Norah Al-Fayez - First Ever Saudi Woman Minister

New Woman Minister Cracks Saudi Glass Ceiling

Zawya

RIYADH, Feb 15, 2009 (AFP) - Norah al-Fayez, the first woman ever named to a ministerial post in Saudi Arabia, has put a crack in the thick glass ceiling that the country's strict version of Islam sets against her gender.

The veteran education administrator was named to the new post of deputy education minister for women's education as part of a sweeping shakeup of the government announced Saturday by the country's reform-minded absolute monarch King Abdullah. ...