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Roa’a Al-Sahah: The Kingdom’s First Female Circus Performer

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3 days ago

September 12, 2019

Yara K

Roa’a Al-Sahhaf is the first Saudi female circus performer and the owner of the Kingdom’s first-ever aerial yoga studio, the trapeze artist has seen great success just a few months after the opening and is already looking expand.

Al-Sahhaf’s modern yoga classes have become very popular among Saudis in a short period of time, it is also worth mentioning that the studio is Saudi Arabia’s first certified aerial arts studio in the coastal city of Jeddah and is offering yoga, pole dancing, Pilates, family dance classes, and boxing.

“I had times where I could not travel, so I wanted to practice it here in my city. I decided to open a studio room in my house, and it worked. It started with family and friends of friends, and little by little gyms and studios began to call and ask me to give classes,” she says.

Al-Sahhaf also got to show off her talents during this season of Taif when she performed in flying trapeze and aerial shows with the famous circus. Currently, more than six gyms and studios across Jeddah are offering her classes and workshops, besides her workshops tours around the Kingdom and other GCC countries.

Her studio is located in Al-Khalidiyah district of Jeddah, and it offers workshops and training programs for future fitness instructors who aspire to teach aerial arts.

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Najm Appoints First Saudi Woman as Traffic Collision Inspector

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2 weeks ago

September 3, 2019

Yara K

The first female traffic collision inspector has been appointed and started her duty at Najm for Insurance Services among a team of inspectors at Najm that extends the role of women.

The female inspector was assigned her new job on August 27 and is now handling Riyadh’s major roads, including Khalid bin Al Waleed Road and other streets surrounding King Khalid International Airport.

Her first day was quite successful and has monitored three accidents.

This step comes in light of Najm’s efforts towards empowering women and giving them the chance to serve the community by taking on roles in different workforce, even those related to monitoring traffic accidents.

Mohammad Al-Suliman, the organization’s CEO, said that this appointment highlights the faith that Najm has in female employees who actually proved their qualifications and commitment.

The initiative dates back to 2018, when the insurance company first helped future female employees complete an intensive program for the first batch of female inspectors who will work as traffic inspectors responsible of writing reports and verifying documents of the parties involved in the accident.

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Women to Teach Boys in Public Schools For the First Time

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2 weeks ago

September 2, 2019

Yara K

In an attempt to improve the quality of education in the Kingdom, female teachers, for the very first time, will educate boys in 1,460 state-run schools.

The Ministry of Education will now allow female teacher to conduct classes to 13.5 percent of young boys in public private schools.

Suaad Al-Mansour, the ministry’s assistant director general explained that this step taken in the Early Childhood Schools Project is aimed towards improving primary education and maximizing space.

“With this project, the Ministry of Education aims to improve the efficiency of the educational system and ensure that every child has access to quality education around the Kingdom,” Al-Mansour told Arab News.

She also added that for young boys at this age and at that stage of early childhood, having a female teacher is better seeing how women is more less intimating and more approachable.

“This project will bridge the gap young boys used to face after moving from kindergarten to primary school. The classes at early childhood schools are specially designed to fit their needs at this age, and being taught by women will give them a more fruitful learning experience,” Al-Mansour said.

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Saudi Arabia Appoints 50 Women as Public Prosecutors For the First Time

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2 weeks ago

August 30, 2019

Yara K

Saudi Arabia has opened the way for women to work in the field of crime investigation by appointing them as public prosecutors for the first time in the Kingdom’s history, and that is in light of the efforts being made in order to empower women and enforce equality.

Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General Sheikh Saud Al-Muajab has met with 50 Saudi women, who have all been recently appointed as “lieutenant investigators.”

He exclaimed that Saudi women have been proving their competence and efficiency in public prosecution as well as other jobs and tasks that they have been assigned to, he also praised the efforts of both King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman in helping achieve such a milestone.

“Women are being allowed to take up jobs in this key sector for the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia, thanks to the utmost keenness given to them by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman.” he said.

Al-Muajab made these remarks during an event that included the newly recruited women investigators at the Public Prosecution headquarters in Riyadh on Monday, in the presence of Deputy Public Prosecutor Sheikh Shaalan Bin Rajeh Bin Shaalan, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The newly appointed ladies already have a legal background in law and Sharia, yet they still have to undergo a one-year diploma course in criminology, which will include academic studies, training in the field of work and visits to agencies responsible of collecting evidence such as forensic experts. All of which will help the ladies learn closely about various aspects of the cases.