Al Ayoub Sisters; Basalam & Lulwa Al-Ayoub
Lulwa and Balsam are “using sport to change the lives of Arab women. Through the sport of fencing, Al-Ayoub sisters are literally “cutting through” society’s constraints. By becoming active in sports, they believe girls will grow proud, strong, fearless and expressive no matter what their ultimate life’s goal.Balsam & Lulwa are empowering women in the Gulf through a strategy based on three components. First, through their success in their field, they are setting an example as role models for many girls in Kuwait. They use their status for good by serving as mentors to aspiring... Read MoreSheikha Mai bint Mohammad Al Khalifa
Minister of Culture & Chairperson of the UN World Heritage Committee Prior to this position she has been assistant Undersecretary for Culture and National Heritage at the Ministry of Information. Furthermore, Sheikha Mai has been the recipient of the “Distinguished Arab Woman in the field of Administrative Leadership” prize from the Center of Woman Studies, Paris, and was also elected as one of the “50 Strongest Arab Women,” in a Forbes magazine survey. Bahrain Tourism – Her Excellency Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al...
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...
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Prior to becoming the first Arab woman to reach the North Pole, Elham Al-Qasimi was an outstanding student majoring in Marketing form the American University in Dubai. She later pursued her Masters in London School of Economics. After working at JP Morgan for three years on mergers and acquisitions, she left the organization to join the Impetus Trust as an investment manager. She then decided to resign to pursue her North Pole expedition a year later. Below is the online journal of her journey to the North Pole. Elham Al-Qasimi: North Pole expedition Also, below is an article from Good...
Read MoreHH Sheika Latifa Bint Ahmed Al Maktoum
“Having won numerous medals at regional equestrian championships, Al Maktoum, 25, competed in the 2008 Olympics and before that won a team bronze medal at the 2006 Doha Asian Games. More recently she won an individual silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games.”
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