Fatima Abdullah Al-Mal () is a

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judge on the Supreme Judiciary Council. She was one of the first female judges in Qatar, the first Qatari woman to serve as a criminal judge and is one of a small number of women to work as a criminal judge in the

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Biography

Al-Mal holds both a

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and

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from

Qatar University Qatar University (; transliterated: Jami'at Qatar) is a public research university located on the northern outskirts of Doha, Qatar. It is the only public university in the country. The university hosts twelve colleges – Arts and Sciences, Bu ...

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. Her father was a public prosecutor and encouraged her interest in law from a young age, while her mother, a teacher, encouraged her to pursue a university education. She completed her three-year judicial training in 2015 and was sworn in as the first female Qatari criminal judge in 2015. Since her appointment, an additional six women have been appointed as judges in Qatar.

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