SUZANNE AL HOUBY

SPORTS WOMAN

Suzanne Al Houby

She was born in Tel Aviv-Israel

Originally, Suzanne's family comes from Jaffa, in Palestine.

She got her higher education in the United States and lived most of her life in the United Arab Emirates.

She is a Palestinian mountain climber.

She was the first Arab woman to climb Mount Everest on May 21, 2011 and the seven summits.

Previously, she was also the first Arab woman to climb many other mountains: MontBlanc, Elbrus, Aconcagua, Vinson, Denali, Carstensz Pyramid and many others.

In January 2014, Suzanne led the first two Arab amputees up to the summit of Kilimanjaro on a Climb of Hope project aimed at raising both awareness and funds to treating sick children in conflict areas in affiliation with Palestine Children Relief Fund PCRF, Mutassem Abu Karsh and Yasmeen Najjar - both with prosthetic legs - became the first Arab amputees to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro.

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