Sheikha Dina Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti American Born Athlete (Jaw Dropper)
Sheikha Dina Ali Fahad Al-Salim Al-Sabah (born February 28, 1974) is a professional figure competitor from Kuwait. She stands out from the rest of the Figure competitors for being the first and only female Arab athlete to achieve pro card status as of 2006; as well as the first female Arab Athlete to ever stand on the Olympia stage.
Dina Al-Sabah was born in Beirut, Lebanon. She is from Kuwaiti, Syrian, and Turkish descent. She was born as a member of the Al-Sabah family (she is close lineage due to the fact that her grandfather was the son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah;
ruler of Kuwaiti from 1917 to 1921) The Al-Sabahs have ruled Kuwait for
over more than two centuries. Ms. Al-Sabah was raised in Egypt,
Morocco, Italy and the United Kingdom, and because of this, she was
exposed to many different cultures at a young age. A natural athlete,
she started horse-back riding at the age of five. Dina Al-Sabah
continued her active life style throughout her high school years
competing in equestrian shows and participating in track, volleyball
and basketball at The American School of Tangier in Morocco.
Due to her various travels, today Dina is fluent in English,
Spanish, French, and Arabic. She also holds several degrees: B.S. in
electrical engineering, M.S. in telecommunications and computers, and
an MBA, all from the George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Dina Al-Sabah first started weight training when she moved to London
in 1991. As a newcomer to the country, she did not have any friends and
had plenty of free time so she decided to join a gym as a hobby. When
Dina came to the United States in 1994 to continue her studies at the
George Washington University, she took a more active interest in
lifting weights and educating herself on weight training and nutrition.
Dina Al-Sabah started competing in 1999; she decided to try for the
NPC Figure Nationals after winning the Monica Brant Fitness Classic in
2001. When trying to register for the nationals she found out that she
had to be a United States citizen in order to be allowed to compete at
any of the NPC pro qualifiers. Dina did some investigating and found
out that the only way she could compete in the Pro Division of the IFBB
was for her to have recommendation from the Kuwaiti national federation
associated with the IFBB. Unfortunately due traditional Arab beliefs,
women are not allowed to compete in any bodybuilding competitions and
she was denied a recommendation. This did not discourage Ms. Al-Sabah,
she decided to build her profile as a competitor in hopes that somebody
would notice her potential. She won several popular NPC competitions in
2002 and brought her case to NPC president Jim Manion, and IFBB president Ben Weider. In November 2002 Dina Al-Sabah was granted an IFBB Pro card.
Soon Dina made a name for herself in the world of figure
competitions, winning the 2003 Jan Tana Figure Championships and
placing fifth at the inaugural Figure Olympia. These accomplishments
have unfortunately come with their share of scrutiny from many
conservative Arabs. Because of Ms. Al-Sabah's decision to compete and
model, she has faced criticism, but the negative sentiments have been
overshadowed by the many positive comments she has received from many
Arab men and women globally.
Currently Dina Al-Sabah is continuing her career as a fitness model
appearing in many fitness publications including Oxygen, Ironman,
American Curves, Muscle and Fitness, Muscle Mag International and Flex.
Ms. Al-Sabah is also the co-host for Living Beautiful Radio and a
passionate promoter of issues dealing with female sexuality as well as
a reviewer of adult products catering to women and couples.
Oh you can check out the pictures of her by searching on google. Or visit her "myspace":
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendi...
P.S. If anyone posts any perverted comments, i'll delete this thread.
Oh RP, dont mentioned it please, in fact i want to apologizes to all of you that come that nite, as i went home without saying goodbye. suddenly my mood change and i just want to go home. am sorry guys.. next time i will stick around. Promise.
Everybody is right Everybody is wrong, it depend where we stand.
