WASHINGTON: The
wife of Kuwait's Ambassador to the US Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah was named by a
prominent US magazine as one of only two Arab women in the US capital's 2019
Most Powerful Women. Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah, Goodwill Ambassador to UNHCR, was
named among the Washingtonian's 150 Most Powerful Women, being the only Arab
women to be honored along with Saudi Ambassador to the US Princess Reema bint
Bandar Al-Saud.

Sheikha Rima was
among 150 of "the area's most influential women in governance, business,
law, education, media, nonprofits and the arts". She was ranked under
"International Affairs" along with only two other women - the Saudi
ambassador to the US and German Ambassador Emily Haber. It was hardly a
surprise for Sheikha Rima to make the list, especially as she, over the last 13
years, was able to raise over $18 million through her gala dinners to support
women and children causes.

Sheikha Rima made
the list among other powerful women, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump, White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway,
Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Mayor of the District of Columbia Muriel Bowser.

In remarks to
KUNA, Sheikha Rima expressed her honor to be named one of the 2019
Washingtonian's 150 Most Powerful Women, saying she gets this power from her
loving and supporting family. She added she is forever grateful to her country
Kuwait and the support it gives her to do the work she feels so passionate
about. She said it reflects "our leader, His Highness the Amir Sheikh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who is passionate about Kuwait's role in
addressing a range of humanitarian causes". In 2018, the United Nations
Women for Peace Association (UNWFPA) presented Sheikha Rima with the
prestigious Peace Award for her extraordinary philanthropic work for over a
decade. - KUNA