Maysa Ghadeer

Ghadeer earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic literature at Al Ain University.^[1] She began working as a teacher in 1998, and later became a columnist for the Al Bayan newspaper, before working in the media department of the Dubai government and for Dubai Holding.^[2] She married and had a child, but the couple divorced in 2004.^[1][2]

Ghadeer was a candidate in the 2006 parliamentary elections.^[2] Although she failed to be elected, she was one of eight women appointed to the Federal National Council alongside the one elected woman, Amal Al Qubaisi.^[3][4] She did not run for re-election in 2011,^[5] and subsequently earned a PhD in discourse analysis and worked at Dubai Media.^[6]

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