218:, high temperature geothermal brines, and tap water. She has also studied corrosion in polluted water and metal corrosion caused by pollution. As an electrochemist, she studied the electrochemical behavior of metals and metal alloys including aluminum, copper, platinum, niobium, vanadium, cadmium, brass, cobalt, and low carbon steel. She collaborated on the discovery of a class of
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issued a decree appointing Al-Kharafi as rector of the university, and she became the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East. Al-Kharafi helped reconstruct Kuwait
University after the First Gulf War, which ended in 1991. She served as president from 1993 to 2002 where she oversaw
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Al- Kharafi has demonstrated to be an advocate for research in Kuwait. In 1986, Al- Kharafi and her colleagues explored and compared the rich development of
Kuwaiti scientific research in comparison to other nations in the third world. In her publication, Al- Kharafi was able to demonstrate the
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magazine named her as one of "The 100 Most
Powerful Women – Women To Watch in the Middle East" in 2005. She received the Kuwait Prize in Applied Sciences in 2006. The Council for Gulf Relations named her Top Gulf Woman of the Year in 2008. In 2011, she was the recipient of the
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University's Department of Chemistry from 1975 to 1981. In 1984 she became chair of the department and served as Dean of the Faculty of Science from 1986 to 1989. She became a professor of chemistry at Kuwait University in 1987. On 5 July 1993, Emir
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American Bilingual School in Kuwait. She is the vice president of
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Makhseed, Saad; Al-Kharafi, Faiza; Samuel, Jacob; Ateya, Badr (25 April 2009). "Catalytic oxidation of sulphide ions using a novel microporous cobalt phthalocyanine network polymer in aqueous solution".
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Chronicle of Higher Education 40.24 (1994): A45. Biography in Context. Web. 20 June 2013.
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Faiza Al-Kharafi was born to a wealthy family in Kuwait in 1946 and developed an interest in science from a young age. She attended Al Merkab High School. She received her BSc from
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Abdullah, Aboubakr M.; Al-Kharafi, Faiza M.; Ateya, Badr G. (May 2006). "Intergranular corrosion of copper in the presence of benzotriazole".
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