Rafia Ghubash

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Rafia Ghubash
Born
رفيعة غباش

Dubai, UAE
Nationality Emirati
Citizenship United Arab Emirates
OccupationProfessor
Medical career
Profession Psychiatrist
Field Epidemiology
Institutions Arabian Gulf University
Sub-specialtiesEpidemiological psychiatry
ResearchPsychiatry; women's history

Rafia Obaid Ghubash is a Dubai psychiatrist and epidemiologist who serves as president of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology, and is a former president of the Arabian Gulf University. She is known as a role model of women's empowerment. [1]

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Education and career

Ghubash earned a PhD in Epidemiological Psychiatry from London University in 1992, becoming an assistant professor of psychiatry at UAE University School of Medicine, then newly opened, in Al Ain. [2] She is a practicing psychiatrist. [3] [4]

She was president of the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain during 2000-2009. [5] She is president of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology, an organization to both help women scientists attain leadership positions and attract more women into science. [3]

Dr. Rafia takes a strong interest in the education of Arab women, receiving an award for Middle East Women's Educational Achievement in 2002. In 2012, she opened Women’s Museum Dubai to display and honour the achievements of women in the UAE in various fields. [6]

Ghubash was nominated to become a councilor for the World Future Council [7] and became a council member in 2006.

In 2012, she founded The Women’s Museum, Bait al Banat (House of Women, in English) in her childhood home in Dubai. [8] [9] [2]

Dr. Rafia Ghobash served as a judge for the Arab Women Award in 2017. [10]

Awards

Books

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References

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  2. 1 2 "The Founder". womenmuseumuae.com. YoutubeFacebookTwitter The Women’s Museum at Bait Al Banat. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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  5. ↑ "Local News Global genetics forum opens". Gulf Daily News. February 7, 2008.
  6. ↑ "All About the Women's Museum Dubai - MyBayut". A blog about homes, trends, tips & life in the UAE | MyBayut. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  7. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Rafia Obaid Ghubash". World Future Council. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  8. ↑ Al Nowais, Shireena. "Class of '71: the first female Emirati psychiatrist who founded museum dedicated to women". www.thenationalnews.com. The National. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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  11. ↑ "Dr. Rafiaa Ebeid Ghobash - Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences - HMA". hmaward.org.ae. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
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  13. ↑ Boardman, Beatrice (2015-12-07). "Arab Woman Awards UAE Announces 2015 Winners". Khaleej Madame. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
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