Intisar Salem Al Ali Al Sabah

Sheikha Intisar Salem Al Ali Al Sabah (born 12 September 1964) is the founder and editorial director of Lulua Publishing and the Founder of Alnowair positivity initiative. She is also a member of the consultative board of the United Nations Development Programme bureau in Kuwait, a columnist at Al Qabas Newspaper, and former chairman and managing director of Refrigeration Industries and Storage Company SAK.

Intisar Salem Al Ali Al Sabah
Sheikha
Born (1964-09-12) 12 September 1964
Kuwait
Spouse1) Basil bin Salim bin Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
2) Mubarak bin Jabir Al Ali Al-Sabah
Issue4 children
HouseHouse of Sabah
FatherSalem Al Ali Al Sabah
MotherAl-Anoud bint Ahmad Al Sabah

She has established the Intisar Foundation to support women who struggle in war situations.

Education

She attended the New English School in Kuwait where she completed her secondary education.

In 1982 she enrolled at Kuwait University to study physics before shifting to the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Refrigeration Industries and Storage Company SAK

In 2003 she held the position of board member at Refrigeration Industries and Storage Company SAK in Kuwait. On 27 August 2006 she was appointed chairman and managing director of the company and she held that position until August 2011.

Lulua Publishing

In 2011 Sheikha Intisar launched Lulua Publishing with the motto 'You, but simply better'. Lulua Publishing focuses on publications that promote personal enrichment.

In 2012 Lulua Publishing published The Alchemy of Wisdom, a photography book.

In 2014 Lulua published the Arabic version of the wellbeing series entitled Les Petits Cahiers D’exercices originally published by Editions Jouvence. These self-help books aim at helping people achieve mental and physical wellbeing. The series includes titles such as: Petit cahiers d’exercices pour se faire des amis et développerses relations (Small exercise book to make friends and develop your relations), Petit cahiers d’exercices de simplicitéheureuse (Small exercise book to live in happy simplicity); etc.

Alnowair

On March 20th, 2013, and in conjunction with the first International Day of Happiness launched by the United Nations to inspire 100 million people around the world, Sheikha Intisar launched Alnowair, a non-profit initiative. Alnowair is an initiative of social responsibility that targets Kuwaiti youth and aims to spread positive thinking through various activities, campaigns, and conferences which rely on scientific research conducted by prestigious institutions, such as Harvard & Berkeley.

Prismologie Ltd

Since 2013 she is Director of Prismologie Ltd.

Bareec

Bareec Project for Positive Thinking and Well-Being is the educational arm of Alnowair. Founded in July 2016, Bareec implements a set of short, interactive activities in classrooms that help instill a positive attitude in the students.

Social work
  • Member of the executive committee of the « Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital » (KACCH) since 1999.
  • Member of the executive committee of the « Bayt Abdullah Children's Hospice » (BACCH) since its establishment.
  • Member of the Human Rights Watch in Kuwait since 2011.
  • Founding member of the Kuwait Society for the Protection of Animals and Their Habitat( K’sPath ).
  • Council member of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Kuwait University since 2014.
  • Environment activist through campaigns to clean the beaches and protect turtles.
  • Member of the Kuwaiti Journalists Association since 2015.
  • Member of the Federation of Arab Journalists since 2015.
  • Member of the International Federation of Journalists since 2015.
  • Jury member at the Arab Woman Awards since 2013.
  • Participation in TEDxSafat in 2012.

The United Nations

In 2014 Sheikha Intisar was appointed member of the consultative board of the United Nations Development Programme bureau in Kuwait.

Honors and awards
  • Honored by WAN-IFRA in 2012.
  • Honorary certificatefrom the Kuwaiti Association for Learning Differences in 2014.
  • Honorary certificate from the United Nations in 2014.
  • Honored by the Arab Woman Award 2017 by the Arab Women Organization (AWO).

Sources and references
  • Saudi Al Watan Newspaper. Issue: 05/12/2012
  • Alyaqza magazine. Issue: 19/01/2013
  • Lana magazine. Issue: March 2013
  • SarkhaSamita magazine. Issue: May 2013
  • SarkhaSamita magazine. Issue: November 2013
  • Marie Claire magazine. Issue: August 2013.
  • Samra magazine. Issue: January 2013.
  • Kuwaiti Al Anbaa newspaper. Issue: 13/09/2013
  • Kuwaiti Al Siyasa newspaper. Issue: 27/04/2014
  • Kuwaiti Al Watan newspaper. Issue: 04/02/2014
  • Layalina magazine. Issue: May 2014.
  • Sayidaty magazine. Issue: June 2014.
  • Kuwaiti Al Anbaa newspaper. Issue:18/03/2014
  • Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), on 30/06/2014
  • Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), on 05/06/2014
  • Kuwaiti Al Watan newspaper. Issue: 17/03/2014
  • Kuwait Al Qabas newspaper where she writes Sabah Alnowair’s column every Tuesday and Friday.
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