“Renewable energy is a very dynamic field, at a time when we are all thinking in green terms, in what’s next, in what our future energy sources will be”
Here comes another proud moment to all Emirati Women. On June 1, Shamma al Qassim boarded a plane bound for the US as the first Emirati woman to become a Nasa intern. On Sunday, Reem Ketait will become the second.
Shamma who is 19, along with two other Emirati students – Hazza Bani Malek, 20, and Hamad Rajab, 21 – spent 10 weeks training alongside Nasa engineers as part of the Educational Associates programme. Also, Reem Ketait, 23, is the only woman among the 10 students who will soon begin the 15-week Nasa programme.
Reem was keen for a chance to give back to her country, a sentiment echoed by Shamma. Reem said: “Shamma and I were both educated our whole lives in the UAE, and yet we are able and ready to be in an environment that has a different language, different culture.”
