Huda al-Naimi (Arabic: هدى النعيمي) is a medical physicist and writer from Qatar.
Dr Huda Mohamed al-Naimi | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Qatar |
| Education | University of Cairo |
| Occupation | Director of Safety |
| Employer | Hamad Medical Corporation |
| Honours | President of the Qatar Medical Physics Society |
Biography edit
Al-Naimi grew up a small town near Doha and studied Physics at the University of Qatar.[1] She moved to Cairo in 1990 in order to study for a Masters in Nuclear Physics at Ain Shams University.[1] She continued her education and was awarded a doctorate from the University of Cairo in Medical Physics.[1]
Career edit
In 2000, al-Naimi moved back to Qatar and took up a post as Director of Safety for the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).[1] As part of her role at HMC, al-Naimi leads on their MENA-regional training on radiation safety.[2] She has represented Qatar at a number of international meetings and conferences concerning radiation safety, including those led by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Environment Programme.[3] In 2013 she was President of the Qatar Medical Physics Society.[4]
Arts and literature edit
In addition to al-Naimi's studies, during her time studying in Cairo, she began to write creatively and published three books of short stories whilst living there.[1] One of her stories, Layla & Me, is a Qatari telling of the Red Riding Hood story - in it the protagonist is as dark as the wolf.[5][6] Her collection Abatil is seen as a key text in modern Qatari writing.[7]
After moving back to Qatar, al-Naimi has been active in the cultural sector as a member for the National Council for Culture in Qatar and part of the organisational team for Doha: Arabic Capital of Culture 2010.[1] She is active in literary circles and in 2011 was guest of honour at the Sudanese Book Fair in Khartoum.[1] In 2012, she was one of the judges for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, alongside translator Gonzalo Fernández Parilla, originally from Spain, and from Lebanon the critic Maudie Bitar.[8] During this year of the prize, al-Naimi praised the number of women on the judging panel, but was concerned that less than 15% of the entrants were women.[9]
Awards edit
- 2015/16 - Recognition & Encouragement Award: Medical & Nursing was jointly awarded to Dr Huda al-Naimi and Dr Asma Ali Jassim al-Thani.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g "Huda al-Naimi | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ MENAFN. "HMC holds course on radiation protection". menafn.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ "Hamad Hospital OHS Department". Retrieved 2020-03-25 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Medical Physics World: eMPW 4.2" (PDF).
- ^ Wagner, Shandi Lynne, "Sowing Seeds Of Subversion: Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers' Subversive Use Of Fairy Tales And Folklore" (2015). Wayne State University Dissertations. Paper 1172. ]
- ^ Beckett, Sandra L. (2013). Revisioning Red Riding Hood around the world. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8143-3973-2. OCLC 870337037.
- ^ Ouarda, Mahcer (2018-05-01). "شعرية العنوان وإنتاج الدلالة في مجموعة أباطيل لهدى النعيمي / وردة محصر". ANSAQ Journal (in Arabic). 2 (2). ISSN 2520-7148.
- ^ Lea, Richard (2012-01-12). "International prize for Arabic fiction shortlist tells story of region's tensions". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ Emerlino, Louis. "Jaber Wins Arabic Fiction Prize". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ "Winners of Appreciation Awards". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2020-03-25.