Office1: | Member of the Federal National Council |
Term1: | 2007–2011 |
Constituency1: | Dubai |
Maysa Rashed Ghadeer (Arabic: ميساء راشد غدير) is an Emirati educator, writer and politician. In 2007 she was one of the first group of women to enter the Federal National Council.
Ghadeer earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic literature at Al Ain University.[1] She began working as a teacher in 1998, and later became a columnist for the Al Bayan newspaper, before working in the media department of the Dubai government and for Dubai Holding. She married and had a child, but the couple divorced in 2004.[1]
Ghadeer was a candidate in the 2006 parliamentary elections.[2] Although she failed to be elected, she was one of eight women appointed to the Federal National Council alongside the one elected woman, Amal Al Qubaisi.[3] [4] She did not run for re-election in 2011,[5] and subsequently earned a PhD in discourse analysis and worked at Dubai Media.[6]