Mila I want too Thank you very much in bailing us at Ridges. That was REAL smooth from you. I hope you had a good night. Matter fact, you look marvelous, Just a compliment with lots of respect. look at the US and the electoral process here and are reminded that this is a major transparent democracy, a vibrant and diverse country.Kurt VolkerUS state department
lol dont be, ur better :P
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wow.. she is amzing woman. am jealous of her.
Everybody is right Everybody is wrong, it depend where we stand.
Good night :)
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Well at first i didnt even believe it. I actually like Queen Rania, I think she's doing a great job. But on the other hand when my friends told me about such rule, i was wondering why didnt she take any action, her being a woman. But then I am nobody to judge. I'll find out whatever I can and let u know.
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My Dear fourth grader,
How do you spell **sepecially**?
I'll advise you, that you use, more often your electronic spell check.
Since, there is many nationalities, I choose the following:
My name is Red_Pope, I'm from planet QL living.com
Mr . , What is your nationality?
People look at the US and the electoral process here and are reminded that this is a major transparent democracy, a vibrant and diverse country.
Kurt Volker
US state department
PM, I will get the evidence and show it to you, cuz my jordanian friends told me about it, not one but alot of them.
Secondly I am not the one who started pointing fingures at queen rania.
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PM she is Queen Rania not just any Rania... she has the say in govt. Obviously she knows about this rule and she didnt do anything against this rule, makes her a bad Queen.
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. why dont u have a nick name??? just a dot???
Please dont make judgement about anyone, RedPope knows more english than you do.
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I dont think either one is doing good, Queen Rania is a queen of a country where they have allowed to have sex in public as long as they are 30 meters away from the street. So if she didnt object on that rule in her country, she could be a bad ruler, but im no one to judge. In my opinion she's a bad ruler and Dina is ruining alot more than she thinks.
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Red Pope
being born in lebanon doesnt make her lebanese, rules r different in arab world.
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I really have to question your sanity if you think what Queen Rania does is bad and what this "woman" does is good!
Why don't you tell us the real truth about your research on Ms. Dina.
Did you almost go blind with her posing portraits?
Of course after watching her pictures in full zoom with your 17 inch monitor.
Did you droll and murmur, after watching her athletic body?
People look at the US and the electoral process here and are reminded that this is a major transparent democracy, a vibrant and diverse country.
Kurt Volker
US state department
Are you broadcasting directly from your Iranian flying carpet?
You could always post your pictures in Myspace, I'll be your exemplary reviewer...
People look at the US and the electoral process here and are reminded that this is a major transparent democracy, a vibrant and diverse country.
Kurt Volker
US state department
this is coming from someone who just wrote.."which country are you"..lol....
I didnt know red pope was a country?
said sorry to go off topic guys, but ...
dear red pope, from which country are you?
You need to work a bit on your English language, sepecially the verbs:
dear red pope, from which country are you?
You need to work a bit on your English language, sepecially the verbs:
"being muscle by her.."
"Did you almost went blind..."
"Did you started..."
"Did you just landed..."
"Did you flew..."
Hashin is alhumdullilah a believer....... find me one comment where he oozes pervetism like you BRING ME JUST ONE JUST ONE
Her Bio on myspace reads as born in Lebanon. check it out.
People look at the US and the electoral process here and are reminded that this is a major transparent democracy, a vibrant and diverse country.
Kurt Volker
US state department
I have seen her in real life at a musle tech promoting gig. She is too muscular for my liking. And what's wrong with her exposing her body? That's the whole point of being a fitness model.
She's not Lebanese, she's Kuwaiti from the Royal family.
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Thexonic
I don't mind being muscle by her.
She is defined, hotter than Shakira and many other models out there.
Thank you Thexonic, your post just made my night, is superbly outstanding.
Another Lebanese for the Hall of fortune.
Jazzcat
You have to look at her from a " Pirates Perspective" , you get to wear the eye patch and let the parrot do the talk.....
People look at the US and the electoral process here and are reminded that this is a major transparent democracy, a vibrant and diverse country.
