Freedom fighter
Layla Abdulla Yousif Fakhro was a Bahraini educator and revolutionary. She took part in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman in the 1960s, under the assumed name 'Huda Salem'.[1] Fakhro established the first school of the revolution,[2] through which much of the top echelon of Omani government and enterprise passed, providing the basis for the modern educational system in Oman. These enterprises made Fakhro a legend throughout the Arab world in general, and the Gulf in particular.
Layla Fakhro was born in 1945 in Muharraq island in Bahrain. She died after a long illness on 21 September 2006. She is survived by her two daughters, Munira and Aysha, and husband Ubaiydli Al-Ubaiydli.
Biographical summary[3]
- Held a master's degree in statistics from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Held a license in statistics from Al-Muntassiria University in Baghdad, Iraq
- got involved in political activities in Bahrain in 1964
- was a student leader and activist while studying in Beirut in the 1960s
- was the head of the cultural committee from 1967 - 1968 while at university in Beirut
- joined the armed struggle against the British in Dhofar, the Sultanate of Oman
- established the Awal Women's Society in Bahrain in 1968
- established the Revolutionary Schools in the Sultanate of Oman
- established the modern educational system in the Sultanate of Oman
- established the Delmon Publishing House in Cyprus while in exile
- exiled from Bahrain for more than 25 years due to her political activities
- established Alnadeem Information Technology company with her husband and other partners on her return to Bahrain in 1995
References
- ^ Takriti, Abdel Razzaq (August 15, 2013). "Chapter 5 Relocating the Revolutionary Subject: From DLF to PFLOAG". Monsoon Revolution. Oxford University Press. pp. 107–131. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199674435.003.0006.
- ^ "The Long Road to Liberation: Archive, History-Making and the Place of Women in the Dhofar Revolution". kohljournal.press. January 18, 2023.
- ^ ""Laila Fakhro"". صحيفة الوسط البحرينية. November 26, 2007 – via Al Wasat News.
