| Shaimaa Saied |
A Kuwaiti journalist and writer, born in Kuwait. She worked as a teacher in the 1960s and was one of only ten Kuwaiti women who broke the norm in that period and practiced journalism, relying on the reputation of her family with a long history in the world of publishing. She is considered the first Kuwaiti woman to assume the editorship of a political magazine.
She refused to leave Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion in 1990, and participated in organizing the first women’s anti-invasion demonstration. During the occupation period, she also published a secret publication titled Women and Children of Kuwait. After the liberation, she published articles in which she talked about the Kuwaiti resistance to the occupation. She was killed by gunfire on the morning of March 20, 2001, while she was passing in her car on a street. Her works include the series Colors of Love (1974).
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