Arab Women by Nationality - Kuwaiti

 

Badria al-Awadhi

 Kuwait b.1944

Legal and environmental consultant

  • graduated from Cairo University and University College London
  • 1979-88 Dean of Faculty of Law and Sharia, Cairo University
  • 1983 -1993 appointed as Deputy Director to the Regional Organisation for the protection of Marine Environment in the Arabian Gulf Region
  • consultant to Red Cross on Application of International Humanitarian Law
  • member of the task force on international terrorism
  • 2000 challenges Kuwait's electoral law which denies women the right to vote
Faiza Mohammed Al-Kharafi Kuwaiti

Educator

  • In 1994 she became the first woman to head a university in the Arab world.
  • Rector of Kuwait University
Nejoud Boodai

Kuwati

1982?

Fashion Designer

  • Educated at The American College (London)
  • Founded Nejoud Boodai Fashion Design Ltd, London, 1995

The International Who's Who of Women 3rd ed. Europa Publications: London, 2002 p.69

Rasha Al Sabah

 Kuwaiti b.1950

Politician and educator

  • graduated University of Birmingham, and Yale University
  • 1985-91 Vice Rector Kuwait University
  • 1989- Under Sectretary Ministry of Higher Education
  • Named International Woman of the Year for 1996-1997 by the International Biographical Center (IBC) in Cambridge

http://www.kuwait-info.org/women.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/14_01_02/friday/info2.shtml (audio)

Thuraya al Baqsami

Kuwaiti

b. 1952

Artist

  • educated at College of Fine Arts, Cairo and Arts Insitute, Surikov, Moscow, M.A in Graphic Book Illustration and Design
  • Exhibited in solo and group exhibitions since 1985 in Kuwait, Baghdad, Atlanta, Washington, Bahrain, Syria, Casablanca, Amman , Beirut, Sharjah, Cairo, Budapest,, Athans, London, Paphos.
  • works in acrylic, oil on canvas and monoprints
  • author of children's books

http://wwol.inre.asu.edu/al-baqsami.html

Thuraya Al-Baqsami. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved August 13, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuraya_Al-Baqsami

Lloyd, Fran, ed. Contemporary Arab Women’s Art: Dialogues of the Present. London: WAL (Women’s Art Library), 1999. Print. p.226-227, 158-161. (DWC collection N6260.C65 1999)