Kurt Volker
US state department
Thexonic I was being sarcastic man. Please don't get upset. I was keeping it clean. I was not trying to talk about your family either it is just we men sometimes have double standards. I would not like my wife, mother, sister or daughter to be so empowered but I dont think about her father, brother or mother.
I just said it to lighten you up. can say the same thing dirty or I can say it clean it is my choice.
Act your age not your shoe size
of Bahrain who
Jasscat, I couldn't agree with u more.
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There are also lots of models and body builders who don't need to pose like that to get credibilty. Once again, she's defintely a spokeswomen for sexual empowerment, but not feminism!
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I thought the article was very nice, until I clicked on the link to the myspace page. That ruined it for me, she is pretty much naked in those pictures. It ruins her credibility in my book. After seeing that, she is just another naked myspace model. Too bad.
And there are plently of Qatari women who use their brains, work very hard and have made a name for themselves!
tra la la
She's defintely an idol for sexual empowerment, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but I wouldn't call her a feminist.
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next time try not to point fingers at others when u r not pure urself. On the other hand stop acting like an extremist, u r a sinner too. By judging a human being (which u have no right of) u just did a sin.
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she 'is a reviewer of adult products catering to women and couples.'
QD, I never denied that part, but like i said, i dont want any perversion here, u can meet me up and we can talk all day about how she is, but lets keep QL as clean as we can and be up to the point.
Well If any of my relatives were empowered, I would try to stop them, but people do whatever they feel like doing, u cant control them, u could only convince them and show them the right path. If they were smart, they'dl understand and if they were ignorant they wouldnt. The worst case scenario is the hard way, they will learn it the hard way. I guess this is enough to shut u up from talking about my family.
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think alike
Wow PM you went there. I was giving her the benefit of the doubt. Thexonic man just say it man you enjoyed looking at her T&A degree. You could care less about her MBA and women's empowerment. What if your Mother or sister was so empowered?
Feminist she is not
Act your age not your shoe size
I wont say anything anymore. Everyone has a different opionion and they are free to express them.
PM, I was requesting u to delete it, but if u want to keep it then its up to u, but then u r the one who's grasping people's attention by being direct. Where as I was refering to what she became inrealtion to who she is.
QD yea I know what u r talking about, there are alot of 2nd pictures. Which is why I also mentioned that i dont want perverted comments here.
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The QL Living Lounge?
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Sorry Alexa, have to disagree with you here, this isn't her chasing her dreams, this is her showing off her "assets." I know a couple of female body builders, and while they do pose in bikinis, they do not bend over to give a "better view." This is soft porn, not body building.
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Sweety, everyone thinks in a different way. I was very proud to meet her back in 2005, but I wouldnt be proud to see Sabah, I mean she is chasing her dreams and everything without thinking about after life. But then if we were to go that far, then lets look at how many of us who consider ourselves muslims actually wear a scarf or cover ourselves...
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I am not talking about her choice. It is hers to make and she has to live with it. I also have a right to critique the article for being very slanted and not well written.
Thexonic in the end sometimes we try to be too open without examining the full picture.
Have you ever seen those pictures within another picture? Many people look at it and see only the first picture but if they sit a while and concentrate they see the second hidden picture which is really what there brain is processing even if they can see it with their eyes.
Act your age not your shoe size
people throwing raunchy links all over the place!
sweety delete the picture please, we dont want to get into pornography here, my aim was to give awareness not arouse people or disgust them.
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look dude,
I copied this article from wikipedia about her. So I dont know what you think of it, but i know that it represents an Arab lady who chased her dreams, weather if it was for her to become a celebrity or an artist or a truck driver for that matter, u dont get to see these kind of things in the Gulf everyday or never perhaps. Hence I found it intresting and i shared it with the QLers. She may be wrong, but thats for her and her god to judge, not us.
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Thexonic,
I grew up in the US so I try to look at things fully not just get caught up in ideas or themes. I was pointing out if you are writing and article about empowerment state the accomplishments which are in relation to her achievements.
