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Layla Fakhro

Freedom fighter

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Layla Abdulla Yousif Fakhro was a Bahraini educator and revolutionary. She took part in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman in the 1960s, under the assumed name 'Huda Salem'.^[1] Fakhro established the first school of the revolution,^[2] through which much of the top echelon of Omani government and enterprise passed, providing the basis for the modern educational system in Oman. These enterprises made Fakhro a legend throughout the Arab world in general, and the Gulf in particular. In 1983, she moved with her twin daughters Munira and Aisha to Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, to spend more than ten years, establishing the Dilmun publishing house while in exile.^[3]

Layla Fakhro was born in 1945 in Muharraq island in Bahrain. She died after a long illness on 21 September 2006. She is survived by her two daughters, Munira and Aysha, and husband Ubaiydli Al-Ubaiydli.

Biographical summary^[4]

Held a master's degree in statistics from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Held a license in statistics from Al-Muntassiria University in Baghdad, Iraq
got involved in political activities in Bahrain in 1964
was a student leader and activist while studying in Beirut in the 1960s
was the head of the cultural committee from 1967 - 1968 while at university in Beirut
joined the armed struggle against the British in Dhofar, the Sultanate of Oman
established the Awal Women's Society in Bahrain in 1968
established the Revolutionary Schools in the Sultanate of Oman
established the modern educational system in the Sultanate of Oman
established the Delmon Publishing House in Cyprus while in exile
exiled from Bahrain for more than 25 years due to her political activities
established Alnadeem Information Technology company with her husband and other partners on her return to Bahrain in 1995

References

^ Takriti, Abdel Razzaq (August 15, 2013). "Chapter 5 Relocating the Revolutionary Subject: From DLF to PFLOAG". Monsoon Revolution. Oxford University Press. pp. 107–131. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199674435.003.0006.
^ "The Long Road to Liberation: Archive, History-Making and the Place of Women in the Dhofar Revolution". kohljournal.press. January 18, 2023.
^ Laila Fakhro “Mama Huda” as she was called in Dhofar Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ ""Laila Fakhro"". صحيفة الوسط البحرينية. November 26, 2007 – via Al Wasat News.