Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa is the Minister of Culture and Information in Bahrain. She is also a scholar and a historian. She belongs to the famous Al Khalifa family. She holds a Masters Degree in Political History from the Sheffield University in UK.
In 2002, Mai founded the Shaikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa Center for Culture and Research. She is the publisher of 7 books about Bahrain.
Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa has received many awards including:
Distinguished Arab Woman Prize in the field of Administrative Leadership. This special award was given to Mai from the Center of Woman Studies in Paris.
Forbes Magazine also listed Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa as one of the Top fifty Strong Arab women in 2009.