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Souad Mohammed Al-Sabah (Arabic: سعاد محمد الصباح , born on 22 May 1942) is a Kuwaiti poet, writer, human rights activist and businesswoman. She is a member of the Al-Sabah ruling family of Kuwait and widow to the former Deputy Ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah.|nationality=Kuwaiti|children=Mubarak (1961 - 1973)<br>Mohammed (1971)<br>Omniya (1972)<br>Mubarak (1976)<br>Shayma (1980)}}<br />
== 1. Personal Life ==
'''1.1 Early Life and Education'''
Souad Al-Sabah was born on the 22<sup>nd</sup> of May, 1942, into a traditional Kuwaiti environment to a knowledge-loving family. She is the great granddaughter of the sixth Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah. Her father had a profound influence on her and a greater part of her special interests have been inherited from him, most of all the love of reading, writing and poetry.
She attended Al-Khansaa School and Al-Mirqab Secondary School in Kuwait. Upon completing her secondary education, she joined the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, Egypt and graduated with a B.A. Honours Degree in Economics in 1973. Souad Al-Sabah enrolled at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London and later transferred to the University of Surrey (U.K.) where earned her Ph.D. in Economics in 1982.
'''1.2 Marriage and Family'''
Dr. Souad married Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, the Deputy Ruler of Kuwait and son of the 7<sup>th</sup> Emir of Kuwait (Mubarak Al-Sabah “Mubarak the Great”), in 1960. She has five children:
* Mubarak (1961 - 1973)
* Mohammed (1971)
* Omniya (1972)
* Mubarak (1976)
* Shayma (1980)
== 2. Areas of Work ==
'''2.1 Poetry and Writings'''
Dr. Souad started her career of research and writing in her area of academic specialisation, producing several publications related to the economics of the oil-producing countries. This includes fourteen books and several articles; most of which have been translated into other languages such as English, French, German and Chinese.
Her books “Development Planning in an Oil Economy and the Role of Woman: The Case of Kuwait” and “Anatomy of a Crisis Economy: The Case of Kuwait”, are regarded as standard references for those interested in research on Kuwait, or the Gulf region in general. Her published work on oil is highly regarded by oil economists and the oil industry. Her scholarly works are not confined to economics, but are certainly varied. She is a regular contributor to many newspapers world-wide.
Dr. Souad’s writings are not limited to social and economic issues; she is regarded as one of the most influential and highly-regarded poets in the Arab world and has been awarded several prestigious medals and prizes.
She has published fifteen collections of poetry and her poems appear in many international daily, weekly and monthly publications. Her poetry discusses romance and patriotism and revolve around the universal theme of freedom.
In addition to her published works, Dr. Souad’s recitals and poetry events attract large audiences as well as media coverage. Her poems have also become popularised as songs, performed by famous Arab singers.
Her poetry is included in school and university curricula in countries such as Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Morocco and Iraq. It has also been academically studied in M.A. and Ph.D. theses in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Bahrain, Iran, China and France.
'''2.1.1 Publications'''
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''Book'''
|'''Date of Publication'''
|'''Place of Publication'''
|'''Publisher'''
|-
|1
|Planning and Development in the Kuwaiti Economy and the Role of Women
|1983
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|2
|Spotlights on the Kuwaiti Economy
|1985
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|3
|Gulf Women and their Participation in Manpower
|1986
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|4
|OPEC : Past Experience and Future Prospects
|1986
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|5
|The New Oil Market : Saudi Arabia Regains the Initiative
|1986
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|6
|The Crisis of Resources in the Arab World
|1989
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|7
|Could You Allow Me to Love My Homeland?
|1990
|Cairo
|Egyptian General Book Authority
|-
|8
|Falcon of the Gulf : Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah
|1995
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|9
|Human Rights in Today’s World
|1995
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|10
|Human Rights : Theory and Practice
|1997
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|11
|What Do You Know About Human Rights?
|1997
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|12
|Papers on Kuwaiti Issues (1)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|13
|Papers on Kuwaiti Issues (2)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|14
|Papers on the Economies of the Gulf
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|15
|Papers on International Politics
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|16
|Papers on International Political Economy (1)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|17
|Papers on International Political Economy (2)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|18
|Papers on the Politics of Oil (1)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|19
|Papers on the Politics of Oil (2)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|20
|Mubarak Al-Sabah: Founder of the Modern State of Kuwait
|2007
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|21
22
23
24
|Words outside the limits of time
Mubarak Al-Sabah: The Foundation of Kuwait
Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah: The Transformation of Kuwait
The History of Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah in Pictures
|2008
2014
2015
2015
|Kuwait
U.K.
U.K.
Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
I.B. Tauris
I.B. Tauris
Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|}
'''b. ''Poems'''''
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''Collection'''
|'''Publisher'''
|'''Year'''
|-
|1
|From my life
|Dar al-Youm, Beirut
|1964
|-
|2
|A wish
|''Dar al''-''Ma'arif'', Cairo
|1971
|-
|3
|To You, My Son
|''Dar al''-''Ma'arif'', Cairo
|1982
|-
|4
|Fragments of a Woman
|Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo
|1985
|-
|5
|''In the Beginning was Woman''
|Riad El Rayes Publishers, London
|1988
|-
|6
|''Dialogue of Roses and Guns''
|Riad El Rayes Publishers, London
|1989
|-
|7
|''Urgent Telegrams to My Homeland''
|Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo
|1990
|-
|8
|''Last of the Swords''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1992
|-
|9
|''Love Poems''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1992
|-
|10
|''A Woman Without Shores''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1994
|-
|11
|''Take Me to the Boundaries of the Sun''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1997
|-
|12
|''A Poem is a Female, the Female a Poem''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1999
|-
|13
|''Flowers Know Anger''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|2005
|-
|14
15
|''Letters from the Beautiful Era''
Poetry and Dispersion…For You Alone
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|2006
2016
|}
'''''c. Books Authored, Co-authored or Introduced by Dr. Souad'''''
# Abdul-Aziz Hussein, The Arab Dream of Enlightenment, 1995.
# Ibrahim Al-Areed, The Cultural radiation of Bahrain, 1996.
# Nizar Qabbani, A Poet For All Generations, 1998.
# Dr. Tharwat Ukashah, The Gun and the Feather, 2000.
# HRH Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal, Between the feelings of deprivation and the loneliness of soul, 2001.
# Abdul-karim Gallab, A Light Rises from Morocco, 2003.
# Ghassan Tuwainy, 2007
# Dr. Saleh al-Ujairi, The Pioneer of Astronomy, 2013.
# Dr. Alhabib Al-Janahi, 2016
# HRH Prince AlHassan Bin Talal, 2017
* The books which won first prize in the “Abdullah Al-Mubarak and Souad Al-Sabah” competitions from 1988 – 2014.
* Printing the volumes of the Egyptian Al-Risalah magazine from 1933-1953, 1985.
* Culture in Kuwait (A comprehensive academic survey, 3 volumes), 1997.
'''''Articles and Research:'''''
# “Working Women in the Gulf”, ''The Arab Gulf Journal'', Vol. 5, No. 1, April 1985
# “Economic Development in the Oil Producing Countries and Recent Economic Change”. Paper presented to a conference in Cairo, February 1985
# “Oil Policies Within the Framework of the Gulf Co-operation Council”. A Lecture delivered at the Diplomatic Club, Abu Dhabi, April 1985
# “Kuwaiti Female Participation in the Labor Force - An Empirical Field Work Approach”. Second Energy Conference - OAPEC, Doha, March 1982
# “The Role of the Muslim Woman in Economic Development in the Arab States of the Gulf”. Conference on Muslim Women and Development, Kuala Lumpur, October, 1982
# “Economics and Politics in Today’s World”. Five articles published in Kuwaiti newspapers in 1984
# “New Strategy for the World Political System, 1990
'''2.1.2 Songs'''
<br />
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Song Name'''
|'''Composer'''
|'''Singer'''
|-
|'''Collection: Emirates Arts Carnival'''
|
|
|-
|1.Min Youm ma Iriftak
|Mohamed al Baloushy
|Leila Ghufran
|-
|2. Ahmlni al Jinahak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Samira Saeed
|-
|2. la ma ashofak
|Rashid Greens
|Fatima
|-
|3. min Zulmak Bakeet
|Anwar Abdullah
|Rabab
|-
|4. Sineen wa Ayyaam
|Sulaiman Mulla
|Nawal
|-
|'''Collection: Hor wa bidoun Quyoud'''
|
|
|-
|1. Anta al-hanaan
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abadi Al Joher
|-
|2. Haspetk li
|Abadi Al Joher
|Abadi Al Joher
|-
|3. Hor wa bidoun Quyoud
|Abadi Al Joher
|Abadi Al Joher
|-
|4. Hobak mada
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abadi Al Joher
|-
|'''Collection: Carnaval al-nazaa’ir'''
|
|
|-
|1. Khudni bi Hudn Qalbak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Mohammed Baloch
|-
|2. Ya Sada Suty
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdullah Rowaished
|-
|3. Wa’Adtini
|Anwar Abdullah
|Mona Abdul Ghani
|-
|4. Droopy malat al-Ahaat
|Anwar Abdullah
|Nawal
|-
|5. Ya Bo Mubarak
| rowspan="3" |Anwar Abdullah
Anwar Abdullah
|Tarek Soliman
|-
|Collection: Nuqoush ala Aba’at al-Kuwait
