Umy Khaseibah is an Emirati woman whose values are rooted in heritage and family. She was married at a very young age, as was the tradition for women of her generation, and her desire to educate extends beyond her children, to her wider community. She has given talks at schools to new generations of girls about what life was like in the UAE prior to the discovery of oil. A lover of verse, she writes her own poetry and is always dressed in traditional Emirati attire, along with gold and henna. Khaseibah became known to the public when photographer Alia Sultan Al Joker posted a picture of her sharing the good news of the UAE’s mission to Mars, led by engineer Omran Sharaf, on her Instagram account.