Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa

Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa is a Bahraini politician and government minister.

Biography

Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa was appointed the Minister of Information in Bahrain in 2009. She was the first woman to become the Information Minister in Bahrain.[1] She is the Chairperson of the Board of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage and the President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities.[2] She served as the Minister of Culture of Bahrain. In 2014 in the Forbes Middle East list of most powerful Arab women she was listed as number six.[3] She visited the February 2014 and proposed plans to renovate it.[4] As the culture minister she has worked to encourage artists in Bahrain.[5]

In the World Monuments Fund’s 50th Anniversary on 21 October 2015 in New York City, Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa was awarded the Watch Award for her role in preserving the monuments and culture of Bahrain.[6] In 2017 she was made the Special Ambassador of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).[7]

References

  1. ↑ Toumi, Habib (5 March 2016). "Bahrain ruler sacks information minister". GulfNews. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa". whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "200 Most Powerful Arab Women - 2014: Government". Forbes Middle East. Forbes Middle East. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Culture Minister visits Jewish Synagogue". bna.bh. Bahrain News Agency. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bahrain's culture minister works to encourage Arab artists". Al-Monitor. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Her Majesty Queen Sofía and Her Excellency Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa Of Bahrain Honored at Annual World Monuments Fund Hadrian Gala on October 21, 2015". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "UNWTO appoints Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa as Ambassador of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development". media.unwto.org. World Tourism Organization UNWTO. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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