| rowspan="2" |Majida Al Roumi
Abdullah Rowaished
Samira Saeed
Mohammed Baloch
Susan Attia
|-
|Nuqoush ala Aba’at al-Kuwait
|-
|Iʿtizar
|Mohammed al-Mogy
|Angham
|-
|Kon Sadiqi
|Hafez Munzer
|Majida Al Roumi
|-
|La Tantaqid Khajali
|Kamal al-Taweel
|Najat Al-Saghira
|-
|Qul Li Hal Ahbabata Imra’atan Qably
Khudni Ila Hudud al-Shams
|Helmi Bakr
|Ghada Ragab
|-
|Anta Adra
|Jamal Salama
|Rajae Belmlih
|-
|
|
|
|-
|Wardat Al-Bahr
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdullah Rowaished/ Abdul Majeed Abdullah
|-
|
|
|Khalid Sheikh / Ahmed Harbi
|-
|Ghira
|Mohammed al-Mogy
|Hani Shaker
|-
|Innani Bint al-Kuwait
|Dr. Sulaiman Al Deccan
|Sana Kharraz
|-
|Fi Al-Ghurba
|Jassim Al-Ghareeb
|Faraj Ghanem
|-
|Zikrayaat
|Mohammed al-Mogy
|
|-
|Am Saeed
|Jamal Salama
|
|-
|Lil Kuwait Qasaa’id Hob
|
|Mohammed Baloch
|-
|Nahnu Baqun Huna
|
|Abdullah Rowaished
|-
|Bataqa min Habibati Al-Kuwait
|
|Mohammed Baloch
|-
|
|
|Nawal
|-
|Sawfa Nabqa Ghadibin
|
|Saleh Al Harbi
|-
|Lan Tantahi Al-Muqawama
|
|The Group
|-
|Nahnu Al-Kuwaitiyyun
|Ahmed Baqer
|Mohammed al-Misbah
|-
|Simfoniyya Al-Ard
|
|Abeer filming
|-
|Wafaa
|Anwar Abdullah
|Susan Attia
|-
|Bishoftak al-Zeen
|Anwar Abdullah
|Halla Hadi
|-
|Kulluna Nuhibu al-Kuwait
|Anwar Abdullah
|Nabil Shouail
|-
|Habs Habiby
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader
|-
|Idy bi Idak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader
|-
|Akhir al-Suyoof
|Rashid Greens
|Nawal
|-
|Aʿrifu Rajulan
|
|Nawal
|-
|Ya Darna
|
|Ali Abdul Sattar
|-
|Hawilt Ahb Ghirak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Mohammed Baloch
|-
|Widdy Ansa Garhy minnak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Faisal al-Saʿd
|-
|Ma Aqdar Ala Buʿdak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader
|-
|Safr Habiby
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdullah Rowaished
|-
|Ana Waddy
|Rashed Al-Kudr
|Nawal
|}
'''2.1.3 Studies on Dr. Souad Al-Sabah'''
Critics and academics have shown interest in Dr. Al-Sabah’s “poetic experiment” in the following books:
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''Title'''
|'''Author'''
|'''Place and date of Publication'''
|-
|1
|Souad Al-Sabah : the Poetry and the Poet
|Fadil Khalaf
|Beirut, 1992
|-
|2
|Souad Al-Sabah in Fragments of a Woman : Emotional Duality and Multidimensionalism, (in French)
|Dr. Azzah Khalaf
|Paris, 1992
|-
|3
|In the Beginning was Woman : the Survival Instinct and the Experience of Communication of Souad Al-Sabah, (in French)
|Dr. Asmahan Bedir Al-Saydawi
|Paris, 1992
|-
|4
|A Traveller’s Reading of Souad Al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Dr. Mohammed Al-Tonji
|Kuwait, 1993
|-
|5
|The Poetic Experiment of Souad Al-Sabah, (in French)
|Pierre Richa
|Paris, 1993
|-
|6
|Souad Al-Sabah : The Poet of Pain, (in French)
|Dr. Azzah Malak
|Paris, 1993
|-
|7
|Playing on Tight Strings
|Dr. Nabil Raghib
|Cairo, 1993
|-
|8
|Critical Readings in the Poetry of Souad Al-Sabah
|Said Farahat and Bilal Khayrbek
|Kuwait, 1994
|-
|9
|Souad Al-Sabah, the Poet of Intimate Belonging
|Fadl Al-Amine
|Beirut, 1994
|-
|10
|The Language of Touch
|Mahmoud Haydar
|Beirut, 1994
|-
|11
|Souad Al-Sabah : A Journey in Her Yet Incomplete Works
|Abdullatif Al-Arnaout
|Beirut, 1995
|-
|12
|Souad Al-Sabah : A New Study
|Borhan Bukhari
|Beirut, 1999
|-
|13
|In the Shade of a Creative Muse
|Nagwa Hassan
|Damascus, 1999
|-
|14
|Lighthouse of the Gulf/ Honorary Book by The Egyptian Cultural forum
|A group of researchers
|Cairo, 2000
|-
|15
|Text and Absent Text
|Dr. Abdul-Malik Murtad
|Algiers, 2000
|-
|16
|Souad Al-Sabah : A Winter Poet of Love and Anger
|Ismail Ismail Marwah
|Beirut, 2000
|-
|17
|Pigeon of Peace
|Ali Al-Mas’udi
|الكويت 2000
|-
|18
|Selections of Souad Al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Dr. Mohamed Anani
|القاهرة 2001
|-
|19
|Linguistic and Technical Structure in the Poetry of Souad Al-Sabah
|Tayseer Rajab Nasoor
|Beirut, 2002
|-
|20
|Destruction and Construction
|Dr. Maha Khayrbek
|Beirut, 2002
|-
|21
|A Poem is a Female, the Female a Poem, Dr. Fawzi Issa, Cairo, 2003
|Dr.Fawzi Isa
|Cairo, 2003
|-
|22
|Issues and Tools : A Study in the Poetry of Souad Al-Sabah, Dr. Mukhtar Abu Ghali, Cairo, 2003
|Dr. Mukhtar Abu Ghazi
|Cairo, 2003
|-
|23
|The Rose of the Sea and the Freedom of Female Imagination, Dr. Salah Fadl, Cairo, 2003
|Dr. Salah Fadl
|Cairo, 2003
|-
|24
|Studies in Love Poems, (in English)
|Dr. Nazeer Al-Azma & et al
|Beirut, 2004
|-
|25
|A Woman of the Beautiful Bygone Days
|Ali Al-Massoudi
|Kuwait 2004
|-
|26
|Creativity in the experiment of Souad al-Sabah
|Fadel Khalaf, Dr. Fawzi Isa and taysir al-nasour
|Cairo, 2004
|-
|27
|The image of the Arab Reality as reflected in Souad al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Ismail Ismail Marwa and Dr. Maha Khir Bey
|Cairo, 2004
|-
|28
|Beauty in Souad al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Ismail Ismail Marwa and Dr. Tharwat Ukasha
|Cairo, 2004
|-
|29
|The Woman In Between the Spaces of the Words
|Fatema Al-Hababi Al-Jamaei
|Beirut 2005
|-
|30
|The vision of in Souad al-Sabah on Love, comparative study in the poetry of passion, Arabic/Kazakh
|Ismail Ismail Marwa
|2009
|-
|31
|Romance and Singing
|Dr. Mohey al-Din Sobhy, Dr. Goerge Tarrad and Mohamed Rajab al-Najjar
|
|-
|32
|The Rose of the Sea in the Eyes of Poets
|Farida Al-Taweel
|
|-
|33
|Day of Kuwaiti Writer –Honoring Ceremony by the Faculty of Arts, University of Kuwait
|A group of Professors of Arabic
|Kuwait 2005
|-
|34
|Critical Study (French)
|Ismail Marwa, Dr. Salah Fadl and Dr. Mukhtar Abu Ghaly
|
|-
|35
|Keys of A poet’s Heart
|Mufid Fawzi
|
|-
|36
|Intersection and Parallelism in Souad Al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Dr. Nouriyya al-Roumi
|
|-
|37
|Fragments of A Woman, Duality of Passion (Arabic)
|Azza Malak and Asmahan Bedir
|
|-
|38
|The Nature of Feminism According to Souad Al-Sabah
|Dr. Salah Fadl
|Dar al-Hamra, Beirut
|}
'''2.2 Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House'''
The Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House is one of the leading publishing houses in the Arab world, with activities and interests that go beyond the Middle East. It started its activities in Cairo in 1988 and then moved its headquarters to Kuwait. It aims to cover heritage, on one hand, where reprinting of historical scholarly works ensures wider knowledge amongst new generations. On the other hand, the House prides itself on publishing exclusive works on literature, history and societal issues.
Translation is also an area of interest and expertise. The House translates distinguished works in many languages into Arabic. The purpose is to provide an intellectual bridge between many cultures, races and nationalities. It also participates in book fairs across the Arab world.
Beyond publishing, the House serves a cultural purpose by offering significant prizes for the young - eight of which are run annually in literature and science. The care for youth extends to publishing their works, which is normally the major obstacle in the formative years of their career. Moreover, the House has been publishing, republishing and translating hundreds of books by the renowned men of letters all over the world and the creative youth in all fields of knowledge.
Examples of some of the House’s contributions are as follows:
· Since 1988, Dr. Al-Sabah has offered eight literary prizes annually, designed to encourage the work of young men and women around the Arab world, and the winning contributions are published by the House. Four of these are the Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Prize for Scientific Innovation and the remaining four are Souad Al-Sabah Awards for Intellectual and Literary Distinction.
· Organizing, sponsoring and financing forums and cultural conferences.
· Sponsoring the first prizes and competitions in the memory of the martyrs of Kuwait and in support of the Kuwaiti POWs in Iraqi prisons, jointly with the Kuwait Journalists’ Society.
· Republished all the issues of Al-Risalah (The Message) magazine from 1933-1953 in 40 volumes.
· Providing, free of charge, all governmental and private hospitals with complete sets of its publications for use by the patients.
· Supporting the “aljahathiya” cultural organisation in Algeria.
· Four prizes are offered to the creative writers from among graduates the American University of Beirut, in addition to a theatre award, in conjunction with the City Theatre, Beirut.
· The House offered Souad Al-Sabah course on poems in Fez, Morocco.
· It has also published many studies and books on the history of Kuwait as well as research on the history of Kuwaiti literature since its establishment till the end of the twentieth century.
· In collaboration with the National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature, the House organized the seminars of the 3<sup>rd</sup> Arabic Book Exhibition in Kuwait.
· Highly publicized events are organized to accredit selected leading and eminent writers, authors and contributors to culture in general in the Arab world. In the same vein, in 1995, Dr. Souad launched an initiative called “Youm al-Wafaa” (Day of Gratitude) for honouring the living pioneers of the Arab culture. Some eminent recipients have been:
- Mr. Abdulaziz Hussein, Kuwait, 1995
- Mr. Ibrahim Al-Areed, Bahrain, 1996
- Mr. Nizar Qabbani, Syria, 1998
- Dr. Tharwat Ukashah, Egypt, 2000
- H.R.H. Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal, KSA, 2001
- Dr. Abdul-Karim Ghallab, Morocco, 2003
- Mr. Ghassan Tuwainy, Lebanon, 2007
- Dr. Saleh Al-Ugairy, Kuwait, 2013
- Dr. Alhabib Aljanahi, Tunisia, 2017
- H.R.H. Prince AlHassan Bin Talal, 2018
'''2.3 Action Group Holdings Company (K.S.C.C.)'''
Dr. Al-Sabah is the founder and Chairperson of “Action Group Holdings Company, Kuwait and is a member (executive, honorary or trustee) of some thirty regional and international organisations.
'''3. Charitable and Cultural Contributions'''
3.1 Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Charitable Trust
Dr. Al-Sabah chairs the Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Charitable Trust which was established in 1992. The Trust has been serving many causes from education and health to social and personal needs. Since its establishment, the Trust has sponsored over one hundred social, medical and religious centres. Its services are not confined to a specific geographical location, race, creed or religion.
