UAE has announced its first Female Astronaut

On Saturday, The United Arab Emirates named the next two astronauts in its space program including the country’s first female astronaut.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai who also serves as the autocratically ruled country’s prime minister and vice president, named the two astronauts on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/HHShkMohd/status/1380821550304223234

The two had been selected among more than 4,000 applicants in the UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula that’s also home to Abu Dhabi.

The two will undergo training at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

https://twitter.com/MBRSpaceCentre/status/1380820144675508224