Sheikha

Bibi Duaij Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
بيبي دعيج الجابر الصباح
CitizenshipKuwait
Employer(s)Social Work Society; Sadu House
OrganizationInternational Organization for Migration
AwardsArab Woman Awards Kuwait: Entrepreneur (2013)

Sheikha Bibi Duaij Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: بيبي دعيج الجابر الصباح) is a migration rights activist and curator from Kuwait. She founded the Social Work Society, which campaigns for the rights of migrant workers, and chairs Sadu House, a textiles museum and cultural centre dedicated to the woven art of Al Sadu.

Career

Sheikha Bibi Duaij Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was born into the House of Al-Sabah: her parents are Sheikha Altaf Salem Al-Ali and Duaij Jaber Al-Ali, cousins who married in 1971.[1] She studied finance and accounting at university in the early 2000s.[1] In 2005, after graduation, she founded the Social Work Society, an organisation she is also Chair of, which campaigns for the rights of migrant workers.[2] In 2018 she launched the One Roof campaign to advocate for the rights of migrant domestic workers.[3] She is the International Organization for Migration's Goodwill Ambassador for Kuwait and the Gulf Countries.[4][5][6]

Al-Sabah is Chairperson of Sadu House, a museum in Kuwait City which preserves Sadu weaving - an embroidery form in geometrical shapes hand woven by Bedouin people.[7][8] She has worked to build a programme which to develop the skills of new weavers for contemporary markets and to develop the concept and acceptance of sadu weaving as a design concept for Kuwait.[7][9] In 2020 al sadu was listed on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.[10] To celebrate its inclusion on the listing, Sheikha Bibi organised the projection of coloured lights in sadu patterns onto the walls of Kuwait Towers in 2021.[11][12][13]

Awards

  • Arab Woman Awards Kuwait: Entrepreneur (2013).[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "أحداث في مشوار العمر ألطاف سالـم العـلـي: غيابي سببه انشغالي بالتوثيق". جريدة القبس. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  2. ↑ Date, Kuwait Upto (2018-04-30). "Sheikha Bibi at forefront in fight for Expats Rights". KUWAIT UPTO DATE. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Sheikha Bibi at forefront in fight for rights of expat workers". ARAB TIMES - KUWAIT NEWS. 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  4. ↑ "IOM and Partners Mark International Women's Day by Providing Psychosocial Support to Women in Shelter". www.timeskuwait.com. Archived from the original on 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  5. ↑ "Celebrating Women - Government of Kuwait's shelter for female foreign workers | United Nations in Kuwait". kuwait.un.org. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  6. ↑ "KUNA : Parliament speaker congratulates Sheikha Bibi on Goodwill Amb. title - Parliamentary - 28/04/2019". www.kuna.net.kw. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  7. 1 2 Khaleejesque. "Women Cultural Leaders in the Arab Gulf". khaleejesque.me. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  8. ↑ "IndiansinKuwait.com - complete news portal for Indians in Kuwait". www.indiansinkuwait.com. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  9. ↑ Roy, Chaitali (23 January 2020). "Sadu safe for generations next as art weaves time" (PDF). Arab Times.
  10. ↑ "UNESCO - Traditional weaving of Al Sadu". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  11. ↑ "Kuwait Towers shimmer with sadu patterns 'til Jan 31". The Arab Times. 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  12. ↑ "رئيسة جمعية السدو الكويتية الشيخة بيبي دعيج جابر العلي الصباح:". www.mawtinikw.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  13. ↑ "The Middle East Times - International". www.mideast-times.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  14. ↑ Vishal, Nisha. "Winners of the first Kuwait Arab woman awards announced". www.iflkuwait.com. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
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