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Deemah Al-Yahya setting an example for all young Saudi women
Saudi’s largest initiative of its kind, the Misk foundation, had just recently celebrated the completion of its second edition of Saudi Codes.
The celebration was held last Saturday at an event ‘Saudi Codes’ in Riyadh, participants ranged from different ages, and the impressive part is that 53% of the attendees were women, who completed courses in JavaScript, MakeCode and Python programming languages. These courses were available all across the Kingdom, in 192 provinces, cities and villages.
مبادرة #السعودية_تبرمج هي جزء من طموح هذا الوطن العظيم ، الشكر لـ @Dalyahya وفريقها @MiskInnovation على كل ما بذلوه خلال 3 سنوات للتأكيد على أهمية البرمجة كونها لغة المستقبل . https://t.co/9AYKNCQg6S
— أنس الغامدي (@ansalghamdi) February 10, 2019
And now, the Executive Manager of the foundation, Deemah Al-Yahya, is aiming to develop an innovative ecosystem that will allow Saudi talents to thrive and prosper in the entrepreneurial and tech businesses.
She took part in the event, during which she welcomed a new partnership between Misk, the Saudi Ministry of Education, the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Saudi Telecom Co., a partnership designed in the hope of teaching people about computer programming through an accessible and easy way.
“This partnership has brought new skills and opportunities to a wider array of people than ever before.” Said Al-Yahya.
تحقيق حلم شعور عظيم .. وطعم الإنجاز جميل .. لكن الأجمل هو أن يتلو النجاح همّة عالية تتوق للمزيد وحلم أكبر ..
مع الإنجازات الكبرى تتعاظم المسؤوليات فيارب بارك بأعمالنا وزدنا همّة وسعياً لما هو خير لوطننا وشعبنا #السعودية_تبرمج pic.twitter.com/oNmnaCvwXO
— Deemah AlYahya (@Dalyahya) February 11, 2019
Al-Yahya specializes in digital transformation, digital economy and literacy skills, with a bachelor degree from King Saud University, and a master’s degree from INSEAD. And currently, she’s working on obtaining her Ph.D from Harvard Business School.
Aside from her work in the Misk foundation, she’s also a member of the Global Future Council for Digital Economy and Society at the World Economic Forum, a member of the board of directors of the Saudi Federation for Cyber Security and Programming, and last but not least, a member to the advisory board at STC Academy.
And so as a tech pioneer, and the first Saudi female to be assigned as an Executive Director and leading Developer Experience & Digital Innovation at Microsoft; Al-Yahya is setting an example for many young women in the Kingdom to become like her. She is committed to supporting and encouraging these young Saudi women, and has already managed to launch and lead a number of initiatives that aim at including women in the IT industry and break the gender-based job roles.
In five days, an international motor show, will take place in Jeddah. The Jeddah superdome, 6th December and until 10th of December, will be one of the biggest international motor shows. The exhibition is sponsored by the ministry of transport and logistics and organized by the Salah company. The Jeddah Superdome, has set a world Record for being the largest freestanding dome in the world, in contrast to the Tokyo Dome which formerly held the title, with 206 meters. Located on the Madinah Road, West of King Abdallah sport City, the Jeddah Superdome has an internal area of 24,000 square meters, and a height of 46 meters, with a diameter of 210 meters, a parking space that accommodates 5200 viceless. The exhibition includes many experiences such as drifting, with professional drivers, on dedicated racks, go karting, off road experience with SUVs with professional drivers in a dedicated circuit, and an opportunity to drive the car of your dreams. In addition to restaurants, cafes that suit all of your tastes. The exhibition includes many important car agencies and exclusive launches of many vintage and antique cars presented for the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to an auction of rare classic cars, with more than 35 luxury and rare cars on display. The auction was held by the Silverstone auctioneers, the biggest UK classic car auction house. The event is the biggest in its name, and the car industry, featuring the oldest cars, but unfortunately nothing was sold.
Beaches of the Kingdom are about to get cleaner with the ‘Let’s Make Them Cleaner’ initiative, which was launched on Friday by the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
Professional divers are taking part of the campaign as volunteers who are ready to clean the beaches and seabeds of Saudi Arabia, in order to save the marine environment from pollution.
The initiative is one of the events launched for Saudi and International Volunteer Day, which is celebrated every year on the 5th of December.
Entitles ‘Ataa Watan,’ the event covers several programs and activities across Saudi Arabia, they were held in partnership with government bodies and NGOs.
So far, the ministry launched five initiatives throughout this year, as part of the Voluntary Work Platform it launched on March 31, 2020.
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