Somayya Jabarti, Women's History Month

Somayya Jabarti is the first woman editor-in-chief of a Saudi Arabian national newspaper, Saudi Gazette. She was promoted from Deputy Editor in chief in 2004 of the only two English publications in the Kingdom. She has also been Executive Editor, Managing Editor and Deputy Editor-in-chief all of which were first-time positions for a Saudi woman. In a field dominated by men and a country where women are not even allowed to drive this was a huge step forward. Most especially since she has published hundreds of articles about equality. She also works at a paper where most of the women are journalists and who tend to be overqualified for the positions they hold. She planned the first Women's Media Forum in Saudi Arabia in 2006. You can read some of her writing here: https://english.alarabiya.net/authors/Somayya-Jabarti.html