Asya Alashaikh ( ar, آسيا ال الشيخ; born 6 February) is a

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and social

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. She is the founder and CEO of Tamkeen Company for sustainable solutions in the

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. Alashaikh was born in

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, on 6 February to Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Alashaikh, who served as director of security, and Nora Hassan Alashaikh. She has five sisters and a brother. She worked as a part-time consultant at the Shura Council from 2008 to 2012. She currently serves as the vice president of the National Consultants at the Council of Saudi Chambers and a member of the CSR Committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce. Currently she is working on a national project of

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under the title of "Integration" launched by the Council of Saudi Chambers in partnership with the Ministry of Trade and Industry. This project aims to develop a national framework for corporate social responsibility.

Education

Alashaikh attended Al-Abna’a Secondary School in

, and then

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, where she graduated with BA in English literature in 1988. She received her

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in political science and administration from the

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in early 2000s.http://www.lahamag.com/Details/12167/, January 18, 2010

References

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