Layla Fakhro

Layla Abdulla Yousif Fakhro was a pioneering Bahraini woman who was an educator and a freedom fighter. She has taken part in the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman in the 1960s and has established the first [School of the Revolution] through which much of the current top echelon of Omani government and enterprise have passed through, providing the basis of a modern educational system in Oman. These enterprises have made Ms. Fakhro a legend throughout the Arab world in general, and the Gulf in particular.

Layla Fakhro was born in 1945 in Muharraq island in Bahrain. She died after a long illness on 21st September 2006She is survived by her two daughters: Muneera and Aysha and husband Mr. Ubaiydli Al-Ubaiydli.

Bio
* Held a masters degree in statistics from the American University in Beirut, Lebanon
* Held a license in statistics from Al-Muntassiria University in Baghdad, Iraq
* got involved in political activities in Bahrain in 1964
* was a leader in student movements and activist while studying in Beirut in the 1960s
* was the head of the cultural committee from 1967 - 1968 while at university in Beirut
* joined the armed struggle against the British in Dhofar, the Sultanate of Oman
* established the Awal Women's Society in Bahrain in 1968
* established the Revolutionary Schools in the Sultanate of Oman
* established the modern educational system in the Sultanate of Oman
* established the Delmon Publishing House in Cyprus while in exile
* exiled from Bahrain for more than 25 years due to her political activities
* established Alnadeem Information Technology company with her husband and other partners on her return to Bahrain in 1995