Fariha Al-Ahmad Explained

Fareha Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
House:Sabah
Father:Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Mother:Hasina
Birth Date:15 February 1944
Birth Place:Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Spouse:Sheikh Rashid Al-Hamoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Issue:Sheikha Reema
Sheikh Hamoud
Sheikha Bibi
Sheikh Ahmed
Sheikha

Sheikha Fariha Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: فريحة الأحمد) (15 February 1944 – 12 August 2018) was a Kuwaiti royal, one of the daughters of the tenth ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. She was born in the Dasman Palace on 15 February 1944. She undertook several charitable activities, heading the "Kuwait Association for the Ideal Family",[1] which created the "Ideal Mother Competition" in 2004 and worked to protect the youth and the disabled. Frayha also encouraged and supported politics that empowered Kuwaiti women.[2] [3]

She received an honorary doctorate from the American College of Greece in 2008. Married to her cousin Sheikh Rashid Al-Hamoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1942–2011), Secretary of the Council of the Ruling Family. They had four children together: Sheikha Reema, Sheikh Hamoud, Sheikha Bibi and Sheikh Ahmed.[4]

She died on 12 August 2018 in Egypt.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Selected Humanitarian Works of: Her Highness Sheikha Fariha Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah of Kuwait and Principal Extraordinare Goodwill Ambassador of Iimsaam . 2018-08-16 . 2018-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180816162126/http://iimsam.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IIMSAM_OFFICIAL_PRESS_RELEASE_27_OF_JULY_2011.pdf . dead .
  2. http://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/sheikha-fareeha-al-ahmad-al-jaber-al-sabah-dies-74/ Sheikha Fariha Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah dies, 74
  3. https://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/kuwaiti-emir-s-sister-dies-1.2265354 Kuwaiti Emir’s sister dies
  4. http://www.sayidaty.net/node/756466/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%C2%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9%C2%BB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA#photo/1 رحيل «الأم المثالية» الشيخة فريحة الأحمد شقيقة أمير الكويت
  5. https://akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/2710227/1/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%B4%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF وفاة الشيخة فريحة الصباح شقيقة أمير الكويت وولي العهد
  6. https://www.visi-on.top/east/the-death-of-sheikha-farihah-al-ahmad-al-jaber-al-sabah-sister-of-the-emir-of-kuwait.html The death of Sheikha Fariha of Kuwait
  7. https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticlePrintPage.aspx?id=1855564&language=en Kuna