Two Arab women in the list of" World's Leading Thinkers'
Beirut Alongside the notable global figures such as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and US Secretary of State, John Kerry two Arab women are in the list of 100 persons selected by Foreign Policy magazine as "the world's leading thinkers in 2013."
a Saudi film director and media officer of the UAE, which has "built an empire of Arabic media, "are part of the long list, which is created through a process of voting by readers. Saudi director Haifa Al-Mansour had his 2012 film "wadjda" premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The film made her the first person to ever shoot a whole movie in Saudi Arabia.
Mansour was welcomed by Foreign Policy "to quietly break the barriers between the sexes of the Kingdom." In his film, "Mansour produced a gently seeking a moving portrait girl to buy a bike in a country where it can not mount. "Its ability to represent a strong message of a non-confrontational tone has won support from the government.
Saudi Arabia has recently presented his film, which was released to the American public in 2013 for an Oscar nomination. A another woman listed by the magazine is UAE citizen Noura Al Kaabi, who is the CEO of twofour54, an Emirati company funded provides education and training to media producers. Although Arabic is one of the 10 most spoken languages in the world, it is only used in a very small percentage of global media content. Kaabi expressed his desire to reduce this gap. Kaabi was also included on the 2013 Forbes list of the 30 women most influential Arab in the government
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