Hidaya Sultan al-Salem
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Hidaya Sultan al-Salem, (Arabic: هدايه سلطان السالم, 1936 – 20 March 2001), sometimes transliterated as Hedaya, was a Kuwaiti journalist and author, who owned and edited the one of Kuwait's earliest political magazines al-Majalis in Kuwait City, Kuwait. She was Kuwait's first female to serve as an editor of a publication. She was a feminist and secularist, and she campaigned against corruption and on behalf of women's rights and suffrage in Kuwait.[2][3][4] She was the first journalist to be killed in Kuwait since the Committee to Protect Journalists began recording these acts in 1992.[5][6]
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Hidaya Sultan al-Salem | |
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هدايه سلطان السالم | |
Born | 1936 Shuwaikh Port, Kuwait |
Died | March 20, 2001 Kuwait City, Kuwait |
Nationality | Kuwaiti |
Education | Mutawia Saleema & Mutawia Mariam Al Askar |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor-in-chief, and publisher |
Years active | 1961-2001[1] |
Employer | Al-Majeles magazine |
Known for | Publisher of Al-Majeles |
Notable work | Women in Koran & The Arab |
Children | Four sons, including Nawwaf al-Othman, and one daughter |
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