Emirati female athlete.

She is the first Emirati woman to achieve an Asian accomplishment in the sports of people with disabilities.

Thuraya became paralyzed after suffering a stroke at the age of 27. She then began practicing shot put and darts at the Al-Thiqa Club for People of Determination, and subsequently participated in several local, Arab, regional, and international championships, where she won numerous medals and broke several world records.

She won eight gold medals in the three consecutive GCC Championships, two gold medals in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Paralympic Games, a bronze medal in the 2011 Arab Games, a bronze medal and a silver medal in the 2011 Sharjah World Games for People with Disabilities and Amputees, three gold medals in the 2nd GCC Women's Sports Tournament in 2011, and three gold medals in the 3rd GCC Women's Sports Tournament.

In addition to a bronze and silver medal at the 9th Gulf Athletics Championships in 2013, a bronze medal at the 2015 World Games for People with Disabilities and Amputees in Russia, and a gold and bronze medal at the 2017 West Asian Games.