Masouma Abdelrahim Explained

Office:Member of the Council of Representatives
Native Name:معصومة عبد الرحيم
Native Name Lang:ar
Constituency:Sixth Constituency, Capital Governorate
Parliamentarygroup:independent
Predecessor:Ali Al Ateesh
Primeminister:Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain
Termstart:2018
Birth Name:Masouma Hassan Abdul-Hussein Abdelrahim
Nationality:Bahraini
Occupation:doctor, politician

Masouma Hassan Abdul-Hussein Abdul-Rahim (Arabic: معصومة عبد الرحيم, born June 15, 1932) is a Bahraini politician, psychiatrist,[1] social activist, and columnist[2] of Iranian origin. She was sworn into the Council of Representatives on December 12, 2018, for the sixth constituency of the Capital Governorate.[3]

Career

She headed the drug and alcohol unit at the Ministry of Health.[4]

Council of Representatives

She entered the political arena when she ran in the 2018 Bahraini general election, in which she ran for the sixth district in the Capital Governorate. In the first round on November 24, 2018, she received 1,332 votes for 26.09%, requiring a second round on December 1, in which she defeated Ali Al Ateesh (the incumbent elected in the 2014 Bahraini general election from the Muslim League party) with 2,137 votes for 54.20%.

Controversy

Abdelrahim sparked controversy when she posted a video on her Snapchat account calling for the severing of child molesters’ penises.[5]

Awal Online reported that Abdelrahim closed her Instagram account after harsh criticisms of the new MPs in comments to a video of several in a Secretariat workshop that she posted.[6]

In a symposium held by the National Constituent Assembly in Sanad, Abdelrahim reported that World Health Organization statistics indicate 20–30,000 drug addicts in Bahrain.[7] [8] Previously, the Health Ministry had refused to officially declare the number.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Al-Raqimi . Ibrahim . معصومة أول طبيبة بحرينية تشارك في مؤتمر التقارب بين الحضارات والأديان . 30 January 2021 . . October 6, 2018.
  2. Web site: بحث مقالات معصومة عبدالرحيم . Author Page . . 30 January 2021.
  3. News: رئيس اللجنة العليا للإشراف على سلامة الانتخابات يعلن النتائج النهائية للانتخابات النيابية والبلدية لعام 2018م . 30 January 2021 . . December 2, 2018.
  4. News: Abdelrahim . Masouma . بائعة الورد... تشعل وسائل التواصل . 30 January 2021 . . October 23, 2018.
  5. Web site: الناشطة معصومة عبدالرحيم تطالب بقطع العضو الذكري لكل من يغتصب الصبيان او البنات في البحرين . king almuharraq: video of quote . YouTube . April 23, 2017.
  6. News: معصومة تقفل حسابها على إنستغرام بعد استياء شعبي من خفة النواب . 30 January 2021 . Awal Online . December 6, 2018.
  7. News: 30 ألف مدمن مخدرات في البحرين وكل مريض يكلف علاجه 150 دينارًا في اليوم . 30 January 2021 . . September 27, 2014.
  8. News: خبيرة علاجية: 30 ألف مدمن مخدرات في البحرين . 30 January 2021 . Bahrain Mirror . September 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181228174815/http://bh-mirror.noip.me/news/19100.html . December 28, 2018.
  9. News: Al-Mutawa . Nawar Abdullah . إحصائيات المدمنين غير دقيقة وقد يصل عددهم إلى 30 ألفاً . 30 January 2021 . . June 24, 2015.