Sheikha Bibi Duaij Al-Jaber Al-Sabah () is a migration rights activist and

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

from

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

. She founded the Social Work Society, which campaigns for the rights of migrant workers, and chairs

Sadu House Sadu House is an artistic house and museum in Kuwait City, Kuwait, located near the Kuwait National Museum. History It was established by the Al Sadu Society in 1980 to protect the interests of the Bedouin The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (; ...

, a textiles museum and cultural centre dedicated to the woven art of Al Sadu.

Career

Sheikha Bibi Duaij Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was born into the

House of Al-Sabah The House of Sabah ( ar, آل صباح ''Āl Ṣubāḥ'') is the ruling family of Kuwait. History Origin The Al Sabah family originate from the Bani Utbah confederation. Prior to settling in Kuwait, the Al Sabah family were expelled from Umm ...

: her parents are Sheikha Altaf Salem Al-Ali and Duaij Jaber Al-Ali, cousins who married in 1971. She studied finance and accounting at university in the early 2000s. In 2005, after graduation, she founded the Social Work Society, an organisation she is also Chair of, which campaigns for the rights of migrant workers. In 2018 she launched the One Roof campaign to advocate for the rights of migrant domestic workers. She is the

International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM was ...

's Goodwill Ambassador for Kuwait and the Gulf Countries. Al-Sabah is Chairperson of

, a museum in

Kuwait City Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...

which preserves Sadu weaving - an embroidery form in geometrical shapes hand woven by

Bedouin people The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (; , singular ) are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The Bedouin originated in the Syrian Desert and Ar ...

. She has worked to build a programme which to develop the skills of new weavers for contemporary markets and to develop the concept and acceptance of sadu weaving as a design concept for Kuwait. In 2020 al sadu was listed on UNESCO's list of

intangible cultural heritage An intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage. Buildings, historic places, monuments, and artifacts are cultural property. Int ...

. To celebrate its inclusion on the listing, Sheikha Bibi organised the projection of coloured lights in

sadu Sadu (german: Zood; hu, Cód) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, at the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains, 27 km south of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area. It is composed of a single ...

patterns onto the walls of

Kuwait Towers The Kuwait Towers are a group of three thin towers in Kuwait City, standing on a promontory into the Persian Gulf. They were the sixth, and last, group in the larger Kuwait Water Towers system of 34 towers (33 store water; one stores equipment), ...

in 2021.

Awards

* Arab Woman Awards Kuwait: Entrepreneur (2013).

References

External links

Bibi Duaij Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's Youtube channel
{{Authority control Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Kuwaiti curators Kuwaiti women curators Kuwaiti humanitarians Kuwaiti activists Kuwaiti women activists