Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi (No. 70) is the first woman to hold a cabinet position in the United Arab Emirates, as Minister of Economy.

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Lubna Hussein says she tried to leave Sudan on Tuesday to visit Lebanon where she had been invited to appear on a television programme.

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Lubna Naji, a junior doctor who works at a hospital which received victims of today's bombings, told the BBC that it was "horrific, " but also becoming normal.

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