Raha Moharrak ( ar, رها محرق) (born ) is the youngest
Arab
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and the first
Saudi Saudi may refer to:
* Saudi Arabia
* Saudis, people from Saudi Arabia
* Saudi culture, the culture of Saudi Arabia
* House of Saud
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woman to climb
Mount Everest
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.
Previously she climbed
Mount Kilimanjaro
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,
Mount Vinson
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,
Mount Elbrus
Mount Elbrus ( rus, links=no, Эльбрус, r=Elbrus, p=ɪlʲˈbrus; kbd, Ӏуащхьэмахуэ, 'uaşhəmaxuə; krc, Минги тау, Mingi Taw) is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. It is situated in the we ...
,
Aconcagua,
Kala Pattar,
Pico de Orizaba
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and
Iztaccihuatl.
Early life
Moharrak the youngest of three was born in
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...
,
Saudi Arabia
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to Hassan Moharrak
and graduated from the
American University, Sharjah in
visual communication.
She is currently pursuing her MBA at Synergy University Dubai Campus with a specialization in Women's Leadership. She lives in
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
now
[ where she is a graphic designer.]CNN
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, she said that "convincing them er familyto let her climb was as great a challenge as the mountain itself!"[
]
Climbing Mount Everest
In February 2013, Moharrak reached the highest Argentinian summit Aconcagua[
She was in a team of 34 other mountaineers and 29 guides in reaching the summit on May 18, 2013 from the Nepalese side of the mountain. Her four-member expedition team ''Arabs with Altitude'' included the first Qatari man, Mohammed Al Thani from Qatar's royal family and the first Palestinian man, ]Raed Zidan
Raed Zidan is the first Palestinian man to summit Mount Everest and the first Palestinian man to reach all Seven Summits
Early life
Zidan was born in Kuwait to Palestinian emigrants. His parents emigrated from Kufr Lakef, Palestine, near Qalqily ...
Speaking about her achievement, she said: "I really don't care about being the first, so long as it inspires someone else to be second."[
In 2017, Moharrak scaled all the ]Seven Summits
The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents. Climbing to the summit of all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on 30 April 1985 by Richard Bass. Climbing the Seven Summits a ...
and became the first Saudi woman to climb the Seven Summits.
See also
* Muslim women in sport
References
External links
Official website
Instagram official account
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1980s births
Living people
People from Jeddah
Summiters of Mount Everest
American University of Sharjah alumni