Layla Fakhro

Layla Abdulla Yousif Fakhro was a Bahraini educator and revolutionary. She took part in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman in the 1960s, under the assumed name 'Huda Salem'. Fakhro established the first school of the revolution, through which much of the top echelon of Omani government and enterprise passed, providing the basis for the modern educational system in Oman. These enterprises made 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.

Biographical summary

• Held a master's degree in statistics from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon
• Held a license in statistics from Al-Muntassiria University in Baghdad, Iraq
• got involved in political activities in Bahrain in 1964
• was a student leader and activist while studying in Beirut in the 1960s
• was the head of the cultural committee from 1967 - 1968 while at university in Beirut
• joined the armed struggle against the British in Dhofar, the Sultanate of Oman
• established the Awal Women's Society in Bahrain in 1968
• established the Revolutionary Schools in the Sultanate of Oman
• established the modern educational system in the Sultanate of Oman
• established the Delmon Publishing House in Cyprus while in exile
• exiled from Bahrain for more than 25 years due to her political activities
• established Alnadeem Information Technology company with her husband and other partners on her return to Bahrain in 1995