Education is at the core of many of the Trust’s programmes and in addition to scholarships, the Foundation has funded University fellowships, professional chairs and research programmes. For instance, generous scholarships are offered to junior members of staff at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, towards obtaining their Ph.Ds. As a result of the Foundation’s work, hundreds of students have been given the opportunity to continue their education at various levels, especially in higher education. Students sponsored by the Charity are to be found in 15 U.S. universities, 5 U.K. universities, 5 Gulf universities, 5 Egyptian universities and 2 other European universities.
Moreover, charitable medical programmes are pursued in many corners of the globe. The Foundation has helped patients to obtain treatments that otherwise would have been unavailable to them, including surgeries and transplants.
'''3.1.1 Associations with Universities and Research Centres'''
Association with distinguished scholarly centres in the West have ensured links with centres of excellence. Fellowships, chairs, scholarships, as well as research programmes have been financially supported and encouraged. Examples of these are as follows:
* Establishment of a dedicated fund at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, for the enhancement of Political Studies. This includes, but is not limited to, financing the Wilfred Knapp Fellowship.
* Establishment of the Abdullah Al-Mubarak Research Fellowship at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
* Establishment of the Abdullah Al-Mubarak Research Fellowship in Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
* Establishment of a Fellowship at the University of Surrey in Energy Economics.
* Contribution to the establishment of the Surrey Energy Centre and sponsorship of fellowships, scholarships, conferences and forums on energy studies.
* Contribution to research, fellowships and scholarships at the University of Durham in support of studies on the Middle East.
'''3.1.2 Scientific Prizes'''
Out of Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah’s and Dr. Souad Al-Sabah’s belief in encouraging the Arab youth in order to foster their sense of belonging to their glorious history and for discovering the talented among them in the fields of sciences, fine arts, social sciences and introducing them to the public by publishing their works, prizes of monetary values were announced in 1988. The Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Prizes for Scientific Innovation were awarded across many fields, including: physics, chemistry, biology, environmental studies and water and desertification studies.
In 2017, Dr. Souad launched the Young Scientists Prize in association with the Arab Media Forum.
3.1.3 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize
Since 1998, the Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Charitable Trust has funded the British-Kuwait Friendship Society’s Book Prize for Middle Eastern Studies. Prizes up to £10,000 are awarded annually in London to the best works published on the Middle East, in collaboration with Cambridge University and the Embassy of the State of Kuwait. The HRH the Prince of Wales and Dr. Souad Al-Sabah are the co-patrons of the British-Kuwait Friendship Society.
3.2 Supporting and Financing Centres, Institutions and Programmes
In keeping with her aim to promote dialogue and an exchange of views on contemporary issues and events, Dr. Souad has sponsored a number of forums, bringing people of all cultures together to hear leaders in their fields give their analyses of current developments in a constructive and intellectual environment. Support of universities, educational establishments, cultural centres and forums has also been provided, such as:
* Financing the establishment of a library at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
* Financing Abdullah Al-Mubarak library in Al- Farwaniya, Kuwait.
* Supporting the Forum for Arab Thought in Amman, Jordan, including financing the establishment of its headquarters.
* Financially supporting and establishing a headquarters for the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Cairo, Egypt.
* Supporting the Arab Cultural Forum in Beirut, Lebanon.
* Cooperating with the Egyptian Public Authority for the Book in the publication of many books.
* Setting up libraries, computer centres, and cultural programs in many schools around the Arab world.
* Sponsoring post-doctoral research at many universities in the Arab world.
* Cooperating with other international charitable organizations in the publication of books and providing prizes.
* Cooperating with other social organizations dedicated to child welfare.
* Continuously providing prizes and holding competitions on the important social issues.
* Providing post-graduate scholarships for students at the Faculty of Economics and political Science, Cairo University.
'''Other examples include:'''
* The Arab Thought Forum’s Research Project and Arab Encyclopedia Project:
Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah and Dr. Souad Al-Sabah fully supported the research project carried out by the Arab Thought Forum on the future of education in the Arab World. This project was carried out during the period from 1987 to 1990. The findings of the research project were announced in a big ceremony held in May 1990 and attended by Dr. Souad along with a great number of the Forum’s members on the occasion of the Forum’s annual meeting. The research report, carried out throughout during about 3 years, was discussed in the meeting. The discussion included topics such as the world order and the experiments of education development, the current positions of education in the Arab World, the educational policies in the Arab World among others.
The project issued some publications which included studies made by Arab Professors specialized in education and education strategies.
Moreover, in 1990, financial support was provided for the publication of the first part of the Arab Encyclopedia issued by the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Sciences. The announcement of the issuance of the Encyclopaedia was made during the meeting of the Encyclopaedia’s board of editors in middle of 1990. It was announced that the Encyclopaedia will be published in 30 volumes in Arabic and will cover all the legacy of human thinking in all fields of knowledge. During the meeting, Dr. Ali Fakhru was elected as the CEO of the Encyclopaedia and Dr. Souad was elected as the vice CEO.
* Supporting the Jordanian and Palestinian Centres and Associations:
Dr. Souad Al-Sabah provided support for many centres and associations including:
- Arab Female University Students Club, Jordan
- Founding member of Philadelphia Private University, Amman
- Establishing a permanent premises for the Arab Thought Forum, Amman
- International relief Agency’s child club, Jordan
- Family Welfare Society, Palestine
- Centre on Hebrew Studies, University of Yarmouk
'''3.3 Supporting the Arts'''
Dr. Souad grew up in a family which adored all kinds of literature and art and she began to draw from a very early age. This appreciation for art remained with her and is ever present in her publications which contain paintings by her or other artists. Out of this love for art and in order to encourage artists and creatives, she has supported several art prizes:
* Since 1989, Dr. Al-Sabah made special prizes for the Palestinian children in the fields of arts, songs and short stories.
* She awarded prizes for the young people in the fields of (arts, poetry and short stories) and for the best three studies on the culture of the Palestinian people, their struggle and future.
* She specified prizes for the Palestinian institutions working in the occupied lands in the fields of scientific, intellectual and artistic creativity in support for the Palestinian struggle and for the preservation of the Arab Palestinian identity in memorial for Intifada (Palestinian uprising). These prizes were awarded in 1989 Cairo Book Fair in January 1990.
* Prizes were offered to creative writers from among graduates of the American University of Beirut.
* A Theatre Award, in conjunction with the City Theatre, Beirut.
* In collaboration with the Kuwait Arts Association, she launched the Souad Al-Sabah Creativity Award for the GCC countries. The prize-awarding ceremony is held every two years starting from 2008.
* Another prize was then created (also in association with the Kuwait Arts Association) for Gulf Creative Children. The first session was held in 2013.
* The Souad Al-Sabah Biennale for Arab Artists was launched in 2017.
'''3.4 Supporting Children'''
Dr. Souad is a firm advocate of the rights of children and seeks to encourage their artistic and creative talents. She has supported relevant institutions and contributed towards serving Arab children in the following ways:
- Provided support for many symposiums and conferences on children and published many articles in defense of children’s rights which discuss their upbringing and education.
- Participated in the founding meeting of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, which was held in Amman, Kingdom of Jordan, in April 1987 with the participation of two hundred Arab dignitaries, including Queen Noor Al Hussein, Ms. Sarah Sadiq al-Mahdi, and Field Marshal ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Siwar al-Dahab, and Sheikh Isa bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, and Arab thinker Zaki Naguib Mahmoud and Mr. Abdullatif al-Hamad. Dr. Souad was chosen as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Council.
- Supports the monthly child book project in the Kuwaiti Society for the advancement of Arab Children.
- Out of her belief in encouraging children to express their talents, she created an annual art prize for the Creative Gulf Child, under the supervision of the Kuwait Arts Association. The first session was held in April 2013.
- In 2017 she launched the annual “Buds of Arabic Poetry Festival” to instill a love and appreciation of the Arabic language amongst the youth.
'''4. Human Rights and Advocacy'''
- Dr. Al-Sabah has been fighting for the freedom and rights of people all over the world.
- She supported the vulnerable and oppressed people. This is evident in her poetry and prose. Moreover, promoting freedom of woman is a theme that runs through her poetry, articles and lectures.
- She exerted all possible efforts for supporting women in general and Muslim women in particular and defended their rights and principle issues.
- For decades, she has been daringly fighting to ensure that Kuwaiti woman be granted their political rights and her efforts were fruitful.
- Awarded the membership card no. 1 by the Arab Organization for Human Rights for her firm support for the rights of the Arab people and in appreciation for her role in the establishment of the Organization and hard work with it for more than twenty years.
- As an expert in the field, she participated in the committees on human rights in the Kuwaiti National Assembly and, in addition, she supported many seminars and conference aiming at promoting human rights.
- In 1995, she was chosen by the UN Secretary General as a representative of the UN at the “World Conference on Women” Beijing, China. She was one of five ladies, including the first ladies of the USA, France and Nigeria and the prime minister of Iceland, who were chosen as honorary guests at the conference.
- She has published three books on human rights. In addition, she participated in publishing books by other writers promoting freedom, democracy and human rights.
'''4.1 National Role'''
- As an expert in economics, she plays an active role in the development of her homeland, Kuwait. Her book “''Planning and Development in the Kuwaiti Economy and the Role of Women''” (London) is considered a reference for researchers interested in Kuwait, in particular, and in the Gulf region as a whole.
- She has expressed her love to her homeland, Kuwait, in action and through her poetry and prose.
- She played a great role in the struggle against colonization of Kuwait and toward the liberation of her homeland. Then, she continued her efforts at the cultural, humanistic and development levels for restoring the glory of Kuwait.
- She participated in the establishment and development of many educational institutions, conferences and cultural prizes within her country.
- Dr. Al-Sabah is considered one of the main figures of the Arab contemporary literature. In fact, her literary works are real reflections of the Kuwaiti environment and culture.
'''''The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait:'''''
- During the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, Dr. Souad worked tirelessly day and night with fellow exiled Kuwaitis to do their part to liberate their country through protests; creating awareness about the invasion; supporting Kuwaitis abroad and helping those still resisting and fighting the occupation within Kuwait.
- With this aim in mind, the Kuwaiti High Committee was created in London, headed by Sheikh Khalid Ahmed Al-Sabah and with Dr. Souad as its Deputy.
- It rapidly organized itself into different sub-committees to handle media, accommodation, social care as well as forming a research centre.
- It was under the umbrella of the KHC that several highly-effective media initiatives were launched, such as the “Free Kuwait” campaign.
