Emirati engineer inspires girls to dream beyond limits

From playing with Barbies to pioneering in aerospace, Engr. Marwa Al Mamari inspires the next generation of girls to dream big and break barriers in STEM

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A girl who grew up with Barbie dolls has become the UAE's first Emirati woman aerospace and aviation engineer, despite sweeping rejections in her choice to explore her inquisitiveness of the then-to-be-explored.

Speaking before 40 Grades IO and II students of the National Charity School for Girls on Monday, Engr. Marwa Al Mamari later on told Gulf Today that they who randomly asked her a dozen questions about how she has reached where she is now and if ever she still has dreams yet to be fulfilled, led her to reminisce her own school days.

Additionally, the mother-of-two said that society has a “big role” in helping future generations “structure their lives towards excellence.”

“Both men and women were given their own talents and skills. We all experience difficulties. There would always be support. Seek them,” Al Mamari stressed.

Part of the iO-year partnership of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority-recognised school in Dubai, with the Dubai-headquartered Action Care, that espouses educational development programmes, the visit and talk of Engr. Al Mamari has to do with the “Trailblazers_Girls in STEM" initiative of the iMatter arm of the engineering and technology company, Taqeef Middle East.