Sheikha Fariha Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: فريحة الأحمد) (15 February 1944 – 12 August 2018) was a Kuwaiti royal, one of the daughters of the tenth ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. She was born in the Dasman Palace on 15 February 1944. She undertook several charitable activities, heading the "Kuwait Association for the Ideal Family",[1] which created the "Ideal Mother Competition" in 2004 and worked to protect the youth and the disabled. Frayha also encouraged and supported politics that empowered Kuwaiti women.[2][3]
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Born | Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait | 15 February 1944
Died | 12 August 2018 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 74)
Spouse | Sheikh Rashid Al-Hamoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
Issue | Sheikha Reema Sheikh Hamoud Sheikha Bibi Sheikh Ahmed |
House | Sabah |
Father | Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
Mother | Hasina |
She received an honorary doctorate from the American College of Greece in 2008. Married to her cousin Sheikh Rashid Al-Hamoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1942–2011), Secretary of the Council of the Ruling Family. They had four children together: Sheikha Reema, Sheikh Hamoud, Sheikha Bibi and Sheikh Ahmed.[4]
She died on 12 August 2018 in Egypt.[5]
Patronages
- Chairman of the Supreme Committee of Ideal Mothers for Special Families (2004).
Honours
Commander of the National Order of the Cedar (Beirut, 8 November 2007).[6][7]