First female train driver in Dubai

Name: First female train driver in Dubai
Uploaded: 2012-01-30T16:24:19.000Z
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Description: UAE government is seeking to increase the number of locals operating the metros and Al Safar is one of them.

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Mariam Al Safar, a 28 year-old UAE woman, has become the first female train driver in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East.

It is part of a government drive to encourage locals to work for the Dubai Metro system.

Ghada Nassef reports.

Middle East

30 January 2012