Habeeba Hussain Habeeb
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Malé, Sultanate of the Maldive Islands
Malé, Maldives
| Habeeba Hussain Habeeb, NDMI | |
|---|---|
 Habeeb in 2011 | |
| Born | 9 September 1930 Malé, Sultanate of the Maldive Islands |
| Died | 21 November 2022 (aged 92) Malé, Maldives |
| Issue | 3 |
| Dynasty | Huraa |
| Father | Hussain Habeeb |
| Mother | Princess Shaheema Shamsuddin |
| Occupation | Writer • librarian |
Habeeba Hussain Habeeb, NMDI (Dhivehi: ޙަބީބާ ޙުސައިން ޙަބީބު; 9 September 1930 – 21 November 2022) was a Maldivian jaariyaa, writer, author, librarian and member of the Maldivian royal family, as the granddaughter of King Muhammad Shamsuddeen III.
Born into the royal family during the reign of her grandfather King Shamsuddeen III, Habeeb graduated from the Usmaniyya High School in India. She serviced to the government of the Maldives for a half-century, where she worked most at the National Library of Maldives from 1978 until her resignation due to old age in 2018.
For her services to the nation, Habeeb had been awarded the 25th Independence award in 1990,[1] special presidential award in 1981,[2] National Award of Honour in Dhivehi literature in 2007,[3] and the Order of the Dignified Rule of the Dhiyamigili Dynasty in 2011.[4]
Habeeba Hussain Habeeb was born on 9 September 1930, in Malé,[5] the granddaughter of the then-reigning monarch of the Maldives, Muhammad Shamsuddeen III. Her mother was princess Shameema Shamsuddeen, the then second-in line to the Maldivian throne, and her husband, Hussain Habeeb.[6]
Habeeba pursued her education at Usmaniyya High School in Hyderabad, India, where she studied in the Urdu medium. She later continued her studies in the English medium in Sri Lanka.[7]