The Museum’s Friends

With the support of many passionate individuals who believed in this project, we were able to successfully overcome the challenges and achieve our goals. We are still looking for support and sponsorships to continue our journey.

I would like to place on record my gratitude and appreciation to the group who were among the first to support in the early stages of the museum. They graciously contributed in giving relevant consultations, editing, and donating antiquities. This team deserves the name “The Museum’s Friends” and among them are Dr. Maryam Sultan Lootah who contributed in every aspect of the museum’s creation and continues to offer her support.

In addition to:

Engineers / Architects / Interior Designers / Artists:
1. Enrico Botta
2. Ammar Bashir
3. Saif Ali AlSayed
4. Yousef Lootah
5. Maher Fayadh
6. Najat Makki
7. Gilda Castro
8. Alia Lootah
9. Hind Al Shamsi
10. Nada Obaid
11. Fatima Lootah
12. Ali AlSharif
13. Narjes Nour AlDin
14. Colin G Reaney
15. Mothana Ahmad

Advisors/Editors:
1. Dr. Elizabeth Stoney
2. Ghaya Khalfan AlDhaheri
3. Hessa A Lootah
4. Khalid Jamal Ghubash
5. Rajab Saad Sayyed
6. Siobhan Flangan
7. Fatma Al Falasi
8. Erin Mc Cafferty
9. Dr. Saeeda Al Marzouqi
10. Dr. Alia Al Bawardi
11. Mohammad Al Delail

Other Main Supporters:
1. Ahmad AlAshram
2. Abdullah Bin Dhaher
3. Ghaith AlMezainah
4. Siham Mohammad
5. Laila Saeed
6. Loida Banka
7. Spencer Benedict

I should acknowledge with great gratitude the families’ whose donations enriched the museum with their antique possessions believing that it shall be permanently treasured and accessible for telling the history of their ancestors.

These treasures came from:
1. HH Sheikha Hamda bint Mohammad Al Nayhan
2. Sheikha Shamma bint Mohammad bin Khaled al Nahyan
3. Madiya bint Mohammed AlOtaiba (UmJamal)
4. Hamda bint Rashid Al-Suwaidi
5. Dr. Maryan Sultan Lootah
6. Ahmad Al-Hashemi
7. Hessa bint Ma’touqa
8. Maryam Mattar AlSuwaidy
9. Ghaya Khalfan Al Dhaheri
10. Jawaher and Khalifa Saleh Al-Khatibi
11. Sheikha Musabbeh
12. Rafia Abdullah Lootah
13. Noora Khalaf AlOtaibah
14. Moza bint Dawood

Dr. Rafia Ghubash
Founder of Women’s Museum