Mariam Belhaf
Mariam Belhaf, a local Omani businesswoman, sells products made from Frankincense. Although she comes from a wealthy background, she wants to succeed by her own individual efforts, without anyone else’s financial support. “I want to prove that a woman can do everything. She can make success by herself, she can prove herself by her own business,” she says in the CNN feature below. CNN: Omani’s entrepreneurs mean business ... Read MoreRawiyah bint Saud al Busaidiyah
Minister of Higher Education First woman in Omani cabinet as minister First woman minister in the gulf Hunaina Introduction of Dr. Rawiyah & Dr. Rawiyah’s keynote speech In 2009, Oman was the only government in the Gulf, which appointed four women in ministerial positions. They include: Dr Rawiyah bint Saud bin Ahmed Al Busaidiyah, minister of higher education; Dr Rajiha bint Abdul Amir bin Ali, minister of tourism; Dr Sharifa bint Khalfan bin Nassir Al Yahyaeiyah, minister of social development; and Sheikha Aisha bint Khalfan bin Jumail Al Siyabiah, president, Public Authority for...
Read MoreHunaina Sultan Al-Mughairy
Appointed in 2005 as the Omani Ambassador to the US, H.E Al-Mughairy is the first female Arab representative in Washington. Having spent numerous years in the US, she is committed to improving the image of Arab women in the US. She is an economist with a Master’s degree from New York University. As the Omani Ambassador, she has been a strong supporter of the US-Oman Free-Trade agreement, as well as the improvement of relations between US and Oman. Today, H.E Al-Mughairy is married to her husband, Fuad Mubarak Al-Hinai, the Oman ambassador to the U.N, with whom she has two children. A...
Read MoreYuthar Mohammed Mussallam Al Rawahy
President of National Association for Cancer Awareness (NACA) in Oman. In 2008, she was instrumental in launching the pioneering ‘One-Stop Mobile Women Centre’. New Move to Check Breast Cancer Cases in Oman Empowerment of Omani women...
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