Wala'a Essam Al-Boushi
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Walaa Issam ElBoushi (also: ''Wala'a'', ''Walla'', ''Isam'', E''ssam'', ''al-Bushi'', al-Boushi, ''el-Boushi''; ) is a Sudanese activist who became the
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Minister of Youth and Sport in early September 2019 in the Transitional
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of Prime Minister
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, during the
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.


Early life and education

Al-Boushi was born in 1986 in
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. She has a Master's degree in Advanced Engineering Mechanics from the
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.


Political activism

Al-Boushi was involved in anti-government activism in Sudan during the presidency of
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, who was overthrown in the April 2019 Sudanese coup d'état.


Minister of Youth and Sport

In early September 2019, al-Boushi became the Sudanese Minister of Youth and Sport in the Transitional
Cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filin ...
of Prime Minister
Abdalla Hamdok Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani (also transliterated ''Abdallah'', ''Hamdouk'', '' AlKinani''; ; born 1 January 1956) is a Sudanese public administrator who served as the 15th prime minister of Sudan from 2019 to October 2021, and again from November ...
, during the
2019 Sudanese transition to democracy Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number) * One of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (1987 film), a 1987 science fiction film * '' 19-Nineteen'', a 2009 South Korean film * '' Dici ...
. Other women leaders of Sudan during the transitional period include Chief Justice
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, and Sovereignty Council members Aisha Musa el-Said and Raja Nicola. Al-Boushi described her nomination as being to the "Ministry of the Revolution". She expressed her enthusiasm for the position, stating,


Women's football

On 30 September 2019, a 21-team women's football league was launched under al-Boushi's ministership, with both al-Boushi and Aisha Musa present at the match between the Eltahadi and Eldifaa teams, refereed by female umpires. An Islamist preacher and supporter of former president
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, Abdal Hai Youssef, accused al-Boushi of
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and
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for having re-introduced women's football to Sudan. Under Article 126.2 of the 1991 version of the Sudanese Penal Code, apostasy is punishable by the death sentence if the accused does not repent. Al-Boushi lodged an official complaint against Youssef. Information Minister Faisal Saleh stated that Youssef's comments constituted an attack against women's rights and said that the Sudanese cabinet requested the Ministry of Justice to take "the necessary legal measures" against Youssef.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boushi, Wala'a Essam 1986 births Youth and sports ministers of Sudan Women government ministers of Sudan Living people People of the Sudanese revolution University of Khartoum alumni Alumni of Imperial College London 21st-century Sudanese women politicians 21st-century Sudanese politicians