The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) mourned Monday Aziza al-Bassam, who had an outstanding role in empowering women in cultural, social and educational actions.

The deceased was the founder of the first public library for women in the State of Kuwait.

In a press statement, Acting NCCAL secretary general Issa al-Ansari pointed to al-Bassam’s books and documentation of the crimes of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait as well as the establishment of libraries locally.

She also had an active role in organizing the women’s conference by the Women’s Cultural and Social Society in 1975

Source: Kuwait News Agency