34 Notable alumni of
Kuwait University
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Kuwait University is 802nd in the world, 162nd in Asia, and 1st in Kuwait by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 34 notable alumni from Kuwait University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Khaled Mashal
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Khaled Mashal is a Palestinian politician who served as the second chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from 1996 until May 2017, when he was succeeded by Ismail Haniyeh. He has been the acting leader of Hamas twice, from July 2024 until August 2024 and since October 2024, after both leaders were assassinated by Israel. He is regarded as one of the most prominent leaders of Hamas since the death of Ahmed Yassin, alongside Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar.
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Huda Hussein
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Huda Hussein is an Iraqi actress and producer born and residing in Kuwait. She is the third name on demand in Gulf TV after Hayat Al-Fahad and Souad Abdullah.
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Halema Boland
- Enrolled in Kuwait University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in media studies
- Occupations
- television presentertelevision actorradio personality
- Biography
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Halema or Halimeh Boland is a Kuwaiti television presenter and former fashion model well known in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Amal Al Awadi
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 37)
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Amal Al-Awadhi is a Kuwaiti actress and TV presenter.
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Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah was a Kuwaiti royal and politician who served as the prime minister of Kuwait from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as minister of defense as well as deputy prime minister. In April 2021 a Kuwaiti court ordered his detention on corruption charges.
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Noha Nabil
- Occupations
- writerpoettelevision presenterinfluencer
- Biography
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Noha Nabil S Mohammad is a social media influencer. In 2017, she was listed by Forbes among the Top 10 Most Influential Arab Women in Social Media.
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Yasser Al-Habib
- Enrolled in Kuwait University
- Studied political science
- Occupations
- oratorwritercleric
- Biography
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Sheikh Yasser al-Habib is a Kuwaiti Shia scholar, and the head of the London-based Mahdi Servants Union, as well as Al-Muhassin mosque in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, and the writer of The Lady of Heaven. Al-Habib's work focuses on Islamic history, drawing on Shia and Sunni sources.
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Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
- Occupations
- sports officialpolitician
- Biography
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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, also known as Ahmad Al-Fahad, is a Kuwaiti politician and former sports administrator who is a member of the ruling House of Sabah.
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Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
- Occupations
- crown prince
- Biography
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Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah is Crown Prince of Kuwait. A senior member of the Al-Sabah ruling family, he held various government positions from 2006 to 2022, serving as Foreign Minister from 2011 to 2019 and as Prime Minister from 2019 to 2022. He was appointed Crown Prince by Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on 1 June 2024.
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Alaa Hussein Ali aljabr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ala'a Hussein Ali Al-Khafaji Al-Jaber is a Kuwaiti-born Iraqi military officer who served as the head of the Republic of Kuwait, a brief puppet government in Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
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Musallam Al-Barrak
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Musallam Al-Barrak is a Kuwaiti politician. He was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly representing the fourth district.
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Khaled El Sheikh
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Khaled El Sheikh is a Bahraini singer.
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Shahd Alshammari
- Occupations
- university teacherscreenwriterwriter
- Biography
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Shahd Alshammari is a Kuwaiti writer, academic scholar and assistant professor of the English language. She is well known for her researches that focus on human and women's rights, disability issues and, recently, illness narrative. She published six books, in total, three of which she was the author, and the other three co-author. Additionally, she participated in over 15 conference, both as attendee and Keynote speaker, and discussed different topics in the fields of literature and culture. In 2019, she was nominated for the British Council Alumni Awards – Social Impact. In 2021 she won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from the National Communication Association's (NAC).
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Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari is a Kuwaiti citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba, from 2002 to 2016. He has never been charged with war crimes.
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Bothayna El Essa
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Bothayna El Essa is a novelist from Kuwait. A well-known author in modern Arabic literature, her novel The Book Censor's Library was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction in their category for translated literature.
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Worawi Makudi
- Occupations
- politicianassociation football referee
- Biography
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Worawi Makudi, also referred in the media as Bung Yee (Thai: บังยี, RTGS: Bang Yi) is a Thai former football official. He was a member of the FIFA Council from 1997 to 2015. He served as the Football Association of Thailand's General Secretary from 1996 to 2007, before being elected president in 2007.
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Emmanuel Gharib
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- Christian minister
- Biography
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Emmanuel Benjamin Gharib is a Kuwaiti pastor of the Kuwait Presbyterian Church and the chairman of the National Evangelical Church of Kuwait, a campus where nearly 100 Christian denominations gather for prayer.
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Princess Haya bint Rashed Al Khalifa
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa is a lawyer and diplomat from Bahrain. From 1999 to 2004, she served as Bahrain’s first female ambassador, accredited to France. She was also among the first women to practice law in Bahrain. From 2006 to 2007, she held the office of President of the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the third woman to occupy this position.
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Jenan Boushehri
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jenan Mohsin Ramadan Boushehri is a Kuwaiti politician. She was one of the first two women to run for election in Kuwait, and held various positions in the Cabinet until her resignation on 12 November 2019.
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Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Homoud Al-Sabah
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Homoud Al-Sabah is the Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs in Kuwait.
