inequality of outcomes often goes hand in hand with inequality of opportunities, as poor people endure various forms of social exclusion, including unequal access to education and health care, high rates of youth unemployment or precarious work and an absence of social recognition.

19. Buda side or Pest side?
Every part has its own charm, I like both of them, so I work in Buda side and live in Pest.

20. What would you say is your personal motto? 
“Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don’t give up”
The World could be a much better place if people would just follow this simple advice.