Country: Saudi Arabia
Affiliation: Arab News
Ebtihal Mubarak
Ms. Mubarak, 30, of the English-language Arab News in Saudi Arabia reports on the small but growing movement for greater political and social rights for Saudi women and the challenges they face. Among the only 5 percent of Saudi women who work outside the home, Ms. Mubarak was instrumental in publicizing the case of Fatimah Al Taimani, forcibly divorced from her husband and then chose imprisonment to escape her half brothers who accused her husband of lying about his tribal affiliations. More recently Ms. Mubarak covered a Saudi rape victim, known as the "Qatif Girl." Her reporting was picked up by the international press. At the United Nations, she intends to seek interviews with as many world figures as possible and "to represent working Saudi women in action."