- Several of Dr. Souad’s articles and poems were published in the foreign press expressing her outrage and calls for liberation.
- Furthermore, she contributed financially and morally towards the publication of a newspaper expressing the voices of Kuwaitis everywhere, after being approached by the Minister of Information with idea to cooperate in such a project.
- It was important to ensure that media broadcasting of the Kuwaiti plight was not forgotten and as such, she personally financed a one hour daily radio called “The Voice of Kuwait”.
- Additionally, a daily Kuwaiti TV show called “Good Morning My Country” was broadcast from Dammam, Saudi Arabia (which still continues to be broadcast from Kuwait to this day); as well as daily TV report summarizing what had been written about Kuwait in the press.
- Dr. Souad was able to utilize her literary clout and connections to reach out to fellow Arab cultural figures to encourage them to support and raise awareness about the Kuwaiti issue (such as Naguib Mahfouz, Dr. Yousef Idris, Mustafa Amin, Dr. Fouad Zakariya, Dr. Saad-ildeen Ibrahim, Dr. Ali-ildeen Hilal and so on).
- She was also able to use her respected ties with civil society groups and NGOs to highlight and discuss the importance of the Kuwaiti cause (such as the Arab Lawyers Association, Amnesty International, the Arab Organization for Human Rights, the Arab Workers Association, the International Labour Organization, the Arab-American Association etc).
- Dr. Souad regularly kept in contact with international human rights organizations and groups, such as those in Geneva and participated in the ILO’s conference in Prague wherein she presented a paper on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
- She personally participated and helped organize the countless marches and political discussions in London, such as those in Hyde Park.
- She was invited to discuss the Kuwaiti issue in Washington one month after the invasion, by invitation of the Kuwait Students Union.
- In October 1990, she traveled to Cairo to organize and participate in several poetry recitals with fellow Egyptian poets to raise awareness about the fight for Kuwait’s freedom.
- It was in Cairo where she published her first poetry collection about the invasion entitled “Urgent Telegrams to My Homeland” and her first book about the Kuwait cause, “Could You Allow Me to Love My Homeland?”; as well as releasing a cassette tape of her patriotic and resistance poetry.
- In December 1990, she was invited to an international poetry conference in Cairo and later to recite her poetry in Syria under the auspices of the Kuwait Media Centre.
'''4.2 Regional Role'''
- She wrote poems at times of major Arab incidents such as the Palestinian incidents, war of attrition, invasion of Kuwait, etc.
- She allocated the revenues of all editions of her first poetry collection entitled “Min Omry” (1974) to support Palestinians and their plight of return.
- Had a great role in materially and morally supporting the Arab Army during the 1967 and 1973 wars. She also helped the injured as she had a distinguished role in the activities of the Egyptian Red Crescent.
- She was amongst the first to donate to the first Palestinian uprising of 1987 - “Children of Stone Uprising”.
- Defended Arab issues in many international cultural conferences and supported Arab woman issues.
- In cooperation with Cambridge University, she organized an award for the best published books about the Arab and Islamic Worlds.
- Founding member and a member of the board of trustees of the Arab Organization for Human Rights.
- A member of the Organization of Muslim Women in South East Asia.
- During her time living in Beirut, she made many contributions towards supporting social care projects and charities.
- The chairperson of the British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society.
- Offers annual financial support for Cairo University to encourage graduate studies.
- She covered the expenses of the Arab delegation to a women’s conference held in Nairobi in 1985. In addition she covered the translation costs into Arabic for the conference. She adopted a project to collect original manuscripts from all over the world, copy it to a microfilm and make it available for the researchers of the Kuwaiti Center on Manuscripts and Documents, where thousands of documents are copied.
- Helped finance the creation of a twelve feet high, stainless steel statue entitled “Sisterhood Solidarity” (by artist Silvio Russo) which was offered as symbolic gift from Arab women to the United Nations and the world’s women. It was presented in New York to the Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali in the UN’s North Garden in 1996. This initiative was spearheaded by the Institute of Arab-American Women and it was the first gift from women of any country or region to the United Nations
'''5. Honours Bestowed to Dr. Souad Al-Sabah'''
* The Tunisian Order of Cultural Distinction , 1990
* The Kuwait Award of Merit in Literature and Arts, 2002
* The Shield of Honor by the Arab World Institute (L’Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris)
* The President of Lebanon has awarded her the Lebanese Golden Medal of Honour She was invited by the Secretary General of the United Nations to attend the World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, as a guest of honor in 1995 (in addition to the first ladies of the United States, France, Brazil and Nigeria and the Prime Minister of Iceland.
* Presented with a CBE in 2007 from H.R.M. Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of her efforts to strengthen UK-Kuwaiti relations.
* The University of Aden awarded her with its silver medal in recognition of her scientific and cultural support of the university in 2011
* Was awarded South Korea’s prestigious Manhae Prize in 2012
* The President of Tunisia, Dr. Moncef Marzouki, awarded her the country’s highest honor, the Tunisian Republic Medal, in April 2012.
* Cairo University presented her their Award of Gratitude in appreciation of her efforts to support knowledge and academics, as well her social contributions for more than a quarter of a century in December 2012
* The Woman Creativity Shield by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture at the Arab Creative Women Forum in Sousse
* The Shield of Honor by the Palestinian Cooperation Foundation
* The Kuwait Economic Society’s Shield in appreciation of her role in supporting a wide range of projects in Kuwaiti society
* Awarded the Al-Babtain Prize for Poetic Creativity in a ceremony held at the UNESCO headquarters in France in 2006 under the patronage of the French President.
* Honored by the Egyptian Cultural Forum (which published two volumes containing dozens of studies and statements about her poetry and her work serving culture and human rights)
* The Shield of Excellence by the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
* She is the first Arab, non-Egyptian woman to receive the Education Day Shield by Cairo University
* Kuwait University has honored her on the occasion of “Kuwait Literature Day”.
* The Arab League, Cairo, has honored her by selecting her as the “Distinguished Arab Woman in Culture and Arts”
* The Arab Organization for Human Rights, Cairo, granted her membership card no. (1) in appreciation for her great role in the establishment and development of the organization
* The Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, recognized her as one of its most exceptional graduates from the Arab world in its golden jubilee ceremony in 2010
* The International Organization on Human Rights’ file included a booklet about her biography.
* The Kuwaiti al-Diera magazine chose her as the “Personality of the Year” in 1993
* Through “Annahar” Newspaper (Kuwait), the BuKhamseen Holding Group honoured her, among some Kuwaiti figures, in appreciation of her efforts as one of the pioneers of Kuwait in February 2013
* Her poem “''Anta Adra”'' or “You know best” won the first prize for the best sung poem in the 3<sup>rd</sup> Arab Song Festival, Cairo, in 2001. Moreover, Artist Rajaa Bilmaleeh won the best performance prize for singing the same poem.
* Her poem “''Khudhnī ilā ḥuḍūd al-Shams”'' or “Take Me to the Boundaries of the Sun” won the best sung poem prize in the Radio and Television Festival, Cairo, in 2005.
* In 1986 Dr. Souad was included in the Olave-Baden Powell Society’s annual honour list and was received by H.R.M. Queen Beatrix of Denmark
* In appreciation for her efforts and achievements, the Ministry of Education named a school in the region of al-Mansūriya after her in 2013.
* She was chosen among the best 50 Arab distinguished women of 2014 by Sayidaty magazine. The board of arbitration was composed of 34 members. The announcement stated that the list was made to introduce the roles played by some women in developing their communities. The list included the most prominent Arab women who had distinguished roles in all scientific, artistic, sport, political and cultural fields.
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'''6. Awards Granted by Dr. Souad Al-Sabah'''
* Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Prize for Scientific Innovation, since 1988.
* Dr. Souad Al-Sabah Award for Intellectual and Literary Distinction, since 1988.
* Since 1989, Dr. Al-Sabah made special prizes for the Palestinian children in the fields of arts, songs and short stories. She awarded prizes for the young people in the fields of (arts, poetry and short stories) and for the best three studies on the culture of the Palestinian people, their struggle and future.
* Honouring a great number of Arab creative pioneers in a regular ceremony entitled “Youm al-Wafaa” or “Day of Gratitude”, since 1995.
* Prizes offered to creative writers from among graduates of the American University of Beirut.
* A Theatre Award, in conjunction with the City Theatre, Beirut.
* The annual British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society book prize for Middle-Eastern Studies, since 1998.
* The Souad Al-Sabah Creativity Award for Gulf art, since 2008
* The Souad Al-Sabah prize for Gulf Creative Children, since 2013.
* The Souad Al-Sabah Biennale for Arab Artists, since 2017.
* The Souad Al-Sabah prize for Young Scientists in association with the Arab Media Forum, 2017.
'''7. Memberships'''
* Founding member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, and member of the Executive Committee from 1983 to 2000
* Founding member of the Kuwait Human Rights Society
* Member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of the Arab Thought Forum, Amman, Jordan
* Associate member of the Arab Studies Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
* Founding member of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, Cairo, Egypt and former member of the Board of Trustees.
* The Olave Baden-Powell Society for Girl Guides chose her as a member of its Executive Committee in 1986 as the first representative of the society in the Middle East in recognition of her humanitarian efforts
* Member of the Arab Economic Society, Egypt
* Member of the Kuwait Journalists’ Society
* Member of the Kuwait Graduates’ Society
* Member of the Kuwait Economics Society
* Honorary President of the Sea Sports Club, Kuwait
* Member of the Board of Governors of the Cooperation Foundation, Switzerland - Palestine
* Founding member of the Arab Cultural Foundation, London, U.K.
* Member of the Arab Society for Economic Research
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Kuwaiti U.S. Friendship Association, Kuwait
* Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, U.K.
* Member of the Board of Directors of the National Commission for the Support of Education, Kuwait
* Honorary President of the British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society, Kuwait
* Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Child Magazine, Kuwait
* Former member of the Energy Centre, University of Surrey, U.K.
* Former member of the Executive Committee of the World Organization of Muslim Women
* Former member of the World Federation of Energy Economics
* Former member of the Board of Directors of the Middle East Research and Information Project, Washington, U.S.A.
* Former member of the Arab Sociology Society, Tunisia
* Former member of the Board of Governors of the Centre for Arab Studies, University of Yarmouk, Jordan
* Former Deputy Head of the Board of Directors of the Arab Encyclopaedia , the Arab League
* Former member of the Consultative Council of the International Family Planning Association, London, U.K.
* Former board member of the International Council on Education for Teaching Purposes, U.S.A.
* Former member of the Supreme Committee on Education, Kuwait
* Former member of the Arab American Women Organization, U.S.A.
