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Shaima Salman Faisal Ghassan Al-Sairafi

Shaima Salman Faisal Ghassan Al-Sairafi

1937 – 2008 · Lived 71 years
Born25 January 1937 — Muharraq, Bahrain
Died3 February 2008 — Muharraq, Bahrain
FatherSalman Faisal Ghassan Sami Al-Sairafi
MotherRuqaya Sayed Ahmed Mohammed Al-Tajir
Spouse(s)
Ammar Abdulla Hussain Omar Al-Fardan (married 21 June 1961)
SiblingsFaisal Salman Al-Sairafi
ChildrenRuqaya Ammar Al-Fardan, Abdulla Ammar Al-Fardan, Jameel Ammar Al-Fardan

Life story

Shaima Salman Faisal Ghassan Al-Sairafi was born in Muharraq on 25 January 1937, the daughter of Salman Faisal Al-Sairafi and Ruqaya Sayed Al-Tajir. She was named after her maternal grandmother, Shaima. She studied pharmacy at the American University of Beirut and graduated in 1959. She worked as a pharmacist and later opened her own pharmacy. In 1961 she married Ammar Abdulla Al-Fardan. They had three children: Ruqaya, Abdulla and Jameel. She died in Muharraq on 3 February 2008, at the age of 71.