Fariha Al-Ahmad

Sheikha Fariha Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: فريحة الأحمد) (15 February 1944 – 12 August 2018) was a Kuwaiti royal, one of the daughters of the tenth ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. She was born in the Dasman Palace on 15 February 1944. She undertook several charitable activities, heading the "Kuwait Association for the Ideal Family",[1] which created the "Ideal Mother Competition" in 2004 and worked to protect the youth and the disabled. Frayha also encouraged and supported politics that empowered Kuwaiti women.[2][3]

Fariha Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Sheikha of Kuwait
Born(1944-02-15)15 February 1944
Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Died12 August 2018(2018-08-12) (aged 74)
Cairo, Egypt
SpouseSheikh Rashid Al-Hamoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
IssueSheikha Reema
Sheikh Hamoud
Sheikha Bibi
Sheikh Ahmed
HouseHouse of Sabah
FatherAhmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
MotherHasina

She received an honorary doctorate from the American College of Greece in 2008. Married to her cousin Sheikh Rashid Al-Hamoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1942–2011), Secretary of the Council of the Ruling Family. They had four children together: Sheikha Reema, Sheikh Hamoud, Sheikha Bibi and Sheikh Ahmed.[4]

She died on 12 August 2018 in Egypt.[5]

Patronages
  • Chairman of the Supreme Committee of Ideal Mothers for Special Families (2004).

Honours

References
  1. Selected Humanitarian Works of: Her Highness Sheikha Fariha Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah of Kuwait and Principal Extraordinare Goodwill Ambassador of Iimsaam
  2. Sheikha Fariha Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah dies, 74
  3. Kuwaiti Emir’s sister dies
  4. رحيل «الأم المثالية» الشيخة فريحة الأحمد شقيقة أمير الكويت (in Arabic)
  5. وفاة الشيخة فريحة الصباح شقيقة أمير الكويت وولي العهد (in Arabic)
  6. The death of Sheikha Fariha of Kuwait
  7. Kuna
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