Rula Ghani
Rula Ghani (born in 1948 as Rula Saade ) is the wife of the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadsai and thus “ First Lady ” of Afghanistan. She is from Lebanon and has Lebanese and US citizenship. Rula Ghani is the first Christian first wife of Afghanistan, a country with over 99.9% Muslim population.
She studied at the American University of Beirut , where she met Ashraf Ghani in 1973. The 1980s and 1990s both spent in the United States .
As one of the few wives of Afghan politicians, she presented herself in public and supported her husband in the election campaign. She also spoke at election campaign events and was the first First Lady of Afghanistan to be praised by her husband in his inaugural address, which attracted a great deal of attention in the country and was considered a “taboo break” in the media. Afghan women's rights activists welcomed her presence and expressed the expectation that she would contribute to positive women's politics.
The couple has two children. One of them is the artist Mariam Ghani .
Web links
- Afghanistan's first lady
- Ahmadzai, Rula Ghani Mrs. on Afghan Biographies
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lebanese-American Rula Saade Ghani Is Afghanistan's First Lady Middle East Times
- ↑ Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's five biggest challenges . BBC News, September 28, 2014, accessed October 7, 2014.
- ↑ a b Ahmadzai, Ashraf Ghani Dr. . Afghan Biographies, accessed October 7, 2014.
- ↑ a b Uma primeira dama cristã para o país dos talibãs ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Diário de Notícias , September 30, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014.
- ↑ a b Before het eerst heeft Afghanistan een first lady who is niet onzichtbaar is . De Volkskrant, September 30, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014.
- ↑ Afghanistan's first lady ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Foreign Policy
- ↑ Afghanistan's new first lady ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Foreign Policy
- ↑ a b Afghanistan embraces Lebanese first lady . The Daily Star Lebanon, September 21, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014.
- ^ Make Way For Afghanistan's New First Lady, A Breaker Of Taboo . International Business Times , September 30, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014.
- ↑ Una primera dama visible . El Periódico, October 1, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ghani, Rula |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ghani, Rujla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadsai and thus “First Lady” of Afghanistan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |