 In 1983 she studied at the National Journalism Center in Washington, D.C., and worked at the office of "Reader's Digest" in the same city.She worked for the Ministry of Information of the Sultanate of Oman from 1985–1992, and in 2004 she became a member of the board of the Arab International Media Forum in London.In 1973 she co-founded Paneuropa-Jugend Deutschland, and was its chairperson in Bavaria, and vice chairperson on the national level.