* Executive member of the International Organization of Muslim Women in South East Asia
* Honorary member of the Board of Governors of the Arab Cultural Centre, Lebanon
* Honorary member of the American University of Beirut Graduates’ Association
* Granted an honorary membership to the Emir Salman Centre in April 2012
* The Kuwaiti Society of Libraries and Information awarded her honorary membership for her contributions in the fields of culture, literature and Knowledge, February 2013.
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== 1. Personal Life ==
'''1.1 Early Life and Education'''
Souad Al-Sabah was born on the 22<sup>nd</sup> of May, 1942, into a traditional Kuwaiti environment to a knowledge-loving family. She is the great granddaughter of the sixth Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah. Her father had a profound influence on her and a greater part of her special interests have been inherited from him, most of all the love of reading, writing and poetry.
She attended Al-Khansaa School and Al-Mirqab Secondary School in Kuwait. Upon completing her secondary education, she joined the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, Egypt and graduated with a B.A. Honours Degree in Economics in 1973. Souad Al-Sabah enrolled at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London and later transferred to the University of Surrey (U.K.) where earned her Ph.D. in Economics in 1982.
'''1.2 Marriage and Family'''
Dr. Souad married Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, the Deputy Ruler of Kuwait and son of the 7<sup>th</sup> Emir of Kuwait (Mubarak Al-Sabah “Mubarak the Great”), in 1960. She has five children:
* Mubarak (1961 - 1973)
* Mohammed (1971)
* Omniya (1972)
* Mubarak (1976)
* Shayma (1980)
== 2. Areas of Work ==
'''2.1 Poetry and Writings'''
Dr. Souad started her career of research and writing in her area of academic specialisation, producing several publications related to the economics of the oil-producing countries. This includes fourteen books and several articles; most of which have been translated into other languages such as English, French, German and Chinese.
Her books “Development Planning in an Oil Economy and the Role of Woman: The Case of Kuwait” and “Anatomy of a Crisis Economy: The Case of Kuwait”, are regarded as standard references for those interested in research on Kuwait, or the Gulf region in general. Her published work on oil is highly regarded by oil economists and the oil industry. Her scholarly works are not confined to economics, but are certainly varied. She is a regular contributor to many newspapers world-wide.
Dr. Souad’s writings are not limited to social and economic issues; she is regarded as one of the most influential and highly-regarded poets in the Arab world and has been awarded several prestigious medals and prizes.
She has published fifteen collections of poetry and her poems appear in many international daily, weekly and monthly publications. Her poetry discusses romance and patriotism and revolve around the universal theme of freedom.
In addition to her published works, Dr. Souad’s recitals and poetry events attract large audiences as well as media coverage. Her poems have also become popularised as songs, performed by famous Arab singers.
Her poetry is included in school and university curricula in countries such as Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Morocco and Iraq. It has also been academically studied in M.A. and Ph.D. theses in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Bahrain, Iran, China and France.
'''2.1.1 Publications'''
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''Book'''
|'''Date of Publication'''
|'''Place of Publication'''
|'''Publisher'''
|-
|1
|Planning and Development in the Kuwaiti Economy and the Role of Women
|1983
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|2
|Spotlights on the Kuwaiti Economy
|1985
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|3
|Gulf Women and their Participation in Manpower
|1986
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|4
|OPEC : Past Experience and Future Prospects
|1986
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|5
|The New Oil Market : Saudi Arabia Regains the Initiative
|1986
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|6
|The Crisis of Resources in the Arab World
|1989
|London
|East Loaders Publisher
|-
|7
|Could You Allow Me to Love My Homeland?
|1990
|Cairo
|Egyptian General Book Authority
|-
|8
|Falcon of the Gulf : Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah
|1995
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|9
|Human Rights in Today’s World
|1995
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|10
|Human Rights : Theory and Practice
|1997
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|11
|What Do You Know About Human Rights?
|1997
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|12
|Papers on Kuwaiti Issues (1)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|13
|Papers on Kuwaiti Issues (2)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|14
|Papers on the Economies of the Gulf
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|15
|Papers on International Politics
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|16
|Papers on International Political Economy (1)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|17
|Papers on International Political Economy (2)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|18
|Papers on the Politics of Oil (1)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|19
|Papers on the Politics of Oil (2)
|2006
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|20
|Mubarak Al-Sabah: Founder of the Modern State of Kuwait
|2007
|Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|-
|21
22
23
24
|Words outside the limits of time
Mubarak Al-Sabah: The Foundation of Kuwait
Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah: The Transformation of Kuwait
The History of Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah in Pictures
|2008
2014
2015
2015
|Kuwait
U.K.
U.K.
Kuwait
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
I.B. Tauris
I.B. Tauris
Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House
|}
'''b. ''Poems'''''
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''Collection'''
|'''Publisher'''
|'''Year'''
|-
|1
|From my life
|Dar al-Youm, Beirut
|1964
|-
|2
|A wish
|''Dar al''-''Ma'arif'', Cairo
|1971
|-
|3
|To You, My Son
|''Dar al''-''Ma'arif'', Cairo
|1982
|-
|4
|Fragments of a Woman
|Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo
|1985
|-
|5
|''In the Beginning was Woman''
|Riad El Rayes Publishers, London
|1988
|-
|6
|''Dialogue of Roses and Guns''
|Riad El Rayes Publishers, London
|1989
|-
|7
|''Urgent Telegrams to My Homeland''
|Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo
|1990
|-
|8
|''Last of the Swords''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1992
|-
|9
|''Love Poems''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1992
|-
|10
|''A Woman Without Shores''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1994
|-
|11
|''Take Me to the Boundaries of the Sun''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1997
|-
|12
|''A Poem is a Female, the Female a Poem''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|1999
|-
|13
|''Flowers Know Anger''
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|2005
|-
|14
15
|''Letters from the Beautiful Era''
Poetry and Dispersion…For You Alone
|Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House, Kuwait
|2006
2016
|}
'''''c. Books Authored, Co-authored or Introduced by Dr. Souad'''''
# Abdul-Aziz Hussein, The Arab Dream of Enlightenment, 1995.
# Ibrahim Al-Areed, The Cultural radiation of Bahrain, 1996.
# Nizar Qabbani, A Poet For All Generations, 1998.
# Dr. Tharwat Ukashah, The Gun and the Feather, 2000.
# HRH Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal, Between the feelings of deprivation and the loneliness of soul, 2001.
# Abdul-karim Gallab, A Light Rises from Morocco, 2003.
# Ghassan Tuwainy, 2007
# Dr. Saleh al-Ujairi, The Pioneer of Astronomy, 2013.
# Dr. Alhabib Al-Janahi, 2016
# HRH Prince AlHassan Bin Talal, 2017
* The books which won first prize in the “Abdullah Al-Mubarak and Souad Al-Sabah” competitions from 1988 – 2014.
* Printing the volumes of the Egyptian Al-Risalah magazine from 1933-1953, 1985.
* Culture in Kuwait (A comprehensive academic survey, 3 volumes), 1997.
'''''Articles and Research:'''''
# “Working Women in the Gulf”, ''The Arab Gulf Journal'', Vol. 5, No. 1, April 1985
# “Economic Development in the Oil Producing Countries and Recent Economic Change”. Paper presented to a conference in Cairo, February 1985
# “Oil Policies Within the Framework of the Gulf Co-operation Council”. A Lecture delivered at the Diplomatic Club, Abu Dhabi, April 1985
# “Kuwaiti Female Participation in the Labor Force - An Empirical Field Work Approach”. Second Energy Conference - OAPEC, Doha, March 1982
# “The Role of the Muslim Woman in Economic Development in the Arab States of the Gulf”. Conference on Muslim Women and Development, Kuala Lumpur, October, 1982
# “Economics and Politics in Today’s World”. Five articles published in Kuwaiti newspapers in 1984
# “New Strategy for the World Political System, 1990
'''2.1.2 Songs'''
<br />
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Song Name'''
|'''Composer'''
|'''Singer'''
|-
|'''Collection: Emirates Arts Carnival'''
|
|
|-
|1.Min Youm ma Iriftak
|Mohamed al Baloushy
|Leila Ghufran
|-
|2. Ahmlni al Jinahak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Samira Saeed
|-
|2. la ma ashofak
|Rashid Greens
|Fatima
|-
|3. min Zulmak Bakeet
|Anwar Abdullah
|Rabab
|-
|4. Sineen wa Ayyaam
|Sulaiman Mulla
|Nawal
|-
|'''Collection: Hor wa bidoun Quyoud'''
|
|
|-
|1. Anta al-hanaan
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abadi Al Joher
|-
|2. Haspetk li
|Abadi Al Joher
|Abadi Al Joher
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|3. Hor wa bidoun Quyoud
|Abadi Al Joher
|Abadi Al Joher
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|4. Hobak mada
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abadi Al Joher
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|'''Collection: Carnaval al-nazaa’ir'''
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|1. Khudni bi Hudn Qalbak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Mohammed Baloch
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|2. Ya Sada Suty
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdullah Rowaished
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|3. Wa’Adtini
|Anwar Abdullah
|Mona Abdul Ghani
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|4. Droopy malat al-Ahaat
|Anwar Abdullah
|Nawal
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|5. Ya Bo Mubarak
| rowspan="3" |Anwar Abdullah
Anwar Abdullah
|Tarek Soliman
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|Collection: Nuqoush ala Aba’at al-Kuwait
| rowspan="2" |Majida Al Roumi
Abdullah Rowaished
Samira Saeed
Mohammed Baloch
Susan Attia
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|Nuqoush ala Aba’at al-Kuwait
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|Iʿtizar
|Mohammed al-Mogy
|Angham
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|Kon Sadiqi
|Hafez Munzer
|Majida Al Roumi
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|La Tantaqid Khajali
|Kamal al-Taweel
|Najat Al-Saghira
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|Qul Li Hal Ahbabata Imra’atan Qably
Khudni Ila Hudud al-Shams
|Helmi Bakr
|Ghada Ragab
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|Anta Adra
|Jamal Salama
|Rajae Belmlih
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|Wardat Al-Bahr
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdullah Rowaished/ Abdul Majeed Abdullah
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|Khalid Sheikh / Ahmed Harbi
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|Ghira
|Mohammed al-Mogy
|Hani Shaker
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|Innani Bint al-Kuwait
|Dr. Sulaiman Al Deccan
|Sana Kharraz
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|Fi Al-Ghurba
|Jassim Al-Ghareeb
|Faraj Ghanem
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|Zikrayaat
|Mohammed al-Mogy
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|Am Saeed
|Jamal Salama
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|Lil Kuwait Qasaa’id Hob
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|Mohammed Baloch
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|Nahnu Baqun Huna
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|Abdullah Rowaished
