(1971-06-04) 4 June 1971 (age 52) Ras Al Kaimah, Trucial States
Spouse
Fatima Ghobash
Children
Saif, Abdullah
Parent
Saif Ghobash
Alma mater
Balliol College, Oxford (BA)
Omar Saif Ghobash (Arabic: عمر سيف غباش; born 4 June 1971)[1] is the Assistant Minister for Culture and Public Diplomacy in the UAE and an author.[2] He was appointed ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to France on 24 November 2017, having previously served as UAE ambassador to Russia from 2009 to 2017.[3] Ghobash authored the book, Letters to a Young Muslim, which was written as a series of letters to his eldest son about what it means to be Muslim in the 21st century.[4]
^"New envoys urged to lift UAE's stature". Gulf News. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^"Noura Al Kaabi and Omar Saif Ghobash assume new roles at Expo 2020 Dubai". www.gulftoday.ae. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
^"UAE Russia ambassador meets President Medvedev". Emirates Business 24/7. 28 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
^Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (11 January 2017). "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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