Sheikha Mubarak Saif Al Nakhi
Pioneer of short stories in the United Arab Emirates
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Name in Arabic:
شيخة مبارك سيف الناخي
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Sheikha Mubarak Saif Al Nakhi's Bio
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Pioneer of short stories in the United Arab Emirates.
She is the head of the Cultural Committee at the Sharjah Women's Union Association , and has been working at the Ministry of Education and Youth since 1971. She currently manages Al Ghubaiba Secondary School in the Sharjah Educational Zone.
She is also a founding member of the Emirates Writers and Authors Union, a founding member and president of the Emirates Women Writers Association in Sharjah Girls Clubs, and a co-founder of the first women’s magazine, “Women’s Voice.”
She contributed to enriching the cultural movement, and her first story, “The Departure,” was published in 1970 in “Dubai News” magazine.
In 2015, she was honored by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, among 44 Emirati figures in the second round of the Emirates Pioneers Initiative, as the first female story writer.
She also won the “ Shield and Certificate of Honor from the Supreme Council for Family Affairs” in 2010, the “ Literary Achievement Shield” in the story from the “Sharjah Department of Information and Culture” in 2007, the “ Sheikh Hamdan Award for Distinguished Management” in 2001, and the “Khalifa Bin Zayed Award for Distinguished Teacher” in 1997.
She was born in 1952. She holds a Diploma in Education in 1997, and a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies and Arabic Language from the College of Arts at the United Arab Emirates University in 1985.
