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Ruqaya Qassim Waleed Jameel Al-Khaja

Ruqaya Qassim Waleed Jameel Al-Khaja

1958 – present · Age 68
Born23 May 1958 — Tubli, Bahrain
FatherUnknown
MotherUnknown
Spouse(s)
Waleed Rashid Yahya Rashid Al-Asfoor (married 3 February 1980)
SiblingsNone recorded
ChildrenSharifa Waleed Al-Asfoor, Ebrahim Waleed Al-Asfoor

Life story

Ruqaya Qassim Waleed Jameel Al-Khaja was born in Tubli on 23 May 1958 into the Al-Khaja family. In 1980 she married Waleed Rashid Al-Asfoor. They had two children: Sharifa and Ebrahim. She studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and graduated in 1982. She became a doctor specialising in psychiatry. Today she lives in Budaiya.