title: Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi
text: Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi or Nihal Naji Ali Al Awlaki (Arabic: نهال ناجي علي العولقي  ) is a Yemeni lawyer. She is Yemen’s Minister of Legal Affairs.  In 2016 she received the International Women of Courage Award.
  
  Life 
  
  Al-Awalqi is from the Shabwah Governorate in Yemen. At the time of her appointment as Minister of Legal Affairs, on September 9, 2016, she was 39 years old. Al-Awalqi received a Doctor of Laws degree with honors from Mohammed V University in Morocco. She also received a Master of Law and a Bachelor of Legal Sciences from Mohammed V. University.   She speaks Arabic, English, and French.
  
  Work 
  
  Al-Awalqi was an assistant law professor at the University of Aden, where she worked on research and training on the status of women.
  She was a member of the comprehensive national dialogue conference state-building team.  She was a member of the constitution drafting committee.  She was a member of the government negotiating team in Geneva.
  
  On September 9, 2016, Yemen President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi appointed al-Awaqi as Minister of Legal Affairs ( وزيراً للشؤون القانونية  ).
  
  Other websites 
  
   2016 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
  Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)
  
  References
  
  Yemeni people
  Living people
  Lawyers
  Politicians
  1977 births
  Women who received the International Women of Courage Award