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|Bataqa min Habibati Al-Kuwait
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|Mohammed Baloch
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|Nawal
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|Sawfa Nabqa Ghadibin
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|Saleh Al Harbi
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|Lan Tantahi Al-Muqawama
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|The Group
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|Nahnu Al-Kuwaitiyyun
|Ahmed Baqer
|Mohammed al-Misbah
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|Simfoniyya Al-Ard
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|Abeer filming
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|Wafaa
|Anwar Abdullah
|Susan Attia
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|Bishoftak al-Zeen
|Anwar Abdullah
|Halla Hadi
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|Kulluna Nuhibu al-Kuwait
|Anwar Abdullah
|Nabil Shouail
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|Habs Habiby
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader
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|Idy bi Idak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader
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|Akhir al-Suyoof
|Rashid Greens
|Nawal
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|Aʿrifu Rajulan
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|Nawal
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|Ya Darna
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|Ali Abdul Sattar
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|Hawilt Ahb Ghirak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Mohammed Baloch
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|Widdy Ansa Garhy minnak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Faisal al-Saʿd
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|Ma Aqdar Ala Buʿdak
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdul Kareem Abdul Qader
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|Safr Habiby
|Anwar Abdullah
|Abdullah Rowaished
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|Ana Waddy
|Rashed Al-Kudr
|Nawal
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'''2.1.3 Studies on Dr. Souad Al-Sabah'''
Critics and academics have shown interest in Dr. Al-Sabah’s “poetic experiment” in the following books:
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|'''Title'''
|'''Author'''
|'''Place and date of Publication'''
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|1
|Souad Al-Sabah : the Poetry and the Poet
|Fadil Khalaf
|Beirut, 1992
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|2
|Souad Al-Sabah in Fragments of a Woman : Emotional Duality and Multidimensionalism, (in French)
|Dr. Azzah Khalaf
|Paris, 1992
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|3
|In the Beginning was Woman : the Survival Instinct and the Experience of Communication of Souad Al-Sabah, (in French)
|Dr. Asmahan Bedir Al-Saydawi
|Paris, 1992
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|4
|A Traveller’s Reading of Souad Al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Dr. Mohammed Al-Tonji
|Kuwait, 1993
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|5
|The Poetic Experiment of Souad Al-Sabah, (in French)
|Pierre Richa
|Paris, 1993
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|6
|Souad Al-Sabah : The Poet of Pain, (in French)
|Dr. Azzah Malak
|Paris, 1993
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|7
|Playing on Tight Strings
|Dr. Nabil Raghib
|Cairo, 1993
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|8
|Critical Readings in the Poetry of Souad Al-Sabah
|Said Farahat and Bilal Khayrbek
|Kuwait, 1994
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|9
|Souad Al-Sabah, the Poet of Intimate Belonging
|Fadl Al-Amine
|Beirut, 1994
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|10
|The Language of Touch
|Mahmoud Haydar
|Beirut, 1994
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|11
|Souad Al-Sabah : A Journey in Her Yet Incomplete Works
|Abdullatif Al-Arnaout
|Beirut, 1995
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|12
|Souad Al-Sabah : A New Study
|Borhan Bukhari
|Beirut, 1999
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|13
|In the Shade of a Creative Muse
|Nagwa Hassan
|Damascus, 1999
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|14
|Lighthouse of the Gulf/ Honorary Book by The Egyptian Cultural forum
|A group of researchers
|Cairo, 2000
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|15
|Text and Absent Text
|Dr. Abdul-Malik Murtad
|Algiers, 2000
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|16
|Souad Al-Sabah : A Winter Poet of Love and Anger
|Ismail Ismail Marwah
|Beirut, 2000
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|17
|Pigeon of Peace
|Ali Al-Mas’udi
|الكويت 2000
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|18
|Selections of Souad Al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Dr. Mohamed Anani
|القاهرة 2001
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|19
|Linguistic and Technical Structure in the Poetry of Souad Al-Sabah
|Tayseer Rajab Nasoor
|Beirut, 2002
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|20
|Destruction and Construction
|Dr. Maha Khayrbek
|Beirut, 2002
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|21
|A Poem is a Female, the Female a Poem, Dr. Fawzi Issa, Cairo, 2003
|Dr.Fawzi Isa
|Cairo, 2003
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|22
|Issues and Tools : A Study in the Poetry of Souad Al-Sabah, Dr. Mukhtar Abu Ghali, Cairo, 2003
|Dr. Mukhtar Abu Ghazi
|Cairo, 2003
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|23
|The Rose of the Sea and the Freedom of Female Imagination, Dr. Salah Fadl, Cairo, 2003
|Dr. Salah Fadl
|Cairo, 2003
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|24
|Studies in Love Poems, (in English)
|Dr. Nazeer Al-Azma & et al
|Beirut, 2004
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|25
|A Woman of the Beautiful Bygone Days
|Ali Al-Massoudi
|Kuwait 2004
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|26
|Creativity in the experiment of Souad al-Sabah
|Fadel Khalaf, Dr. Fawzi Isa and taysir al-nasour
|Cairo, 2004
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|27
|The image of the Arab Reality as reflected in Souad al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Ismail Ismail Marwa and Dr. Maha Khir Bey
|Cairo, 2004
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|28
|Beauty in Souad al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Ismail Ismail Marwa and Dr. Tharwat Ukasha
|Cairo, 2004
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|29
|The Woman In Between the Spaces of the Words
|Fatema Al-Hababi Al-Jamaei
|Beirut 2005
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|30
|The vision of in Souad al-Sabah on Love, comparative study in the poetry of passion, Arabic/Kazakh
|Ismail Ismail Marwa
|2009
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|31
|Romance and Singing
|Dr. Mohey al-Din Sobhy, Dr. Goerge Tarrad and Mohamed Rajab al-Najjar
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|32
|The Rose of the Sea in the Eyes of Poets
|Farida Al-Taweel
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|33
|Day of Kuwaiti Writer –Honoring Ceremony by the Faculty of Arts, University of Kuwait
|A group of Professors of Arabic
|Kuwait 2005
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|34
|Critical Study (French)
|Ismail Marwa, Dr. Salah Fadl and Dr. Mukhtar Abu Ghaly
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|35
|Keys of A poet’s Heart
|Mufid Fawzi
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|36
|Intersection and Parallelism in Souad Al-Sabah’s Poetry
|Dr. Nouriyya al-Roumi
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|37
|Fragments of A Woman, Duality of Passion (Arabic)
|Azza Malak and Asmahan Bedir
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|38
|The Nature of Feminism According to Souad Al-Sabah
|Dr. Salah Fadl
|Dar al-Hamra, Beirut
|}
'''2.2 Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House'''
The Souad Al-Sabah Publishing House is one of the leading publishing houses in the Arab world, with activities and interests that go beyond the Middle East. It started its activities in Cairo in 1988 and then moved its headquarters to Kuwait. It aims to cover heritage, on one hand, where reprinting of historical scholarly works ensures wider knowledge amongst new generations. On the other hand, the House prides itself on publishing exclusive works on literature, history and societal issues.
Translation is also an area of interest and expertise. The House translates distinguished works in many languages into Arabic. The purpose is to provide an intellectual bridge between many cultures, races and nationalities. It also participates in book fairs across the Arab world.
Beyond publishing, the House serves a cultural purpose by offering significant prizes for the young - eight of which are run annually in literature and science. The care for youth extends to publishing their works, which is normally the major obstacle in the formative years of their career. Moreover, the House has been publishing, republishing and translating hundreds of books by the renowned men of letters all over the world and the creative youth in all fields of knowledge.
Examples of some of the House’s contributions are as follows:
· Since 1988, Dr. Al-Sabah has offered eight literary prizes annually, designed to encourage the work of young men and women around the Arab world, and the winning contributions are published by the House. Four of these are the Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Prize for Scientific Innovation and the remaining four are Souad Al-Sabah Awards for Intellectual and Literary Distinction.
· Organizing, sponsoring and financing forums and cultural conferences.
· Sponsoring the first prizes and competitions in the memory of the martyrs of Kuwait and in support of the Kuwaiti POWs in Iraqi prisons, jointly with the Kuwait Journalists’ Society.
· Republished all the issues of Al-Risalah (The Message) magazine from 1933-1953 in 40 volumes.
· Providing, free of charge, all governmental and private hospitals with complete sets of its publications for use by the patients.
· Supporting the “aljahathiya” cultural organisation in Algeria.
· Four prizes are offered to the creative writers from among graduates the American University of Beirut, in addition to a theatre award, in conjunction with the City Theatre, Beirut.
· The House offered Souad Al-Sabah course on poems in Fez, Morocco.
· It has also published many studies and books on the history of Kuwait as well as research on the history of Kuwaiti literature since its establishment till the end of the twentieth century.
· In collaboration with the National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature, the House organized the seminars of the 3<sup>rd</sup> Arabic Book Exhibition in Kuwait.
· Highly publicized events are organized to accredit selected leading and eminent writers, authors and contributors to culture in general in the Arab world. In the same vein, in 1995, Dr. Souad launched an initiative called “Youm al-Wafaa” (Day of Gratitude) for honouring the living pioneers of the Arab culture. Some eminent recipients have been:
- Mr. Abdulaziz Hussein, Kuwait, 1995
- Mr. Ibrahim Al-Areed, Bahrain, 1996
- Mr. Nizar Qabbani, Syria, 1998
- Dr. Tharwat Ukashah, Egypt, 2000
- H.R.H. Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal, KSA, 2001
- Dr. Abdul-Karim Ghallab, Morocco, 2003
- Mr. Ghassan Tuwainy, Lebanon, 2007
- Dr. Saleh Al-Ugairy, Kuwait, 2013
- Dr. Alhabib Aljanahi, Tunisia, 2017
- H.R.H. Prince AlHassan Bin Talal, 2018
'''2.3 Action Group Holdings Company (K.S.C.C.)'''
Dr. Al-Sabah is the founder and Chairperson of “Action Group Holdings Company, Kuwait and is a member (executive, honorary or trustee) of some thirty regional and international organisations.
'''3. Charitable and Cultural Contributions'''
3.1 Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Charitable Trust
Dr. Al-Sabah chairs the Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Charitable Trust which was established in 1992. The Trust has been serving many causes from education and health to social and personal needs. Since its establishment, the Trust has sponsored over one hundred social, medical and religious centres. Its services are not confined to a specific geographical location, race, creed or religion.
