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Sharjah

الشارقة

City in the United Arab Emirates.

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Hoor Al Qasimi· Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi

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Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi· Hoor Al Qasimi· Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi· King Faisal Prize

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islam.museum contributors. “Sharjah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sharjah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi

Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi (born 1978) is an Emirati publisher and public official, a daughter of the Ruler of Sharjah. She founded Kalimat Group, the UAE's first dedicated Arabic children's publisher, in 2007, co-founded the Emirates Publishers Association in 2009, and served as president of the International Publishers Association in 2021–2022 — its first Arab president and second woman president. She has been president of the American University of Sharjah since 2022, and in 2025 she was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Education and Book Culture.