Haifa al-Bakr

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
  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.


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