Raha Moharrak

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رها محرق

Jeddah

Saudi mountaineer, born in Jeddah in 1986. The youngest Arab and the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest (2013), she became the first Saudi woman to complete the Seven Summits in 2017.

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Arabia
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    Summary

    Raha Moharrak is a Saudi mountaineer, born in Jeddah in 1986. 1 2 Wikidata gives her birth date as 25 January 1986, where the English article gives only the year; this entry follows the day-precision date and notes the difference. 2 She is the youngest Arab and the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest, and the first Saudi woman to complete the Seven Summits. 1

    Early life

    Moharrak, the youngest of three children, was born in Jeddah and graduated from the American University of Sharjah in visual communication. 1 She lives in Dubai, where she works as a graphic designer. 3 Before Everest she had climbed Kilimanjaro, Mount Vinson, Elbrus, Aconcagua, Kala Pattar, Pico de Orizaba and Tajamulco. 1

    Everest and the Seven Summits

    On 18 May 2013 Moharrak reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepalese side, as part of the Arabs with Altitude team, which was raising funds for education in Nepal. 1 3 The climb made her the youngest Arab and the first Saudi woman to stand on Everest. 1 In 2017 she scaled the last of the Seven Summits, becoming the first Saudi woman to complete them all. 1

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    Attack on Jeddah· Capture of Jeddah· Battle of Jeddah· Alqama ibn Mujazziz's expedition to the Jeddah coast· Muwatta 398· Abdallah Bin Bayyah· Abdullah Omar Nasseef· Abu Bakr al-Shatri

    Sources

    1. Raha Moharrak — English Wikipedia
    2. Raha Moharrak — Wikidata
    3. Raha Moharrak — Arabic Wikipedia
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    islam.museum contributors. “Raha Moharrak”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/raha-moharrak/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-31.

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    Attack on Jeddah

    Draft card for the Attack on Jeddah in 1541, the Ottoman repulse of the Portuguese assault; its sources are not yet checked on the page.