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RIGHT: Silbi Stainton exclusively sells the flip-flops she helps women in conflict countries produce through her charity, Peace of the Action, at O2 in Aspen. BELOW: Stainton with the Pakistani women she aids through her shoe line, Her Own Two Feet. A fter 22 hours of travel by plane, I arrive in the Dubai airport, where I will spend the next 15 hours on my layover en route to Pakistan. I've come here to empower native women with education and employment through the charity Peace of the Action. While in Dubai, I will see a cross-section of the world's economic forces—from German business- men to Saudi Arabian mothers fully covered in black abayas to bleary-eyed military contractors to the throngs of the laboring class heading to poor- paying jobs. Dubai's airport is—as they call it—the gateway to the world. Tomorrow I will take yet another flight and end in a country I have come to Sole Full FOUNDER OF PEACE OF THE ACTION AND HER OWN TWO FEET, SILBI STAINTON LAUNCHES A NEW SHOE TO BENEFIT PAKISTANI WOMEN, AND SHE TELLS HER STORY OF TRAVELING TO A REGION RAVAGED BY EXTREME POVERTY. PHOTOGRAPHY BY KARL WOLFGANG(STAINTON); KHALID FAISAL (PAKISTANI) continued on page 76 74 ASPENPEAK-MAGAZINE.COM SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY 074-079_AP_SP_SOG_SUM_FALL_14.indd 74 5/6/14 2:55 PM