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Saleh Al-Mulla
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Saleh Mohammad Al-Mulla was elected two times to the National Assembly of Kuwait in 2008 and 2009 after snap elections, representing the third district, and generally affiliates with the liberal deputies. Born in 1971, Al-Mulla studied business at Kuwait University and received a M.A in political science from Harvard University and he was previously a diplomat representing Kuwait in the ministry of foreign affairs. He has two sons, Mohammad Saleh AlMulla and Khaled Saleh AlMulla. Saleh AlMulla was the youngest head of parliament of Kuwait at the time of his appointment. In 2015, he was arrested and accused of insulting the Emir of Kuwait and President of Egypt on his Twitter. However, he was acquitted from these charges.
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Hessa Al Jaber
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Hessa bint Sultan Al Jaber is a Qatari engineer, academic and politician. She was the first Minister of Information and Communications Technology in Qatar following the formation of a new cabinet by the Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in 2013. In 2017 she was one of four women appointed to the Consultative Assembly, becoming one of the country's first female parliamentarians.
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Raja Al Gurg
- Born in
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United Arab Emirates - Occupations
- executive president
- Biography
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Dr. Raja Easa Al Gurg is a businesswoman in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, currently serving as the chairperson and managing director of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group.
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Ibtihal Al-Khatib
- Enrolled in Kuwait University
- In 1996 graduated with bachelor's degree in English-language literature
- Occupations
- writeracademichuman rights defenderjournalist
- Biography
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Ibtihal Al-Khatib is a Kuwaiti academic, journalist, and prominent advocate of secular liberal values in Middle Eastern societies. She is a professor at the Kuwait University in the department of English Language and Literature. She has been the subject of controversy because of her outspoken defense of secularism, separation of church and state, and civil rights, including gay rights.
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Khaled Al-Duwaisan
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Khaled Abdulaziz Al-Duwaisan is a Kuwaiti diplomat and the previous ambassador to the United Kingdom, a role he has held since 1993. He was Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in London.
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Abdulwahab Hussain
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abdulwahab Hussain Ali Ahmed Esmael is a Bahraini political activist, writer, religious figure and philosopher. He was one of the most prominent opposition leaders in the 1990s uprising when he was arrested twice for a total length of five years in which he was allegedly subjected to solitary confinement and torture. After his release in 2001, he supported government reform plans.
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Abdulwahab Al-Babtain
- Years
- 1985-.. (age 41)
- Biography
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Abdulwahab Mohammad Al-Babtain is a Kuwaiti politician, who is a former member of the Kuwait Parliament. In the Kuwaiti General Election of 2016, which was his first time running for office, he secured the first seat in the third constituency with 3,730 votes. Al-Babtain served on several parliamentary committees, including the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee and the Public Money Protection Committee.
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Huzama Habayeb
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Huzama Habayeb is a Palestinian novelist, storyteller, columnist, translator, and poet who has won multiple awards such as the Mahmoud Seif Eddin Al-Erani Award for Short Stories, Jerusalem Festival of Youth Innovation in Short Stories, and Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. Upon graduating from Kuwait University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in English language and Literature, she pursued careers in journalism, teaching, and translation before she eventually started to write professionally as a published author. She is a member of both the Jordanian Writers Association and the Arab Writers Federation.
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Moudi A. Al-Humoud
- Biography
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Moudi A. Al-Humoud, is currently the Founding Administrative Board, Chair of Abdullah Al-Salem University in Kuwait and she is a professor of management at the College of Business Administration, Kuwait University. She served as president of Arab Open University, a pan Arab university operating in Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan and Palestine.
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Lamees Dhaif
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Lamees Dhaif is a Bahraini journalist, renowned for social criticism, including satirical articles. She has written in various newspapers, including AlAyam, Akhbar Al Khaleej, AlYaum, AlWaqt, AlQabas, and AlRai in the Persian Gulf region. Currently, she has a column in AlShabiba newspaper.
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Ali Hussain Al-Awadhi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ali Hussain Al-Awadhi is a journalist, former student leader and politician from Kuwait. He is the first chairman of the Youth Association of Kuwait (then National Democratic Youth Association) and a founding member of the Democratic Ticket, a student group which runs for elections at Kuwait University – College of Science's student society. He is best known for being the editor-in-chief of Kuwaiti progressive weekly newspaper Al-Taleaa which is loosely linked to the Kuwait Democratic Forum (Arabic: المنبر الديمقراطي الكويتي).
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Bilal M. Ayyub
- Occupations
- civil engineerscientist
- Biography
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Bilal M. Ayyub is a researcher in risk analysis and reliability engineering. He has been a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) since 1983, and is also the director of the Center for Technology and Systems Management at its A. James Clark School of Engineering.
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Najma Idrees
- Occupations
- poetcolumnistwriter
- Biography
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Najma Abdullah Idrees is a Kuwaiti poet, columnist, and scholar.
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Hayat Alyaqut
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 45)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Hayat Alyaqout is a Kuwaiti writer and publisher. She founded Nashiri, considered the first Arabic nonprofit online publishing house, in 2003.
