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Sara Hussein Akbar (Arabic: سارة أكبر) is a Kuwaiti chemical petroleum engineer, women's rights advocate, and co-founder and former chief executive officer of Kuwait Energy.[1][2] Akbar is recognized as a "national hero" due to her involvement in the Kuwaiti oil fires which were later depicted in the Academy Award nominated documentary Fires of Kuwait.[1] For her firefighting efforts, she was awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honour from the United Nations Environmental Program.[3] Akbar is one of the first women oil sector company executives from the Arabian Peninsula.[4][1] She served as the director of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in 2007.
- ^ a b c Ali, Souad T. (2016-09-08). "Sara Akbar: Kuwait's Hero and Female Leader in the Oil Industry". Hawwa. 14 (2): 207–225. doi:10.1163/15692086-12341298. ISSN 1569-2086.
- ^ Ambrose, Jillian (2018). "Kuwait Energy eyes London listing with Soco merger talks". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
- ^ "Sara Akbar Makes a Name for Herself in the Oil Industry - Knowledge@Wharton". Knowledge@Wharton. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ Al Madani, Abdullah (2015-03-20). "Iron Lady of Kuwait" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-02-05.
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