Education is at the core of many of the Trust’s programmes and in addition to scholarships, the Foundation has funded University fellowships, professional chairs and research programmes. For instance, generous scholarships are offered to junior members of staff at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, towards obtaining their Ph.Ds. As a result of the Foundation’s work, hundreds of students have been given the opportunity to continue their education at various levels, especially in higher education. Students sponsored by the Charity are to be found in 15 U.S. universities, 5 U.K. universities, 5 Gulf universities, 5 Egyptian universities and 2 other European universities.
Moreover, charitable medical programmes are pursued in many corners of the globe. The Foundation has helped patients to obtain treatments that otherwise would have been unavailable to them, including surgeries and transplants.
'''3.1.1 Associations with Universities and Research Centres'''
Association with distinguished scholarly centres in the West have ensured links with centres of excellence. Fellowships, chairs, scholarships, as well as research programmes have been financially supported and encouraged. Examples of these are as follows:
* Establishment of a dedicated fund at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, for the enhancement of Political Studies. This includes, but is not limited to, financing the Wilfred Knapp Fellowship.
* Establishment of the Abdullah Al-Mubarak Research Fellowship at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
* Establishment of the Abdullah Al-Mubarak Research Fellowship in Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
* Establishment of a Fellowship at the University of Surrey in Energy Economics.
* Contribution to the establishment of the Surrey Energy Centre and sponsorship of fellowships, scholarships, conferences and forums on energy studies.
* Contribution to research, fellowships and scholarships at the University of Durham in support of studies on the Middle East.
'''3.1.2 Scientific Prizes'''
Out of Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah’s and Dr. Souad Al-Sabah’s belief in encouraging the Arab youth in order to foster their sense of belonging to their glorious history and for discovering the talented among them in the fields of sciences, fine arts, social sciences and introducing them to the public by publishing their works, prizes of monetary values were announced in 1988. The Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Prizes for Scientific Innovation were awarded across many fields, including: physics, chemistry, biology, environmental studies and water and desertification studies.
In 2017, Dr. Souad launched the Young Scientists Prize in association with the Arab Media Forum.
3.1.3 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize
Since 1998, the Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Charitable Trust has funded the British-Kuwait Friendship Society’s Book Prize for Middle Eastern Studies. Prizes up to £10,000 are awarded annually in London to the best works published on the Middle East, in collaboration with Cambridge University and the Embassy of the State of Kuwait. The HRH the Prince of Wales and Dr. Souad Al-Sabah are the co-patrons of the British-Kuwait Friendship Society.
3.2 Supporting and Financing Centres, Institutions and Programmes
In keeping with her aim to promote dialogue and an exchange of views on contemporary issues and events, Dr. Souad has sponsored a number of forums, bringing people of all cultures together to hear leaders in their fields give their analyses of current developments in a constructive and intellectual environment. Support of universities, educational establishments, cultural centres and forums has also been provided, such as:
* Financing the establishment of a library at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
* Financing Abdullah Al-Mubarak library in Al- Farwaniya, Kuwait.
* Supporting the Forum for Arab Thought in Amman, Jordan, including financing the establishment of its headquarters.
* Financially supporting and establishing a headquarters for the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Cairo, Egypt.
* Supporting the Arab Cultural Forum in Beirut, Lebanon.
* Cooperating with the Egyptian Public Authority for the Book in the publication of many books.
* Setting up libraries, computer centres, and cultural programs in many schools around the Arab world.
* Sponsoring post-doctoral research at many universities in the Arab world.
* Cooperating with other international charitable organizations in the publication of books and providing prizes.
* Cooperating with other social organizations dedicated to child welfare.
* Continuously providing prizes and holding competitions on the important social issues.
* Providing post-graduate scholarships for students at the Faculty of Economics and political Science, Cairo University.
'''Other examples include:'''
* The Arab Thought Forum’s Research Project and Arab Encyclopedia Project:
Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah and Dr. Souad Al-Sabah fully supported the research project carried out by the Arab Thought Forum on the future of education in the Arab World. This project was carried out during the period from 1987 to 1990. The findings of the research project were announced in a big ceremony held in May 1990 and attended by Dr. Souad along with a great number of the Forum’s members on the occasion of the Forum’s annual meeting. The research report, carried out throughout during about 3 years, was discussed in the meeting. The discussion included topics such as the world order and the experiments of education development, the current positions of education in the Arab World, the educational policies in the Arab World among others.
The project issued some publications which included studies made by Arab Professors specialized in education and education strategies.
Moreover, in 1990, financial support was provided for the publication of the first part of the Arab Encyclopedia issued by the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Sciences. The announcement of the issuance of the Encyclopaedia was made during the meeting of the Encyclopaedia’s board of editors in middle of 1990. It was announced that the Encyclopaedia will be published in 30 volumes in Arabic and will cover all the legacy of human thinking in all fields of knowledge. During the meeting, Dr. Ali Fakhru was elected as the CEO of the Encyclopaedia and Dr. Souad was elected as the vice CEO.
* Supporting the Jordanian and Palestinian Centres and Associations:
Dr. Souad Al-Sabah provided support for many centres and associations including:
- Arab Female University Students Club, Jordan
- Founding member of Philadelphia Private University, Amman
- Establishing a permanent premises for the Arab Thought Forum, Amman
- International relief Agency’s child club, Jordan
- Family Welfare Society, Palestine
- Centre on Hebrew Studies, University of Yarmouk
'''3.3 Supporting the Arts'''
Dr. Souad grew up in a family which adored all kinds of literature and art and she began to draw from a very early age. This appreciation for art remained with her and is ever present in her publications which contain paintings by her or other artists. Out of this love for art and in order to encourage artists and creatives, she has supported several art prizes:
* Since 1989, Dr. Al-Sabah made special prizes for the Palestinian children in the fields of arts, songs and short stories.
* She awarded prizes for the young people in the fields of (arts, poetry and short stories) and for the best three studies on the culture of the Palestinian people, their struggle and future.
* She specified prizes for the Palestinian institutions working in the occupied lands in the fields of scientific, intellectual and artistic creativity in support for the Palestinian struggle and for the preservation of the Arab Palestinian identity in memorial for Intifada (Palestinian uprising). These prizes were awarded in 1989 Cairo Book Fair in January 1990.
* Prizes were offered to creative writers from among graduates of the American University of Beirut.
* A Theatre Award, in conjunction with the City Theatre, Beirut.
* In collaboration with the Kuwait Arts Association, she launched the Souad Al-Sabah Creativity Award for the GCC countries. The prize-awarding ceremony is held every two years starting from 2008.
* Another prize was then created (also in association with the Kuwait Arts Association) for Gulf Creative Children. The first session was held in 2013.
* The Souad Al-Sabah Biennale for Arab Artists was launched in 2017.
'''3.4 Supporting Children'''
Dr. Souad is a firm advocate of the rights of children and seeks to encourage their artistic and creative talents. She has supported relevant institutions and contributed towards serving Arab children in the following ways:
- Provided support for many symposiums and conferences on children and published many articles in defense of children’s rights which discuss their upbringing and education.
- Participated in the founding meeting of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, which was held in Amman, Kingdom of Jordan, in April 1987 with the participation of two hundred Arab dignitaries, including Queen Noor Al Hussein, Ms. Sarah Sadiq al-Mahdi, and Field Marshal ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Siwar al-Dahab, and Sheikh Isa bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, and Arab thinker Zaki Naguib Mahmoud and Mr. Abdullatif al-Hamad. Dr. Souad was chosen as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Council.
- Supports the monthly child book project in the Kuwaiti Society for the advancement of Arab Children.
- Out of her belief in encouraging children to express their talents, she created an annual art prize for the Creative Gulf Child, under the supervision of the Kuwait Arts Association. The first session was held in April 2013.
- In 2017 she launched the annual “Buds of Arabic Poetry Festival” to instill a love and appreciation of the Arabic language amongst the youth.
'''4. Human Rights and Advocacy'''
- Dr. Al-Sabah has been fighting for the freedom and rights of people all over the world.
- She supported the vulnerable and oppressed people. This is evident in her poetry and prose. Moreover, promoting freedom of woman is a theme that runs through her poetry, articles and lectures.
- She exerted all possible efforts for supporting women in general and Muslim women in particular and defended their rights and principle issues.
- For decades, she has been daringly fighting to ensure that Kuwaiti woman be granted their political rights and her efforts were fruitful.
- Awarded the membership card no. 1 by the Arab Organization for Human Rights for her firm support for the rights of the Arab people and in appreciation for her role in the establishment of the Organization and hard work with it for more than twenty years.
- As an expert in the field, she participated in the committees on human rights in the Kuwaiti National Assembly and, in addition, she supported many seminars and conference aiming at promoting human rights.
- In 1995, she was chosen by the UN Secretary General as a representative of the UN at the “World Conference on Women” Beijing, China. She was one of five ladies, including the first ladies of the USA, France and Nigeria and the prime minister of Iceland, who were chosen as honorary guests at the conference.
- She has published three books on human rights. In addition, she participated in publishing books by other writers promoting freedom, democracy and human rights.
'''4.1 National Role'''
- As an expert in economics, she plays an active role in the development of her homeland, Kuwait. Her book “''Planning and Development in the Kuwaiti Economy and the Role of Women''” (London) is considered a reference for researchers interested in Kuwait, in particular, and in the Gulf region as a whole.
- She has expressed her love to her homeland, Kuwait, in action and through her poetry and prose.
- She played a great role in the struggle against colonization of Kuwait and toward the liberation of her homeland. Then, she continued her efforts at the cultural, humanistic and development levels for restoring the glory of Kuwait.
- She participated in the establishment and development of many educational institutions, conferences and cultural prizes within her country.
- Dr. Al-Sabah is considered one of the main figures of the Arab contemporary literature. In fact, her literary works are real reflections of the Kuwaiti environment and culture.
'''''The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait:'''''
- During the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, Dr. Souad worked tirelessly day and night with fellow exiled Kuwaitis to do their part to liberate their country through protests; creating awareness about the invasion; supporting Kuwaitis abroad and helping those still resisting and fighting the occupation within Kuwait.
- With this aim in mind, the Kuwaiti High Committee was created in London, headed by Sheikh Khalid Ahmed Al-Sabah and with Dr. Souad as its Deputy.
- It rapidly organized itself into different sub-committees to handle media, accommodation, social care as well as forming a research centre.
- It was under the umbrella of the KHC that several highly-effective media initiatives were launched, such as the “Free Kuwait” campaign.
- Several of Dr. Souad’s articles and poems were published in the foreign press expressing her outrage and calls for liberation.
- Furthermore, she contributed financially and morally towards the publication of a newspaper expressing the voices of Kuwaitis everywhere, after being approached by the Minister of Information with idea to cooperate in such a project.
- It was important to ensure that media broadcasting of the Kuwaiti plight was not forgotten and as such, she personally financed a one hour daily radio called “The Voice of Kuwait”.
