Celebrating Women

Women are advancing business, education, and culture in the GCC countries.

Maha Al-Ghunaim

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 in Celebrating Women, Kuwait | 0 comments

Kuwaiti businesswoman and co-founder and chair of Kuwaiti bank Global Investment House “Mrs. Maha Al- Ghunaim, along with other distinguished members, founded Global Investment House in 1998. She came to Global from Kuwait Foreign Trading Contracting & Investment Co. (KFTCIC), the investment arm of Kuwait Investment Company, which she had joined in 1982 after receiving her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from San Francisco State University, California, USA. Mrs. Al-Ghunaim was promoted to chairperson of Global in 2007. She sits on the board of numerous companies in the region. Mrs....

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Dr. Eiman Saud Abokhodair’s, Institute of Public Administration

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 in Celebrating Women, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 0 comments

Middle East Businesswomen and Leaders Achievement Award: Knowledge Management Development Award

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Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 in Celebrating Women, United Arab Emirates | 0 comments

Al Maktoum, 31, a martial arts champion, won the +60kg karate silver medal at the 2006 Doha Asian Games. She was a taekwondo competitor at the 2008 Olympics, and was the first Gulf woman to carry her nation’s flag at the...

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Hala Kazim

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 in Celebrating Women, United Arab Emirates | 0 comments

Founder of “Journey Through Change” Artist and has her own label, “My Private Collection” Read an interview with Hala Kazim by Farrah al Kasem (UAE Chief Editor)  

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Norah al-Faiz

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 in Celebrating Women, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 0 comments

Deputy Minister of Education Her presence at the ministry has had an immediate impact on Saudi women, …’Now I am the deputy minister, and my door is open and accessible,’ – Norah al-Faiz Leaders & Revolutionaries: Norah al-Faiz   The appointment of Norah Al-Faiz as the first female member of the Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers is perceived as “revolutionary” to many. Appointed as the Vice Minister for Women’s Education the most senior role ever held by a woman in Saudi Arabia, Al-Faiz has become the voice of the Saudi Arabian women to the government. Time Magazine...

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Interview with Muna AbuSulayman

Posted on May 15, 2011 in Celebrating Women, Featured, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 0 comments

A rising star to watch, Muna AbuSulayman is Saudi’s UN Goodwill Ambassador, a TV personality with a number one hit show for five years, and a Young Global Leader at the Davos World Economic Forum. She is the first woman to head up the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation (ABTF), and the mother of two girls under sixteen. There are clearly many reasons that Muna AbuSulayman is known as an extraordinary role...

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