Jump to content

Haifa al-Bakr

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Haifa al-Bakr is a Qatari lawyer, the first woman to be licensed as a lawyer in Qatar.

In 2000 she became the first woman licensed to practise law in Qatar, paving the way for other women to follow her into the profession.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Sanja Kelly; Julia Breslin (2010). Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Progress Amid Resistance. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 401. ISBN 978-1-4422-0397-6.