Arab Wonder Women
As though to coincide with International Women's Day, arabianbusiness.com recently published its list of "100 Most Powerful Arab Women." These ladies hail from 16 Arab nations and a variety of sectors: government, science, culture and society, media, banking and finance, construction and industry, retail, sport, transport, IT and telecom, and real estate.
I sifted through the list to see how countries stack up in terms of what the magazine deems "powerful woman": she who has "worked hard to become a champion in her own field and a winner in her country." Rather subjective, if you ask me. After a bit of research and number-crunching, I discovered the following: UAE has the highest number and proportion (by country population) of these divas, 23 from a country of 5.47 million people. Saudi Arabia follows with 15, but their population is vaster, at 26.9 million. Lebanon offers up 12 of its own women, from a pool of 4.13 million. Here are the numbers, sorted in descending order by population proportion:
Conclusion: Either women in the Gulf are extraordinarily more active than their female Arab peers, or this magazine (UAE-based) favors its own folk. In either case, happy women's day!
I sifted through the list to see how countries stack up in terms of what the magazine deems "powerful woman": she who has "worked hard to become a champion in her own field and a winner in her country." Rather subjective, if you ask me. After a bit of research and number-crunching, I discovered the following: UAE has the highest number and proportion (by country population) of these divas, 23 from a country of 5.47 million people. Saudi Arabia follows with 15, but their population is vaster, at 26.9 million. Lebanon offers up 12 of its own women, from a pool of 4.13 million. Here are the numbers, sorted in descending order by population proportion:
| Rank | Country | Count | Population (millions) | Proportion |
| 1 | UAE | 23 | 5.474 | 0.000420% |
| 2 | Kuwait | 11 | 2.695 | 0.000408% |
| 3 | Bahrain | 4 | 1.281 | 0.000312% |
| 4 | Lebanon | 12 | 4.132 | 0.000290% |
| 5 | Qatar | 4 | 2.042 | 0.000196% |
| 6 | Palestine | 4 | 4.019 | 0.000100% |
| 7 | KSA | 15 | 26.94 | 0.000056% |
| 8 | Tunisia | 4 | 10.835 | 0.000037% |
| 9 | Oman | 1 | 3.154 | 0.000032% |
| 10 | Jordan | 2 | 6.482 | 0.000031% |
| 11 | Syria | 6 | 22.457 | 0.000027% |
| 12 | Yemen | 3 | 25.408 | 0.000012% |
| 13 | Egypt | 6 | 85.294 | 0.000007% |
| 14 | Iraq | 2 | 31.858 | 0.000006% |
| 15 | Algeria | 2 | 38.088 | 0.000005% |
| 16 | Morocco | 1 | 32.649 | 0.000003% |
Conclusion: Either women in the Gulf are extraordinarily more active than their female Arab peers, or this magazine (UAE-based) favors its own folk. In either case, happy women's day!
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