Emirati women guards for Prince Charles' wife on UAE visit

Royal Couple acknowledges the elite protection team that flanked the Duchess of Cornwall on their visit this month.

A group of Emirati women are winning praise for their commitment to duty and discipline as they guarded UK's Prince Charles' wife during the couple's recent visit to the UAE.
Earlier this week, Clarence House on Instagram and Twitter (the official account representing The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall) posted a picture from the Duchess' visit to the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children - a shelter that supports women and children fleeing from domestic violence and helps families strengthen ties - where she was flanked by a protection team of four burqa clad Emirati women.
Three of whom had also achieved the feat of scaling the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest.

 

Her Royal Highness with her all-female protection team during #RoyalVisitUAE From left to right: Shaima al Kaabi, Basima al Kaabi, Hannan al Hatawi, Nisreen al Hamawi and Salama al Remeithi. Earlier this year Shaima, Nisreen and Hannan also achieved the remarkable feat of conquering Mount Everest. ©Clarence House
A photo posted by Clarence House (@clarencehouse) on Nov 9, 2016 at 12:58am PST

The post is an acknowledgement by the royal family of the increasing role of women across all sectors of UAE, including governance and security.
In recent years, Emirati fighter pilot Major Mariam Al Mansouri has made headlines around the world after she became the first pilots to lead the campaign against Daesh, pounding the terror group in Syria.
Her exploits with a squadron of F-16 fighter jets was trending on social media, earlier this year.
In an interview to CNN earlier, Major Mariam shared how she had to wait 10 long years to join the UAE airforce and she thought that she had broken barriers.
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"It was a dream.it was something impossible that came true.
"As in every culture, whenever a woman enters a male-dominated field, they find the same hesitation, same prejudice and same stereotypical thinking."
Mariam graduated from Abu Dhabi's Khalifa bin Zayed Air College in 2006 and is a veteran pilot of F-16 warplanes. She also said Emirati women were going places.
See them in action here:

 

While on the final day of the #RoyalVisitUAE yesterday, The Duchess of Cornwall visited the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children, a shelter that supports women and children fleeing from domestic violence and helps families strengthen ties. Here HRH met some of the people who have been helped by the centre and heard about the work they do across the UAE.
A video posted by Clarence House (@clarencehouse) on Nov 9, 2016 at 9:36am PST

 
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