Norah al-Faiz
Norah Abdallah al-Faiz (Arabic: نورة بنت عبد الله الفايز, also spelled Noura al-Fayez) is the first female member of the Saudi Arabia Council of Ministers.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia appointed al-Faiz as the vice minister for women's education.
Al-Faiz earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from King Saud University in Riyadh in 1978 and a master's degree in education from Utah State University in 1982. Upon returning to Saudi Arabia she worked as a teacher before entering administration, becoming head principal of the girls section at Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Schools. She was most recently director of the women’s section at the Institute of Public Administration in Riyadh in 1993.
Al-Faiz is married and has three sons and two daughters.[1]
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- ^ "New woman minister cracks Saudi glass ceiling," Agence France Presse, February 14, 2009, available online at <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gT-C8pSBZaCWOJZbwoP1SmN8zF9Q>, accessed February 20, 2009.
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