Layla Fakhro

Bahraini activist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBahraini activist
PlacesBahrain
wasActivist
Work fieldActivism
Gender
Female
Birth1 January 1945
Death21 September 2006 (aged 61 years)
Star signCapricorn
Education
American University of Beirut
The details

Biography

Layla Abdulla Yousif Al-Fakhro was a pioneering Bahraini woman who was an educator and a freedom fighter. She has taken part in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman in the 1960s and has established the first [School of the Revolution] through which much of the current top echelon of Omani government and enterprise have passed through, providing the basis of a modern educational system in Oman. These enterprises have made Ms. Fakhro a legend throughout the Arab world in general, and the Gulf in particular.

Layla Fakhro was born in 1945 in Muharraq island in Bahrain. She died after a long illness on 21 September 2006. She is survived by her two daughters, Munira and Aysha, and husband Ubaiydli Al-Ubaiydli.

Bio

  • Held a master's degree in statistics from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Held a license in statistics from Al-Muntassiria University in Baghdad, Iraq
  • got involved in political activities in Bahrain in 1964
  • was a leader in student movements and activist while studying in Beirut in the 1960s
  • was the head of the cultural committee from 1967 - 1968 while at university in Beirut
  • joined the armed struggle against the British in Dhofar, the Sultanate of Oman
  • established the Awal Women's Society in Bahrain in 1968
  • established the Revolutionary Schools in the Sultanate of Oman
  • established the modern educational system in the Sultanate of Oman
  • established the Delmon Publishing House in Cyprus while in exile
  • exiled from Bahrain for more than 25 years due to her political activities
  • established Alnadeem Information Technology company with her husband and other partners on her return to Bahrain in 1995
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