Bodour bint Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi

Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi is the founder and CEO of children's publisher Kalimat Group, founder and chairperson of Kalimat Foundation, founder and president of the Emirates Publishers Association, founder and patron of the UAE Board on Books for Young People, and president of the International Publishers Association (2021–2023), after being vice president (2019–2021). Her father is Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, since 1972 the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah. In 2014, she was ranked at number 34 by Forbes in its list of 200 Most Powerful Arab Women in Family Business.