The Dubai-based journalist and author Kyra Dupont has been on a mission to meet and understand Emirati women. She spent 18 months identifying and interviewing dynamic local woman for her new book, published in French and entitled Pearls of the Emirates: Who Are These Women Behind the Veil?
The idea for the project came shortly after Dupont moved to the country from Switzerland in 2012 and noticed an abundance of news stories and articles about local women.
“I realised that Emirati women were on the agenda. There was not one day where they were not mentioned in the news. They were pioneers, achievers, there was a forum, a new law. They were very regularly on the front pages.”
Dupont set about interviewing 60 business leaders, doctors, film directors, life coaches, police officers, lawyers and human-rights advocates, between the ages of 17 and 80. “They are all achievers,” she tells me. “They have proved that they are successful and capable. I wasn’t interested in housewives going shopping.”
On International Women’s Day last week, Dupont, 43, shared her findings at the Alliance Française Dubai. The response, she says, proved other people are just as interested in these “mysterious” women as she is. She has also seen a huge interest in her work from people living farther afield.
Original article by Mitya Underwood
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Dubai-based author Kyra Dupont gets an educational glimpse into the lives of Emirati women
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