The roots of Barack Obama‘s family tree grow deep and wide — Hawaii, Indonesia, Kansas, Kenya — and his post-presidential life has been similarly expansive. “We’re really looking for leaders who are ...

From that question, asked by her daughter Suhaila, author Maya Soetoro-Ng — sister of President Barack Obama — has crafted an extraordinary picture book titled “Ladder to the Moon” (Candlewick Press, ...

Barack Obama’s sister has not emerged in public since the death of their grandmother two days before her brother’s historic presidential election, but in a post-election e-mail to close friends, Maya ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Above a rooftop in Jakarta or the Indus River in Pakistan, the moon looms large in the childhood memories of Maya Soetoro-Ng, but President Obama's little sister hadn't realized how ...

Growing up in Indonesia, Maya Soetoro-Ng often felt too American. Although she adored her native land’s traditional gamelan music and shadow puppets, spiced cuisine and Hindu epics, her manner was too ...

Much is known about President Obama's father, thanks in part to his autobiographical book, "Dreams For My Father". Less is known about the president's mother, who died of cancer in 1995. President ...

President Obama’s half-sister has a book deal for a children’s picture story. Maya Soetoro-Ng’s “Ladder to the Moon,” based in part on Obama’s mother and other family members, will be published by ...

An advocate for global education, an educator herself, and now a best-selling author, U.S. President Barack Obama's half sister Maya Soetoro-Ng joined Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai in New ...

SEATTLE — Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, half-sister of President Barack Obama, was recently in Seattle attending a series of events which will benefit girls graduating from Mercer Island and Rainier Beach high ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In January, President Barack Obama visited the University, emphasizing the importance of college ...

Aug. 6—Two rival communities come ­together to combat environmental disaster in a new children's book co-authored by Hawaii's Maya Soetoro-Ng, a well-known peace ­activist and academic. Two rival ...

President Barack Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, is writing a children's picture book, the Associated Press reports. "Ladder to the Moon" will be based in part on the siblings' mother, the late ...