Mariam Fardous

Samstag, 15. September 1984

Mariam Hamed Fardous also known as Mariam Fardous (Arabic: مريم حامد خليل فردوس) (born 15 September 1984; Mecca) is a Saudi doctor, humanitarian and scuba diver who was raised in Mecca. She became the first Saudi woman and the first Arab woman to dive deep in the Arctic Ocean (North Arctic Circle) on 1 May 2015. On 16 April 2016, Mariam became the first ever Arab woman and only the third woman to dive in the North Pole. She received the Bachelor of Medicine degree after graduating from the King Abdul Aziz University in 2009. She also became the first woman from Saudi Arabia to attempt for scuba diving in 2015, at a time where women in the country were not even allowed to drive vehicles until September 2017. In April 2018, she also announced her plans to dive in the South Pole in around ear