 She has also written plays, publishing three together in one volume, "Insan fi hayz al-wujud" ("A Person in the Sphere of Existence"), in 1995.A native of Doha, she received her bachelor's degree in English from Qatar University and is possessed of a master's degree in translation from Heriot-Watt University.At one time head of the Foreign Publications Unit, she also led the women's cultural forum Marasina.