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First Emirati female teacher

17/11/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, First Emirati female teacher

A young woman who became the first female teacher in the United Arab Emirates

This is the story of a young woman who was among the first to graduate from high school and she went on to become the first teacher there.

It was rare for women in what is now the United Arab Emirates to go to school in the 1960s. 

At the time, the future country was a collection of emirates under British protection. The Sheikdoms were traditional societies. 

This is the story of a young woman who was among the first to graduate from high school. She went on to become the first teacher there. Nama bint Majid Al Qasimi tells Farhana Haider about her trailblazing experience.

(Photo: Nama bint Majid Al Qasimi with her students at Fatima Al Zahra School, Sharjah, 1970. Credit: Shaikha Nama bint Majid bin Saqr Al Qasimi)

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