Major mariam al mansouri biography
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Major mariam al mansouri biography
Meet the Female Pilot Who Led Airstrike on ISIS
— -- The United Arab Emirate's first female pilot led a mission this week against ISIS in Syria, according to the UAE ambassador to the United States.
Major Mariam Al Mansouri, 35, was the first woman to join the Emirati Air Force.
The UAE this week joined the United States, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain in implementing airstrikes against ISIS.
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Born in Abu Dhabi, Mansouri is one of eight children.
She told Deraa Al Watan magazine recently that her family supported her career goals, but she had to overcome gender stereotypes along the way. It likely helped that she graduated from high school with a 93 percent grade average.
She attended UAE University, the first of the three government-sponsored universities in the country, a