Rafia Ghubash

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Prof.
Rafia Ghubash
Born
رفيعة غباش

Dubai, UAE
NationalityEmirati
CitizenshipUnited Arab Emirates
OccupationProfessor
Medical career
ProfessionPsychiatrist
FieldEpidemiology
InstitutionsArabian Gulf University
Sub-specialtiesEpidemiological psychiatry
ResearchPsychiatry; women's history

Rafia Obaid Ghubash is a Dubai psychiatrist and epidemiologist who serves as president of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology, and is a former president of the Arabian Gulf University. She is known as a role model of women's empowerment.[1]

Education and career[edit]

Ghubash earned a PhD in Epidemiological Psychiatry from London University in 1992, becoming an assistant professor of psychiatry at UAE University School of Medicine, then newly opened, in Al Ain.[2] She is a practicing psychiatrist.[3][4]

She was president of the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain during 2000-2009.[5] She is president of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology, an organization to both help women scientists attain leadership positions and attract more women into science.[3]

Dr. Rafia takes a strong interest in the education of Arab women, receiving an award for Middle East Women's Educational Achievement in 2002. In 2012, she opened Women’s Museum Dubai to display and honour the achievements of women in the UAE in various fields.[6]

Ghubash was nominated to become a councilor for the World Future Council[7] and became a council member in 2006.

In 2012, she founded The Women’s Museum, Bait al Banat (House of Women, in English) in her childhood home in Dubai.[8][9][2]

Dr. Rafia Ghobash served as a judge for the Arab Women Award in 2017.[10]

Awards[edit]

  • The Hamdan Award for individuals working in the field of medicine and health - 2003-2004.[11]
  • Middle East Women's Achievements - Education Award - offered by Datamatics Foundation - 2002
  • Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Lifetime Achievement Award - 2014[12]
  • Inspirational Arab Woman of the Year - 2015[13]

Books[edit]

  • Alive after leaving "حضر بعد رحيله": a biography about her late brother Dr. Hussein Ghobash - published by Kalemat Kuwait[14]
  • A Woman before her time "امرأة سبقت عصرها": a book about the late poet Ousha Bint Hussein Lootah - self published[14]
  • Encyclopedia of an Emirati Woman "موسوعة المرأة الإماراتية": co-authored with Mariam Sultan Lootah in 2018 - published by The Women's Museum[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dr. Rafia Ghubash". globalthinkersforum.org. Global Thinkers Forum i. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The Founder". womenmuseumuae.com. YoutubeFacebookTwitter The Women’s Museum at Bait Al Banat. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Rafia Ghubash - 100 Most Powerful Arabs 2018". Arabian Business. ITP Media. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. ^ Healthigo.com. "Rafia obaid saeed ghubash | Psychiatrist | Book Doctor Appointment Dubai,UAE". Healthigo. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  5. ^ "Local News Global genetics forum opens". Gulf Daily News. February 7, 2008.
  6. ^ "All About the Women's Museum Dubai - MyBayut". A blog about homes, trends, tips & life in the UAE | MyBayut. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  7. ^ "Prof. Dr. Rafia Obaid Ghubash". World Future Council. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  8. ^ Al Nowais, Shireena. "Class of '71: the first female Emirati psychiatrist who founded museum dedicated to women". www.thenationalnews.com. The National. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  9. ^ Exell, Karen (2016). Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula. Routledge. p. 183. ISBN 9781317279013. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  10. ^ "ITP Media Group".
  11. ^ "Dr. Rafiaa Ebeid Ghobash - Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences - HMA". hmaward.org.ae. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  12. ^ "Khaleej Times".
  13. ^ Boardman, Beatrice (2015-12-07). "Arab Woman Awards UAE Announces 2015 Winners". Khaleej Madame. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  14. ^ a b "مكتبة كلمات". مكتبة كلمات. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  15. ^ "كتاب موسوعة المرأة الإماراتية". التبراة : عالم الكتب (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-11-24.

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