Layla Abdulla Yousif Al-Fakhro was a pioneering Bahraini woman who was an educator and a freedom fighter. She has taken part in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman in the 1960s and has established the first [School of the Revolution] through which much of the current top echelon of Omani government and enterprise have passed through, providing the basis of a modern educational system in Oman. These enterprises have made Ms. Fakhro a legend throughout the Arab world in general, and the Gulf in particular.
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.
Bio
Held a master's degree in statistics from the American University of Beirut, LebanonHeld a license in statistics from Al-Muntassiria University in Baghdad, Iraqgot involved in political activities in Bahrain in 1964was a leader in student movements and activist while studying in Beirut in the 1960swas the head of the cultural committee from 1967 - 1968 while at university in Beirutjoined the armed struggle against the British in Dhofar, the Sultanate of Omanestablished the Awal Women's Society in Bahrain in 1968established the Revolutionary Schools in the Sultanate of Omanestablished the modern educational system in the Sultanate of Omanestablished the Delmon Publishing House in Cyprus while in exileexiled from Bahrain for more than 25 years due to her political activitiesestablished Alnadeem Information Technology company with her husband and other partners on her return to Bahrain in 1995
