Al-Ain, UAE (CNN) -- A British boy and his father are about to embark on thejourney of a lifetime, traveling across the Middle East and Europe by land and sea after 11-year-old Joe Thompson suddenly developed a paralyzing fear of flying.
Soon she'll join presidential hopeful Barack Obama on his trip tothe Middle East, ajourney she calls "very important ... news-wise" because it will give her--and her audience--an opportunity to address the senator's foreign policy vision, an area where his expertise has been criticized.