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==Biography== |
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Salama bint Hamdan is a member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, [[House of Nahyan]]. Her father, Sheikh [[Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan]], was a former UAE deputy prime minister. |
Salama (or Salma) bint Hamdan is a member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, [[House of Nahyan]]. Her father, Sheikh [[Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan]], was a former UAE deputy prime minister. |
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She is the founder and president of a philanthropic foundation with her name, Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, based in Abu Dhabi.<ref name=found>{{cite web|title=Our founder|url=https://www.shf.ae/en/who-we-are/our-founder/|publisher=Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation|access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
She is the founder and president of a philanthropic foundation with her name, Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, based in Abu Dhabi.<ref name=found>{{cite web|title=Our founder|url=https://www.shf.ae/en/who-we-are/our-founder/|publisher=Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation|access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
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Revision as of 17:12, 6 November 2022
Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan | |
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| Consort of the President of the United Arab Emirates | |
| In role 14 May 2022 | |
| President | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Preceded by | Shamsa bint Suhail Al Mazrouei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Salama bint Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan |
| House | House of Al Nahyan |
| Father | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan |
| Spouse |
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
(m. 1981) |
| Children | 11 (2 adopted), including Khaled |
Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan is an Emirati woman who is the wife of Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi. She is known for her philanthropic activities and arts patronage.
Biography
Salama (or Salma) bint Hamdan is a member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, House of Nahyan. Her father, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, was a former UAE deputy prime minister.
She is the founder and president of a philanthropic foundation with her name, Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, based in Abu Dhabi.[1][2] She is also the chair of the Abu Dhabi Art Host Committee.[1] She is the owner of various significant paintings which were produced by Pablo Picasso and Rudolf Ernst and also, modern Egyptian painting in addition to Islamic ceramics.[3] In 2010 she bought a work by Damien Hirst from the White Cube gallery for $4 million.[4]
Her other public roles include chair of the General Women's Union, president of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and supreme chair of the Family Development Foundation.[5] She is the recipient of the woman personality of the year award in 2011 by the Middle East Excellence Awards Institute and the Sharjah voluntary work award in 2012.[1] She was among the Canvass magazine's Power 50 in relation to her activities in Middle Eastern art and culture.[1]
Marriage and children
In 1981 Salama bint Hamdan married Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with whom she has nine children, four sons and five daughters.[6] They also have two adopted daughters, and 15 grandchildren.[7]
- Sheikha Mariam
- Sheikh Khaled
- Sheikha Shamsa
- Sheikh Theyab
- Sheikh Hamdan
- Sheikha Fatima
- Sheikha Shamma
- Sheikh Zayed
- Sheikha Hassa
- Amina - adopted daughter
- Salha - adopted daughter
References
- ^ a b c d "Our founder". Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Anna Seaman (20 May 2013). "Interview with Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan". The National. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Mercedes Volait (2015). "Middle Eastern collections of Orientalist painting at the turn of the 21st century: paradoxical reversal or persistent misunderstanding?" (PDF). In François Pouillon; Jean-Claude Vatin (eds.). After Orientalism: Critical perspectives on Western Agency and Eastern Re-appropriations. Vol. 2. Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill. pp. 258–259. doi:10.1163/9789004282537_019. ISBN 9789004282537. S2CID 190911367.
- ^ Taymour Grahne (2013). The Rise of the Middle Eastern Art Market Since 2006 (MA thesis). Sotheby's Institute of Art - New York. ISBN 978-1-303-21563-6. ProQuest 1418008389.
- ^ "Salama bint Hamdan hosts banquet in recognition to Japanese PM's wife". Emirates News Agency. Abu Dhabi. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Sheikh Hamdan shares heartwarming photo on Sheikh Mohamed's birthday". Khaleej Times. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "H.H.'s Biography". www.cpc.gov.ae. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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