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Moudhi Bint Abdulaziz Al-Ateeqi (1): Professor Moudhi Bint Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Muhammad Al-Ateeqi was born on April 29, 1934 (14 Muharram 1353 AH) in the city of Al-Majma’ah in the region of Sudair, Najd in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where her family lived for many generations. It wasn’t long, however, before she moved to Kuwait with her family, where her father, Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Ateeqi, went to join his large extended family, the majority of which had emigrated to Kuwait.

Professor Moudhi received her primary education in the modern schools that began to appear in Kuwait during that period. Once she concluded the primary and middle school stages of her education, which used to be the highest levels of education offered at that time, she entered the profession of teaching. Female Kuwaiti teachers were a rare commodity at the time, and Professor Moudhi was the first Kuwaiti woman to practice the profession of teaching in villages outside of Kuwait City.

She taught in the Fahaheel Joint School for Girls from 1952 to 1964 (1371 to 1384 AH) and was then promoted to vice-principal of Um Ayman School in the village of Abu Halifa in 1964 before being promoted to principal of Oum Amara School in the city of Al-Ahmadi, where she stayed from 1965 to 1980 (1385 to 1400 AH). During this time, she became keen to continue her studies after high schools and universities became widely available.

At the time, she needed to complete her secondary school studies in order for her to be able to attend the university and ended up doing so from home in half of the allotted time. She then left to study Shari’ah in Al-Azhar University in Cairo. She obtained a university degree in Shari’ah in 1985 (1405 AH) and then taught at the Institute for Religious Studies for a year. Before long, however, she returned to studying and obtained a graduate degree in Shari’ah from Al-Azhar University. She then went back to teaching Islamic Studies at the Institute for Religious Studies for Girls, where she remained from 1991 to 1995 (1412 to 1416 AH).

Professor Moudhi exhibited incredible courage during the invasion of Kuwait, as she was outside the country doing charitable volunteer work at the time but did not allow the circumstances to prevent her from returning to Kuwait by road to join her loyal family, remaining there even after the liberation.

Professor Moudhi Al-Ateeqi provided the girls of her generation with a prime example of always striving and seeking knowledge in all stages of life and taking the lead with difficult tasks, as she was the first Kuwaiti woman to acquire a university degree in Shari’ah from Al-Azhar University at the age of 51, quickly returning to the frontlines of education after having already educated an entire generation of girls over a period of thirty years. She also evoked memories of her father, who had dedicated his entire life to teaching. Among Professor Moudhi Al-Ateeqi’s authored works is a handwritten dissertation titled “The Twelvers and their Influence on Islamic Jurisprudence.”

Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri

Date of Publication

1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD

(1) Ulama’ Aal Ateeqi fi Thalathat Qurun, by Dr. Imad Bin Muhammad Al-Ateeqi: Issue 4 – Year 1420-25 AH