Indian journalist's book on Kuwaiti women published

A Kuwait-based Indian journalist's book on the life stories of some remarkably empowered Kuwaiti women has been published here.

Chaitali B Roy, a well-known print and radio journalist, has written 'Women of Kuwait: Turning Tides' which narrates the tale of women who dared to pursue their dreams at times against immense odds and made profound contributions to the evolution of Kuwait as a modern state.

The first book of its kind on Kuwait, it will be officially launched shortly in India, the publisher Har-Anand Publications said.

Unlike, the stereotypes of Arab women as shrouded and shackled, these Kuwaiti women are independent, educated and free, a statement from the publishers said.
 

Some of the achievers in the book are leading names in the Gulf region; but then there are others like Dr Haifa Al Ajmi, the first woman to get a PhD in Heavy Oil Management in the GCC - a Bedouin woman who with active support of her family is successfully pursuing her ambitions. These are stories that inspire and need to be told, it said.