Female president of the United States in popular culture president of the United States in two episodes. A 2006 BBC Four adaptation of John Wyndham's short story "Random Quest" depicts the main character being sucked into an alternative reality in which Condoleezza Rice is president of the United States. In ABC's 2008-2009 TV series "Life on Mars" (a remake of BBC's series of the same name), it is hinted that Malia Obama, the daughter of then-candidate Barack Obama, is the president of the United States in 2035. In Showtime's TV series "Homeland", which began in 2011, Elizabeth Marvel plays United States President Elizabeth Keane. In ABC's TV series "Scandal",
The Daughters of St. Mary gray rather than black, to symbolize their participation in the secular world. Although called nuns - the Daughters of St. Mary are officially Deaconesses, and are usually called 'Tasooni' - which means sister in Coptic. The Daughters of St. Mary The Daughters of St. Mary (Deir Banat Maryam) is a Coptic community of nuns based in Beni Suef, Egypt. Bishop Athanasius founded The Daughters of St. Mary during the feast of the Holy Cross (March 19, 1965) with the blessing of then Patriarch Kyrillos VI, and initiated their first women in 1970. In 1974, a new facility was built, creating