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Yasmeen Al-Maimani: Saudi Arabia’s First Female Commercial Pilot
Six years after Yasmeen Al-Maimani obtained her aviation licence from the Saudi Civil Aviation authority, she finally hot appointed as the first female pilot in commercial airlines in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Maimani got her qualifications in Jordan and then spent 300 hours of flying practice in the US where she exchanged her American license with a Saudi one in 2013.
Following this, Al-Maimani waited for a very long time with no return in the professional world and just last week the Saudi Arabian airline Nesma Airways granted the female aviator the permit, marking a major milestone in aviation history.
Al-Maimani posted a photo of herself in action on Instagram, expressing her gratitude and enthusiasm for achieving her dream.
She posted a photo of herself in the cockpit and quoted the picture saying, “thank God, I achieved my dream today. Released as First Officer.”
Saudi’s princess and ambassador to the United States Reema bint Bandar Al Saud tweeted the news on Friday.
Saudi female pilot becomes first to head official flight in the kingdom https://t.co/I1xdUK3UqN
— Reema Bandar Al-Saud (@rbalsaud) June 14, 2019
We will never get enough of witnessing great leaps and drastic change happen for women of Saudi Arabia, with each day passing, they’re given the chance to shine in various fields and take on challenging roles for the first time and this time, they’re taking on military duties.
The first military section for Saudi women has been launched in the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces by Saudi military chief of staff, General Fayyed Al-Rawaili.
Regulation of acceptance and allocated locations where the female staff will be stationed were both explained by the director general of admission and enlistment, Maj. Gen. Imad Al-Aidan.
The roles that women of Saudi Arabia can now fill in the military include lance corporals, corporals, sergeants, and staff sergeants in the Royal Saudi Land Forces, Air Force, Saudi Arabian Navy, Air Defense Forces, Strategic Missile Forces and Armed Forces Medical Services.
This is the first initiative of its kind to allow women of the Kingdom to climb higher ranks and take on senior roles.
“Naturally, they will enter a new sphere of work. It’s a reflection of a national belief in the equality between women and men,” former Shoura Council member Haya Al-Muni’I has previously said.
The Kingdom has surely changed drastically over the past years, giving the chance for content creators to shine and follow in the promising steps of their country.
From fashion, lifestyle to fitness and traveling, here are the Saudi influencers you should keep on your radar, they are the content creators worth following!
Lama Alakeel
Lama Al-Akeel is a Jeddah-based beauty, fashion and lifestyle blogger, her success started at a very young age when she reached more than 400,000 followers at the age of twenty four! In the first glimpse of her timeline, you can really tell how she’s doing an impressive job working with the fashion industry’s top-notch designers and brands.
Rahma Moharrak
She is as she says ‘a graphic designer by trade. World nomad by passion.’ She is also the first Saudi woman to summit the highest peak in the seven continents. She has achieved a lot and at a very young age, she has been named Emirates Woman of the year 2016 and won international lays flavor contest in Brazil. She collaborated with prestigious brands including Nike, Coca Cola and Burberry.
Abdullah Jumah
His timeline is pure travel goals for anyone who dreams of traveling the world and its technically everyone’s dream to do so! Jumah is Saudi Arabia’s leading travel author and a partner in mode studio. Talk about both career and lifestyle goals!
Amal Baatia
This fitness maniac is a world pull-ups Championship 2019, an investment manager, a cross-fit coach and on top of all that, a mother of two! So, you practically have no excuse not to follow in her steps and start your healthy journey right now!
Her Amalbfitness Studio is located in Jeddah.
Arwa El Benawi
Arwa Al Banawy was born in Saudi Arabia, spent years in Switzerland and is now based in Dubai. Her designs are known to have elaborate prints that are inspired from diverse sources that eventually make a one of a kind piece. The designer is currently one of the most known designers in the Middle East and has showcased her empowering designs in several arenas including Dubai’s Fashion Forward and Saudi’s Fashion Week, she has also dressed a number of international A-listers.
Tareq AlHarbi
AlHarbi is an award-winning Saudi-born comedian who is currently based in Dubai, with more than 8 million followers! The comedian is surely going places, making people laugh their hearts out.
Women will account for one third of the attendees of the Business 20 (B20) summit that will take place in November in Riyadh.
CEO and chairman of Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) Yousef Al-Benyan said during an opening speech at the B20 Saudi Arabia inception that female contingency of the 640 delegates representing 20 countries is “the highest ever in all B20s.”
The B20 summit is part of the 15th annual G20 leaders’ summit which will be held for the very first time in Riyadh from November 21st till 22nd.
The event will shed the light on topics regarding gender equality in the hope of increasing the female employment in the business sector and in leadership roles as well.
“The aim of B20 in Saudi Arabia is to ensure that the voice of a global business is heard and addressed by the G20 leaders,” Al-Benyan said.
“To do this, we need B20 Saudi Arabia intended to be inclusive, impactable and for sure differentiative,” Al-Benyan added.
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