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Sumaya Ali Raja (born c.1965) is a Yemeni journalist and political activist.〔Betsy Hiel, (Woman wants to lead Yemen ), ''Pittsburgh Tribune'', March 12, 2006.〕 In December 2005 she became the first woman to announce herself as a candidate for the Presidency of Yemen. ==Life== Ali Raja grew up in Taiz, in a family of seven children. Her father encouraged her and her three sisters to break with tradition and appear in public unveiled. After some education in Yemen, she followed her sisters aged 14 to study at a North Carolina high school, and on to study political science at Southwest Missouri State and broadcast journalism at the University of Kansas. In the late 1970s she and her sister Jamila were among the first female TV newscasters in Yemen.〔 She later lived in England, doing consultancy work for the BBC and Channel 4. She married and brought up two children in Paris. After the September 11 attacks she created and ran the Yemen-French Forum to help explain Yemen to French policy-makers. Following her divorce, she returned to live in Yemen.〔 Ali Raja announced her candidacy at an Arab women's conference, 'From Words to Actions', held in Sana'a in December 2005.〔(YEMEN: Second woman declares intention to make bid for presidency ), ''IRIN'', 15 March 2006.〕 In January 2007 she announced her intention to established a liberal political party, Al Bushra Party, "to achieve equality between men and women, preserve heritage, and enhance the rights of children".〔Nasser Arrabyee, ('Good omen' for Yemeni women ), January 13, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sumaya Ali Raja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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