{"id":40817,"date":"2026-02-24T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=40817"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:09:10","slug":"influential-kuwaiti-women","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/influential-kuwaiti-women\/","title":{"rendered":"These Influential Kuwaiti Women Are A Force To Be Reckoned With"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40850\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/Influential-Kuwaiti-Women-HH-Intisar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @intisaralsabah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kuwaiti women are a force to be reckoned with, with many positively impacting their society &#8211; and the world &#8211; through their work, projects and messages.<\/p>\n<p>From entrepreneurs to philanthropists, GRAZIA brings you a list of five influential Kuwaiti women who are paving the way for the next generation of powerful Arab women.<\/p>\n<h3>hh Sheikha Majda Al Sabah<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40834\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40834\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40834\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/Majda-Al-Sabah.jpg?w=240\" alt=\"influential kuwaiti women\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @majdajs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in Kuwait, HH Sheikha Majda Al Sabah started as a beauty entrepreneur and philanthropist before launching her own platform <a href=\"https:\/\/houna.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houna<\/a> last year to help Kuwaiti people with their <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/mental-health-awareness-accounts-to-follow-on-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheikha told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaararabia.com\/culture\/royal-watch\/kuwaits-sheikha-majda-jaber-hamoud-al-sabah-on-mental-health-the-stigma-surrounding-it-and-why-she-decided-to-launch-houna#:~:text=I%20felt%20that%20this%20was,has%20a%20mental%20health%20problem.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Harper&#8217;s Bazaar Arabia<\/em><\/a>, \u201cI felt that this was my life\u2019s mission. My purpose in life \u2013 my calling. So that is what I did. In the middle of my journey, while I was still healing, I decided to launch an initiative to help anyone who has a mental health problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Rana Al-Nibari<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40835\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40835\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/Rana-Al-Nibari.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"influential kuwaiti women\" width=\"500\" height=\"590\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Takreem Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rana Al-Nibari is the former CEO of Injaz-Kuwait, a non-profit organisation promoting education and training in employment readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship. She&#8217;s now managing Kuwait&#8217;s Scientific Center, which is dedicated to advancing scientific and environmental education in order to create a more sustainable future for Kuwait. Rana has also long fought to empower youngsters in the nation to make for a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n<h3>HH Sheikha Bashayer Al Sabah-Arab<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40836\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40836\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/HRH-Sheikha-Bashayer-Al-Sabah-Arab.jpg?w=240\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @sh.bashayeralsabah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Successful entrepreneur HH Sheikha Bashayer Al Sabah-Arab serves as honorary president of the Arab Fashion Council in Kuwait whilst also having a strong commitment to charity work. Not to mention the fact that her business expertise has made her a well-known personality in the lifestyle industry as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sh.bashayeralsabah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">social media influencer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Her Highness Sheikha Intisar AlSabah<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40842\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40842\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/Her-Highness-Sheikha-Intisar-Al-Sabah.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @intisaralsabah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HH Sheikha Intisar Salem Al Ali AlSabah is a member of the royal family, a businesswoman, an author, a film producer, a columnist&#8230; the list goes on. She&#8217;s also a role model for many and puts the empowerment of Arab women first when making key decisions. She also founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alnowair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alnowair<\/a>, a nonprofit project and positivity campaign, which is regarded as her greatest contribution to her country to date. Alnowair is \u201can incubator for national programs that help bring about a positive social behavioral change in Kuwait,\u201d according to the official website.<\/p>\n<h3>Faye Sultan<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40847\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40847\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/Faye-Sultan.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @faye.sultan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Faye Sultan participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the first female swimmer to represent Kuwait at the games. She&#8217;s a true pioneer in the sports world and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/faye.sultan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> is full of motivating posts to encourage her followers to get moving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31739,"featured_media":40850,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[260,35,5023,4025],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Influential Kuwaiti Women Making Their Nation Proud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kuwaiti women are taking their nation by storm. 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