- Additionally, a daily Kuwaiti TV show called “Good Morning My Country” was broadcast from Dammam, Saudi Arabia (which still continues to be broadcast from Kuwait to this day); as well as daily TV report summarizing what had been written about Kuwait in the press.
- Dr. Souad was able to utilize her literary clout and connections to reach out to fellow Arab cultural figures to encourage them to support and raise awareness about the Kuwaiti issue (such as Naguib Mahfouz, Dr. Yousef Idris, Mustafa Amin, Dr. Fouad Zakariya, Dr. Saad-ildeen Ibrahim, Dr. Ali-ildeen Hilal and so on).
- She was also able to use her respected ties with civil society groups and NGOs to highlight and discuss the importance of the Kuwaiti cause (such as the Arab Lawyers Association, Amnesty International, the Arab Organization for Human Rights, the Arab Workers Association, the International Labour Organization, the Arab-American Association etc).
- Dr. Souad regularly kept in contact with international human rights organizations and groups, such as those in Geneva and participated in the ILO’s conference in Prague wherein she presented a paper on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
- She personally participated and helped organize the countless marches and political discussions in London, such as those in Hyde Park.
- She was invited to discuss the Kuwaiti issue in Washington one month after the invasion, by invitation of the Kuwait Students Union.
- In October 1990, she traveled to Cairo to organize and participate in several poetry recitals with fellow Egyptian poets to raise awareness about the fight for Kuwait’s freedom.
- It was in Cairo where she published her first poetry collection about the invasion entitled “Urgent Telegrams to My Homeland” and her first book about the Kuwait cause, “Could You Allow Me to Love My Homeland?”; as well as releasing a cassette tape of her patriotic and resistance poetry.
- In December 1990, she was invited to an international poetry conference in Cairo and later to recite her poetry in Syria under the auspices of the Kuwait Media Centre.
'''4.2 Regional Role'''
- She wrote poems at times of major Arab incidents such as the Palestinian incidents, war of attrition, invasion of Kuwait, etc.
- She allocated the revenues of all editions of her first poetry collection entitled “Min Omry” (1974) to support Palestinians and their plight of return.
- Had a great role in materially and morally supporting the Arab Army during the 1967 and 1973 wars. She also helped the injured as she had a distinguished role in the activities of the Egyptian Red Crescent.
- She was amongst the first to donate to the first Palestinian uprising of 1987 - “Children of Stone Uprising”.
- Defended Arab issues in many international cultural conferences and supported Arab woman issues.
- In cooperation with Cambridge University, she organized an award for the best published books about the Arab and Islamic Worlds.
- Founding member and a member of the board of trustees of the Arab Organization for Human Rights.
- A member of the Organization of Muslim Women in South East Asia.
- During her time living in Beirut, she made many contributions towards supporting social care projects and charities.
- The chairperson of the British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society.
- Offers annual financial support for Cairo University to encourage graduate studies.
- She covered the expenses of the Arab delegation to a women’s conference held in Nairobi in 1985. In addition she covered the translation costs into Arabic for the conference. She adopted a project to collect original manuscripts from all over the world, copy it to a microfilm and make it available for the researchers of the Kuwaiti Center on Manuscripts and Documents, where thousands of documents are copied.
- Helped finance the creation of a twelve feet high, stainless steel statue entitled “Sisterhood Solidarity” (by artist Silvio Russo) which was offered as symbolic gift from Arab women to the United Nations and the world’s women. It was presented in New York to the Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali in the UN’s North Garden in 1996. This initiative was spearheaded by the Institute of Arab-American Women and it was the first gift from women of any country or region to the United Nations
'''5. Honours Bestowed to Dr. Souad Al-Sabah'''
* The Tunisian Order of Cultural Distinction , 1990
* The Kuwait Award of Merit in Literature and Arts, 2002
* The Shield of Honor by the Arab World Institute (L’Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris)
* The President of Lebanon has awarded her the Lebanese Golden Medal of Honour She was invited by the Secretary General of the United Nations to attend the World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, as a guest of honor in 1995 (in addition to the first ladies of the United States, France, Brazil and Nigeria and the Prime Minister of Iceland.
* Presented with a CBE in 2007 from H.R.M. Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of her efforts to strengthen UK-Kuwaiti relations.
* The University of Aden awarded her with its silver medal in recognition of her scientific and cultural support of the university in 2011
* Was awarded South Korea’s prestigious Manhae Prize in 2012
* The President of Tunisia, Dr. Moncef Marzouki, awarded her the country’s highest honor, the Tunisian Republic Medal, in April 2012.
* Cairo University presented her their Award of Gratitude in appreciation of her efforts to support knowledge and academics, as well her social contributions for more than a quarter of a century in December 2012
* The Woman Creativity Shield by the Tunisian Ministry of Culture at the Arab Creative Women Forum in Sousse
* The Shield of Honor by the Palestinian Cooperation Foundation
* The Kuwait Economic Society’s Shield in appreciation of her role in supporting a wide range of projects in Kuwaiti society
* Awarded the Al-Babtain Prize for Poetic Creativity in a ceremony held at the UNESCO headquarters in France in 2006 under the patronage of the French President.
* Honored by the Egyptian Cultural Forum (which published two volumes containing dozens of studies and statements about her poetry and her work serving culture and human rights)
* The Shield of Excellence by the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
* She is the first Arab, non-Egyptian woman to receive the Education Day Shield by Cairo University
* Kuwait University has honored her on the occasion of “Kuwait Literature Day”.
* The Arab League, Cairo, has honored her by selecting her as the “Distinguished Arab Woman in Culture and Arts”
* The Arab Organization for Human Rights, Cairo, granted her membership card no. (1) in appreciation for her great role in the establishment and development of the organization
* The Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, recognized her as one of its most exceptional graduates from the Arab world in its golden jubilee ceremony in 2010
* The International Organization on Human Rights’ file included a booklet about her biography.
* The Kuwaiti al-Diera magazine chose her as the “Personality of the Year” in 1993
* Through “Annahar” Newspaper (Kuwait), the BuKhamseen Holding Group honoured her, among some Kuwaiti figures, in appreciation of her efforts as one of the pioneers of Kuwait in February 2013
* Her poem “''Anta Adra”'' or “You know best” won the first prize for the best sung poem in the 3<sup>rd</sup> Arab Song Festival, Cairo, in 2001. Moreover, Artist Rajaa Bilmaleeh won the best performance prize for singing the same poem.
* Her poem “''Khudhnī ilā ḥuḍūd al-Shams”'' or “Take Me to the Boundaries of the Sun” won the best sung poem prize in the Radio and Television Festival, Cairo, in 2005.
* In 1986 Dr. Souad was included in the Olave-Baden Powell Society’s annual honour list and was received by H.R.M. Queen Beatrix of Denmark
* In appreciation for her efforts and achievements, the Ministry of Education named a school in the region of al-Mansūriya after her in 2013.
* She was chosen among the best 50 Arab distinguished women of 2014 by Sayidaty magazine. The board of arbitration was composed of 34 members. The announcement stated that the list was made to introduce the roles played by some women in developing their communities. The list included the most prominent Arab women who had distinguished roles in all scientific, artistic, sport, political and cultural fields.
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'''6. Awards Granted by Dr. Souad Al-Sabah'''
* Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah Prize for Scientific Innovation, since 1988.
* Dr. Souad Al-Sabah Award for Intellectual and Literary Distinction, since 1988.
* Since 1989, Dr. Al-Sabah made special prizes for the Palestinian children in the fields of arts, songs and short stories. She awarded prizes for the young people in the fields of (arts, poetry and short stories) and for the best three studies on the culture of the Palestinian people, their struggle and future.
* Honouring a great number of Arab creative pioneers in a regular ceremony entitled “Youm al-Wafaa” or “Day of Gratitude”, since 1995.
* Prizes offered to creative writers from among graduates of the American University of Beirut.
* A Theatre Award, in conjunction with the City Theatre, Beirut.
* The annual British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society book prize for Middle-Eastern Studies, since 1998.
* The Souad Al-Sabah Creativity Award for Gulf art, since 2008
* The Souad Al-Sabah prize for Gulf Creative Children, since 2013.
* The Souad Al-Sabah Biennale for Arab Artists, since 2017.
* The Souad Al-Sabah prize for Young Scientists in association with the Arab Media Forum, 2017.
'''7. Memberships'''
* Founding member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, and member of the Executive Committee from 1983 to 2000
* Founding member of the Kuwait Human Rights Society
* Member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of the Arab Thought Forum, Amman, Jordan
* Associate member of the Arab Studies Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
* Founding member of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, Cairo, Egypt and former member of the Board of Trustees.
* The Olave Baden-Powell Society for Girl Guides chose her as a member of its Executive Committee in 1986 as the first representative of the society in the Middle East in recognition of her humanitarian efforts
* Member of the Arab Economic Society, Egypt
* Member of the Kuwait Journalists’ Society
* Member of the Kuwait Graduates’ Society
* Member of the Kuwait Economics Society
* Honorary President of the Sea Sports Club, Kuwait
* Member of the Board of Governors of the Cooperation Foundation, Switzerland - Palestine
* Founding member of the Arab Cultural Foundation, London, U.K.
* Member of the Arab Society for Economic Research
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Kuwaiti U.S. Friendship Association, Kuwait
* Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, U.K.
* Member of the Board of Directors of the National Commission for the Support of Education, Kuwait
* Honorary President of the British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society, Kuwait
* Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Child Magazine, Kuwait
* Former member of the Energy Centre, University of Surrey, U.K.
* Former member of the Executive Committee of the World Organization of Muslim Women
* Former member of the World Federation of Energy Economics
* Former member of the Board of Directors of the Middle East Research and Information Project, Washington, U.S.A.
* Former member of the Arab Sociology Society, Tunisia
* Former member of the Board of Governors of the Centre for Arab Studies, University of Yarmouk, Jordan
* Former Deputy Head of the Board of Directors of the Arab Encyclopaedia , the Arab League
* Former member of the Consultative Council of the International Family Planning Association, London, U.K.
* Former board member of the International Council on Education for Teaching Purposes, U.S.A.
* Former member of the Supreme Committee on Education, Kuwait
* Former member of the Arab American Women Organization, U.S.A.
* Executive member of the International Organization of Muslim Women in South East Asia
* Honorary member of the Board of Governors of the Arab Cultural Centre, Lebanon
* Honorary member of the American University of Beirut Graduates’ Association
* Granted an honorary membership to the Emir Salman Centre in April 2012
* The Kuwaiti Society of Libraries and Information awarded her honorary membership for her contributions in the fields of culture, literature and Knowledge, February 2013.
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