Distinguished Lecture Series
Ms. Najla Faisal Al Awadhi
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) and General Manager of
Dubai One TV.
The History of Dubai One, Strategy and Market position today
Sunday November 8, 5:00 pm
MSU Dubai, DIAC, Block 10
Ms Najla Al-Awadhi is a member of the Federal National Council (the United Arab Emirates-UAE parliament). She is one of the first women in the history of the UAE to become a member of the UAE’s Parliament, and also its youngest parliamentarian. She is also the first woman from a Gulf Cooperation Country to hold a senior executive position in a state run media organization. In addition to being the first female from the UAE to launch and head a free to air satellite TV channel. She serves as the CEO of Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) which includes Dubai TV, Dubai One, Sama Dubai and Dubai Sports. She is also the General Manger of Dubai One. She is a board member of the Young Arab Leaders and heads the UAE chapter’s education initiative; an initiative which seeks to provide higher education opportunities for talented UAE nationals. She sits on the boards of the UAE Genetic Diseases Association, and Dubai Women’s Establishment. Other projects she is currently working on include, The Mohammad Bin Rashid School of Communication (MBRSC) launched in august 2008 in collaboration with the University of Southern California.
Since May 2007 she has been a monthly columnist for the leading English news paper in the UAE ‘Gulf News.’ She graduated from the University of New Hampshire magna cum laude with a degree in History, where she was president of the Muslim Student Association, the Human Rights Committee and also a judicial advisor. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact MSU Dubai at 04 4361500 or visit the MSU Dubai website at dubai.msu.edu.