Shaima Ahmed Sayed Ahmed Al-Tajir

Shaima Ahmed Sayed Ahmed Al-Tajir was born in Beirut on 26 December 1948, the daughter of Ahmed Sayed Al-Tajir and Noor Faisal Al-Sayegh. She was born abroad while her mother was studying there. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Shaima. She finished secondary school. She ran a small home business making sweets and spices. In 1972 she married Majid Jameel Al-Fardan. They had three children: Salma, Noor and Sharifa. She published a book of short stories about life in old Bahrain. She was diagnosed with breast cancer, recovered after a year of chemotherapy, and now volunteers to raise awareness of early screening. She died in Budaiya on 22 June 2021, at the age of 72.