UAE Women’s Day 2022: Inspirational women in the UAE

The UAE celebrates Emirati Women’s Day on 28 August every year. Below is a detailed profile of some inspiring women from the Gulf countries.

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Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairman of the UAE National News Agency (GWU), said in April that the theme for UAE Women’s Day 2022 would be “Inspiring Reality, Sustainable Future”.

Sheikha Fatima is also the Chairman of the Supreme Council for Mothers and Children and the Supreme Chairman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF).

Aisha al-Mansoori: the first female pilot

In August, one of the latest achievements for an Emirati woman was an Etihad pilot who became an Etihad pilot UAE’s first female sheikh.

Pilot Aisha al-Mansoori made Emirates history when she was honoured as the UAE’s first female commercial captain.

Al-Mansoori joined Emirates in 2007 and said she was “very grateful” for the opportunity to develop her aviation career at Etihad Airways.

“I am proud to be the first Emirati woman to be a captain in a commercial airline and I hope I can inspire young women to take this career path,” she said at the time.

Dr. Mona Khashwani: UAE’s first Emirati doctor to perform robotic surgery

Dr Mona Khashwani becomes the first UAE doctor to perform robotic surgery in the UAE. [Supplied]

This June PhD.Mona Kashwani The al-Qassimi Women and Children’s Hospital – from Sharjah – performed robotic surgery using the advanced da Vinci system, Emirates Health Services said in a statement at the time.

The surgeon is one of the most experienced in robotic surgery in the UAE. She graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 2005 and was subsequently nominated by Dr Zaki al-Mazki al-Shamsi, Director of the Hospital’s Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Programme to join the Women’s Robotic Surgeon Programme.

Business owner Huda al-Matroushi

Huda al-Matroushi is one of the few Emirati women who have ventured into the auto repair industry, In the Arab world, the industry has long been dominated by men.

Huda al-Matrooshi, an Emirati woman who owns and operates a car repair shop, repairs a car with her team in her garage in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, on April 21, 2021. (Reuters)

“I like it a lot,” Matroushi said in a 2021 interview with Al Arabiya English. “Because I’m at the top of my job, it’s my thing, I belong to it: I’m proud of myself.”

She turned her passion for cars into a profession and now owns and manages a car repair shop in Sharjah, one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE.

Sarah al-Amiri and Nora al-Matrooshi: leaders in space

According to her LinkedIn, Sarah al-Amiri is the UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology and she has also served as Chairman of the UAE Space Agency since August 2020.

Another female pioneer in the UAE space industry is Nora al-Matrooshi. She was the first Arab female astronaut.

According to a Vogue article, al-Matrooshi was born in the emirate of Sharjah in 1993. She received her bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the United Arab Emirates in 2015.

Reem al-Hashimy: Minister of State for International Cooperation

In February 2016, Reem al-Hashimy was sworn in as the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in 2016, according to the UAE government website.

Prior to this role, al-Hashimy led the UAE’s bid to host Expo 2020 Dubai.

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