TOP FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN KUWAIT

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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000086

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FOR NEA/ARP, S/WE FOR SASHA MEHRA AND GERDA LANE

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TAGS: PHUM KWMN PREL KU
SUBJECT: TOP FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN KUWAIT

REF: 2006 STATE 202341

1. (SBU) As per instructions in reftel, below are Post's
recommendations of a list of the top five influential women
in Kuwait. Kuwait does not have a female "Oprah Winfrey-type
media icon." All five of the women speak excellent English.

Name: Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak
Title: Minister
Institution: Ministry of Communications
Contact Information: 965 924-6222(mobile) or 965
665-4764(mobile),965 552-3305 (home),email:
drmalmubarak@yahoo.com

Name: Maha Al-Ghunaim
Title: Founder, Vice Chairman and Managing Director
Institution: Global Investment House
Contact Information: 965 240-0551 x103(work) or 965
242-0520(work),965 552-3305 (home),email:
maha@global.com.kw

Name: Dr. Rola Dashti
Title: President
Institution: Kuwait Economic Society
Contact Information: 965 534-7621/533-6952(home),965
242-5765/483-4048 (work),965 789-4894 (mobile),
faro intl@hotmail.com

Name: Dr. Rasha Al-Sabah
Title: Under Secretary
Institution: Ministry of Education
Contact Information: 965 245-5992/242-8326(work),965
561-8111(home),965 900-0047(mobile)

Name: Dr. Badria Al-Awadhi
Title: Director
Institution: Arab Regional Center for Environmental Law
Contact Information: 965 240-6884/263-6820/240-6883 (work),
965 960-3305(mobile),email: lexbdalo@qualitynet.net

2. (U) Post's contact on women's issues is Mark
Rosenshield. His work phone is 965 259-1690, cell phone is
965 937-0334, and email is RosenshieldMS@state.gov. Mr.
Rosenshield is scheduled to be at Post through November 2007,
after which the contact on women's issues will be Jason Khile
(KhileJB@state.gov).

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TOP FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN KUWAIT

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