Lujaina Mohsin Darwish

Born in 1969, Darwish was the eldest of three daughters of the businessman Mohsin Haider Darwish;^[3] her sister Areej also became a businesswoman. She attended Sultan Qaboos University, where she earned a degree in English literature.^[4] She subsequently became a lecturer at the university,^[5] before joining the family business.^[4]

In 2000 she was one of fifteen female candidates in the general elections.^[6] Running in Muscat, she was one of two women elected. She was re-elected to the Assembly in 2003,^[7] but she did not seek re-election in the 2007 elections.^[8] During her time in the Shura Council she also became president of Sidab Football Club, the second woman in the Arab world to head a football club.^[9]

She later became deputy chair of Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC,^[4] and chair of its ITICS cluster.^[10] As a result she regularly featured in lists of the most powerful Arab businesswomen published by Forbes.^[3][11]

In 2015 Darwish was appointed to the Council of State.^[4] In January 2025 she was appointed as the Honorary Consul of South Africa in Oman.^[12] She is also a board member of the Arab International Women's Forum.^[13]