00:00:00 - Birth and childhood in Sharq
00:19:20 - The story of their departure from Kuwait to Al-Zubair and Basra in 1938
00:46:50 - Learning French at a convent
00:49:45 - Studying in the United Kingdom in the early fifties
01:20:29 - Studying Education in Edinburgh
01:54:21 - Her return to Kuwait to pursue teaching in the early sixties
02:55:55 - The establishment of The Women’s Cultural and Social Society in 1963
03:20:46 - Working at the Girls’ College
03:31:06 - The Women’s Cultural and Social Society
03:50:42 - The Women’s Conference and the Palestinian cause
03:57:44 - Travelling to different countries
04:18:16 - The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
05:01:00 - Being in Alexandria during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait
05:20:32 - The liberation of Kuwait
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