Abeer Salamah

Abeer Salamah
Born Abeer Muhammad Salamah
Nationality Saudi Arabian
Occupation Business woman
Parent(s) Muhammad Ibrahim Salamah[1]

Abeer Salamah is a Saudi Arabian business woman known for her role in Saudi business class as well as for being from a notable family.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Family history

Harbor piloting has notably been a family occupation for Abeer's and included her father's grandfather since 1919.[1] According to a report, in four generations, only two Salamahs did not become harbor pilots; one was the grandfather Salamah's brother who served as the Mayor of Jidda from 1926-1949 until his death and another of his brothers who became a civil engineer.[1]

Abeer's father, Muhammad Ibrahim Salamah was a harbor pilot who piloted a number of ships including USS ESSEX and other US vessels in Saudi waters to the harbor which were otherwise hardly maneuverable.[1][7] He was also cited to be the person who navigated USS Tarawa into Jidda's outer anchorage in 1949.[1][8][9][10][11]

Career

Abeer Salamah started completed her elementary and secondary school from Darul Hana, Jeddah and obtained a degree in business management from Cairo University.[6]

Abeer started her career as a business woman by saving a part of her pocket money in 1976.[6] However, as it was not enough for the project, she attempted to supplement it by applying for aid from the Saudi Industrial Development Fund to start a modern bakery in Jeddah.[4] The application to the fund was rejected.[4] She continued to reach out to related officials until her application was approved and she became the first woman to receive a loan from the fund.[4] She started off with a contracting company to start her construction business which later in time went on to build cities.[12] Her bakery was developed to a full-fledged bakery which produces 12,000 loaves a day[6] and in 20 years her projects grew in size and diversity.[4] She set up a maintenance company and a computer training center for men in July 1983[5] and another for women in April 1984[5] which employed 300 people.[4][12]

Abeer Salamah is the president of the Nationwide Group of Saudi Arabia[13] which she opened in 1982 as the Nationwide Institute of Management and Computer Technology[6] and regularly organizes events for business women in the diaspora to help them grow their businesses.[13]

In 2005, Abeer contested for the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry when the then minister allowed women to participate in such elections for the first time.[2]

Abeer ranks #11 in Forbes top 50 business women.[14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 William E. Greenip. "The Salamahs of Jidda: Four Generations of Harbor pilots". Approaches to Jidda: 22.
  2. 1 2 "18 Women in JCCI Poll Fray". www.arabnews.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  3. ↑ Harvey-Philips, Nermine (9 May 1994). "Abeer Salama, President Nationwide". Facsimile Transmission.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Staff writer (5 August 1992). "Saudi women stand high on their heels in business world". Arab News.
  5. 1 2 3 Ramkumar, K. S. (19 December 1984). "Kingdom institutions offer computer, management courses". Arab News.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 She (4 October 1984). "She: Mir Ayoob Ali Khan meets a Saudi woman entrepreneur". Saudi Gazette.
  7. ↑ West, J.M. (31 October 1963). "Services rendered by Captain Muhammad Salamah". Command Career Division Eighteenth.
  8. ↑ Anderson, Paul N. (9 May 1950). "USS Maury AGS-16". Fleet post office.
  9. ↑ Briggs, H. M. (25 February 1958). "US Seaplane Tender Duxbury Bay (AVP-38)". Fleet post office. Commander Middle East Force.
  10. ↑ Thacher, Nicholas G. (19 August 1972). "Muhammad Salamah". US Embassy to Saudi Arabia.
  11. ↑ Hart, Parker T. (30 June 1964). "Shaykh Muhammad". American Embassy to Saudi Arabia. The Foreign Services of United States.
  12. 1 2 Ambah, Faiza. "Businesswomen seeking greater role" (National). Arab News.
  13. 1 2 Towe, Shiela (19 April 1994). "Abeer Salama". British Consulate General.
  14. ↑ "مجلة فوربس العربية تضع وداد يعقوب ضمن قائمة بأقوى 50 سيدة أعمال عربية-SudaneseOnline". sudaneseonline.com (in Arabic). Forbes Arabia. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  15. ↑ "وى 20 سيدة أعمال في العالم العربي [الأرشيف] - منتدى الخيمة العُمانية". www.omanya.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2016-01-19.
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