Her Excellency Najla Al Awadhi Leading UAE Media Personality, Former Member of the UAE Federal National Council

Her Excellency is a member of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders and also the Global Agenda Councils of the WEF. She is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute's Middle East Leadership Initiative and acting Chairperson of the regional board of Young Arab Leaders.

Her Excellency graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of New Hampshire where she was President of both the Muslim Student Association and the Human Rights Committee. Her Excellency is currently completing her graduate studies at Harvard University.

What she offers you

One of the first women in the history of the UAE to become a member of the UAE's Parliament, its youngest parliamentarian and the youngest female member of any Arab legislation body in Khaleeji history, Najla Al Awadhi covers a range of socio-political topics, broadly speaking about anything that falls under media, government, or the role and rights of women, in the context of the Arab and Muslim world. She is brimming with dreams to initiate positive change in society through the development of women's rights in the region.

How she presents

Energetic and dynamic, Najla represents the young and up-and-coming generation of passionately fired-up Arab women who take their role as enterprising and productive members of society very seriously.

Languages

She presents in Arabic & English.

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• The Evolution of Arab Media: from a Tool of State Control to a Trigger of the Arab Youth Uprising
• Arab/Muslim Women: Between Oppression and Empowerment
• Women and Leadership
• The History and Future of Political Islam
• Freedom of Speech in the Age of the Internet
• The Future of Democratization in the Oil Rich Gulf
• Al Qaeda: The Psychology, History and Future of the Jihadist Movement