From Arabian Business: Emirati and Saudi women top Power List

Women living in the UAE and Saudi Arabia have topped CEO Middle East’s Most Powerful Women 2012 list with nearly 50 percent of entrants residing in the UAE.

Saudi Arabia is home to the second highest number of women on this year’s this list with 12 entrants, including Lubna Olayan, the CEO of Riyadh-based conglomerate Olayan Financing Company and Princess Ameerah Al Taweel, followed by 11 in Lebanon and 12 in Kuwait.

The list, broken down by both country of residence and nationality, ranks 100 women living in 18 countries - including Holland, Switzerland and the US - with 17 different nationalities.

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, UAE Minister for Foreign Trade, is ranked the Arab world’s most powerful woman for a second year running followed by Tawakkul Karam, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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