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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
I was born in Panama City and lived here until I left for the US when I was 26. I had a wonderful childhood. My parents were runners but I took a fancy to swimming because I imagined it would not be as hard as working up a sweat running. I learnt to swim at Piscina Patria – now the Eileen Coparropa Swimming Pool – and studied architecture at Universidad de Panamá….