Mariam Bin Laden
Saudi dentist, humanitarian, and swimmer.
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Name in Arabic:
مريم بن لادن
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Nationality:
Saudi
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Country of Residence:
Saudi Arabia
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Mariam Bin Laden's Bio
Saudi dentist and swimmer.
She is active in humanitarian work.
She is the first Arab woman to swim across the Red Sea to Egypt in October 2022, the first woman to cross Dubai Creek and the Creek Water Canal, swimming a distance of 24 km in 2017, the first Gulf woman to swim across the English Channel, covering a distance of 21 miles in August 2016, and the first woman to swim a distance of 101 miles in the River Thames in June 2016.
She also participated in the Khalid bin Hamad Swimming Challenge, completing the race from Khobar, Saudi Arabia, to Salman City, Bahrain, in 11:25:47 hours. She also participated in the Helenstone Open Water Swimming Challenge in Turkey in 2015, becoming the first Arab woman to complete the race between Europe and Asia.
She has undertaken numerous humanitarian initiatives and worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations. She opened the first dental center in cooperation with the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization and the International Medical Corps IMC to provide free dental treatment in Azraq camp in Jordan in December 2016.
Her journey and achievements were documented in a 2019 documentary film titled I am Maryam Bin Laden.
She holds a Master's degree in Dentistry, the German Board in Dental Implants, and a Bachelor's degree in Dentistry from Misr University for Science and Technology.




