COVER STORY
DR. NAJAH AL ZAYANI
- Founder & Vice-President, Bahrain Specialist Hospital Behind the calm and dignified presence of Dr Najah Al Zayani lies a determined and passionate soul who fought against all odds to become Bahrain’s first woman medical entrepreneur and establish the Hospital. Coming from a long and illustrious line of women pioneers - her father's cousin and her maternal great-grandmother and grandmother were all among the first trained midwives and nurses in Bahrain - Dr Najah knew at age 10, she wanted to be a doctor. In the 1960s, she was one of two women who secured a position in the competitive and prestigious American University of Beirut and went on to study and then teach at Baylor College in the USA. Her success story tells of steely determination and a courageous woman who fought odds and gender bias to reach the top on her own terms. 28
SALAAM BAHRAIN | MARCH | 2021
