Bodour bint Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi

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Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi (Arabic: بدور بنت سلطان بن محمد القاسمي; born 1978) is an Emirati publisher, academic administrator, and public official. She served as President of the International Publishers Association from 2021 to late 2022 and has been President and Chairperson of the American University of Sharjah since 2022. In 2025, she was appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Education and Book Culture. Al Qasimi is the founder of Kalimat Group, a children's publishing house established in 2007, and chairs several Sharjah government bodies, including the Sharjah Book Authority, the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), the Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SPARK), and the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa). She co-founded the Emirates Publishers Association in 2009.

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