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Lama Al-Sulaiman

I hope that the strength that I found stays with me… Death has no meaning without life, but the question is: How should you live?

Known For: President, Khadijah bint Khuwalid Center for Businesswomen
Dates: 1386 AH
1967 CE

Country: Saudi Arabia

About

Lama Al-Sulaiman was one of the first two Saudi women elected office as a board member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce (JCC), a prominent center for businesswomen in Saudi Arabia, and is now president of its Khadijah bint Khuwalid Center for Businesswomen. The World Economic Forum recognized her as a Young Arab Leader, and she has been the director of Rolaco Trading and Contracting, the National Institute of Health Services, the National Home Health Care Foundation, and the Economic and Social Circle of the Mecca Region. Al-Sulaiman earned a B.Sc.in Biochemistry from King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, and holds an M.Sc. in health and nutrition and a Ph.D in biochemical nutrition from King’s College at the University of London.

Just a week before standing at the JCC election, Ms. Al-Sulaiman won a deadly struggle against breast cancer. At the Sixth Cancer Cure Conference she shared her remarkable story of recovery publicly for the first time.  She realized that the best treatment was closeness to God. She followed the appropriate nutritional plan and used alternative medicine to improve physically.

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Lama al-Sulaiman

The 4th Arab Conference for Industrial

Lama Al-Sulaiman

Ms. Lama Al-Sulaiman 
Board of Directors, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry

“She put her full trust in God”

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Lama Al-Sulaiman’s Website

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