First Female Judge Appointed in Emirates
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The Emirati president has appointed the first female judge in this conservative Muslim country. The appointment makes the United Arab Emirates only the second Persian Gulf nation — after Bahrain — with a woman in a high-profile judiciary position. Kholoud Ahmed Juwan al-Dhahiri will serve as a primary judge for Abu Dhabi’s Judiciary Department, the official news agency WAM reported Wednesday. Ms. Dhahiri told the news agency she hoped to be a role model for Emirati women by performing well in her position in the Emirates’s justice system.
