Lujaina Mohsin Darwish

Lujaina Mohsin Haider Darwish is an Omani politician. Along with Rahila Al Riyami, she was one of the first two women to be directly elected to the Consultative Assembly in 2000. In 2015 she was appointed to the Council of State.

Lujaina Mohsin Darwish
Member of the Consultative Assembly
In office
2000–2007
ConstituencyMuscat
Member of the Council of State
In office
2015–

Biography

Darwish was the eldest of three daughters of the businessman Mohsin Haider Darwish.[1] She attended Sultan Qaboos University, where she earned a degree in English literature.[2] She subsequently became a lecturer at the university, before joining the family business.[2]

In 2000 she was one of fifteen female candidates in the general elections that year.[3] Running in Muscat, she was one of two women elected. She was re-elected to the Assembly in 2003,[4] but lost her seat in the 2007 elections.[5]

She later became deputy chair of Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC.[2] In 2015 she was appointed to the Council of State.[2] She is also currently a member of the board of trustees at Al-Zahra College for Women.[2]

References
  1. To be on Forbes list means growing responsibility for Oman's Lujaina Darwish Times of Oman, 16 October 2016
  2. Deputy Chairperson Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC
  3. Omani woman who blazed a trail into the State Council passes away Times of Oman, 6 February 2017
  4. Omani women lose out in elections Al Jazeera, 5 October 2003
  5. No women elected in Omani vote Reuters, 28 October 2007
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