However if you are writing a slanted article that is not meant to show an empowered woman who is keeping fit and is a top fitness model why make a large part of the article about her being .5 percent Sabah, with four or five degrees. It is just called critical thinking and asking the simple question, "Is this what we are fighting for?"
The same way I questioned this article, I question some of the Rap Music and African Amrican artists these days. Is this want the Civil Rights Movement in the US was for? Did people die and sacrifice for this freedom? Was it so that we can turn around kill each other and call women all kinds of names. I have the choice not to listen to it and question the reason that it is the only garbage put out by the record companies and media.
Not be mesmerized that the wrote a slanted article stating that Snoop Dog is such a philanthropist that loves the kids and gives back and has a degree from Harvard. In the end what he is giving me is still garbage. Is that empowering or is it garbage wrapped in the empowerment wrapping paper?
Act your age not your shoe size
Its nice to see people live up their dreams... although it would be even nicer to see people live up their dreams doing something with true honour and dignity...
thexonic... I never said posted herseld nude... I said posted herself 'almost nude'... and why you getting all touchy?
Hashin
Alexa said she has done well for herself not " posted herself nude all over the internet" dont try to act smart mister.
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Well said Alexa.... why degrade the girl...
She is an excellent role model of achievement....
you were the one who said that this woman who has posted herself almost nude over the internet has done well for herself... and you wanted more women from the Gulf to follow her lead...
I was just playing along... thats all...
dont envy her cuz she's living her dream or if she has an MBA, u can do i too lol.
For your information, Sabah is an athlete, not a stripper. If u dont wanna hear names, then dont give them to others either.
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Did I twist your words or did you just not think about your words before you said them?
Act your age not your shoe size
Another successful woman, and unexpected one is the lady who owns pitstop in Qatar... Pitstop is a shop for bikes and bike accessories and a Qatari Girl owns it. It's really nice to see such people.
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Excuse me shallow. Please dont resort to name calling because I stated my opinion and it was different from yours.
Thexonic the point was simple. They should have stated all of the bottom accomplishments as part of the article. I like to critique writing for the underlying message not just read and be enamored. What the hockey sticks does her being a Sabah by .5 percent blood and really never lived in Kuwait, and having an Electrical Engineering Degree, Computer Science Degree, and an MBA have to do with her current line of work or her hobby?
Wow she has a degree and this and this but she is so empowered she strips for a living. If I paid for her education I would be mad as hell why spend all that time studying. I am an Electrical Engineer also with a Computer Degree but you wont find me out wasting it to use my body to sell someone else product or idea. I certainly would not pass it off to others as empowerment or as an example of Arab woman liberation.
She is more like Suzy from my neighborhood who said I want men to see me for my intellect while working at the strip club.
I will quote Nelson from the Simpsons " HAHA". We call it you got played and are trying to pretend like you did not or are not being used.
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so your interpretation of women reaching their potential is parading in public half naked? So... have you risen to your potential yet Alexa?
u should ask her that question, I dont work for her.
And now stop being shallow qd, she's not ur wife. Perhaps its her business and choice to be naked or work at a strip club for that matter.
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ok here I go. You stated she has an Electrical Engineering degree, and MBA and ........
Please explain to me why is that she is famous for her beauty and being essentially a lingerie model instead for her intellect.
Alexa that is so crazy what you said, there are plenty of fantastic women here but they are not all wallking around as lingerie model even though they have three or four degrees.
Oh well to each his own but what I would hope is that we stop thinking that liberation of women is allowing them to be naked or used by companies to sell products or an idea.
Just my two cents.
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Nice empowering article... thanks for posting it....
Fantastic true, but unexpected... its definetly something that is very rare to see esp. if someone comes from the middle east and is realted to the royal family.
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
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welcome and thanks for keeping your comments clean lol
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thanks thexonic, for lightining my day!!!LOL
lol yea she has, not something we'd expect in the gulf, right?
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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance
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