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- ↑ As the Conference Ends, What Now for Women? The New York Times, 2 July 1975
- ↑ Safety First launches Oman Daily Observer, 9 June 2012
- ↑ Calvin H Allen & W Lynn Rigsbee II (2014) Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996, Routledge, p56
- ↑ Women join Oman council The Independent, 25 November 1997
- ↑ Parliamentarian par excellence Oman Economic Review, October 2010