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| Born | 1996 (age 28–29) |
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| Occupation | CEO at Fiker Institute |
Dubai Abulhoul (Arabic:دبي بالهول) is an Emirati author and columnist. Having published five books since 2012, Abulhoul works as a columnist for the "Al Bayan" and "Gulf Today" newspapers and isCEO of the Fiker Institute, a global affairs and governancethink tank that she founded in 2021.
Abulhoul is also a member of theWorld Economic Forum's Future of Geopolitics Council and a member of theCOP28 President's Advisory Committee.[1][2]
Dubai Abulhoul was born in theUnited Arab Emirates in 1996. In 2008, at age 11, she released the animated filmGalagolia, for which she was named the Youngest Director of the Middle East, given a special recognition award at theGulf Film festival,[3][4] and allowed to present at TEDx-Dubai in 2009.[5] In 2012 she published thefantasy novelGalagolia: The Hidden Divination and presented it at theEmirates Airline Festival of Literature. For her work in literature, youth advocacy, and journalism, Abulhoul was appointed to the Salama Bin Hamdan Al-Nahyan Foundation's Advisory Committee from 2014 to 2015,[6] named Young Arab of the Year at the inaugural Young Arab Awards ofITP Media Group in 2016,[7] and appointed to the Emirates Youth Council by the UAE government from 2016 to 2017.[7][8]
She graduated fromNew York University Abu Dhabi with a bachelor's degree inpolitical science in 2017.[9] A year later, she earned her master's degree in Global Governance and Diplomacy from theUniversity of Oxford.[7] Between 2018 and 2020 Abulhoul was a diplomat at theUAE Cabinet.
In 2021 Abulhoul founded the Fiker Institute, an Emirati think tank and strategic studies center. It weighs in on foreign affairs, general policies, and global governance with the goal of reshaping the narrative surrounding the Middle East. It is headquartered in Dubai with Abulhoul as its CEO.[10]
