Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa

Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa (born in Muharraq in 1948) is the first wife of the present King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and the mother of the Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Sabika
Consort of the King of Bahrain
Tenure14 February 2002 – present
Coronation14 February 2002
Born1948 (age 7273)
Muharraq, Bahrain
SpouseHamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
IssueSalman, Crown Prince of Bahrain
Abdullah
Khalifa
Najla
Houseal-Khalifa
FatherIbrahim bin Muhammad al-Khalifa
MotherFatima bint Salman al-Khalifa
ReligionSunni Islam

Personal life

Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa was born in Muharraq, Bahrain in 1948, a daughter of Ibrahim bin Muhammad Al Khalifa, by his wife, Fatima bint Salman Al Khalifa, daughter of Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, the Hakim of Bahrain between 1941 and 1960.

She married her first cousin,[1] Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, on 9 October 1968.[1][2] She is the first wife of Hamad.[3] Sabika and Hamad have four children, three sons and one daughter:[1][2]

Public life

She is the head of the Supreme Council for Women in Bahrain,[4] that has encouraged the expansion of women's rights in Bahrain,[5] encouraging women to vote in the 2001 elections,[6] and, in June 2005, hosted the first ladies of the Arab world in Bahrain for the second meeting of the Higher Council of Arab Women Organisation.[7]

She is also the chief patron of the Society for Women and Children in Bahrain[8] and has addressed the United Nations General Assembly on topics such as Children – future action and Children – programme implementation.[9]

Honours

  •  Bahrain: Order of Ahmad the Victorious, First Class (2 November 2003).
  •  Bahrain: Order of Sheikh Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifa (Wisam al-Shaikh ‘Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa), First Class (16 December 2008).

Ancestry

References

  1. East and Thomas 2003: 38
  2. Sleeman 2003: 878
  3. "Meet 15 women married to the world's biggest despots". Business Insider India. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. Human rights: annual report (2004 ed.), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 2004, p. 234, ISBN 978-0-903359-91-7
  5. Pegues 2007: 15
  6. Winkler 2007: 162
  7. Al Abded et al. 2006: 241
  8. Women for Peace International
  9. Index to proceedings of the General Assembly: 15

Bibliography


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