Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kalimat Publishing Group, Patron of the UAE Board on International Books for Young People (IBBYP), former President and Founder of the Emirates Publishers Association, and Director of Knowledge Without Borders.

She has also recently been appointed as the President of the International Publishers Association (IPA), becoming the second woman globally to occupy the position (after Ana Maria Cabanellas of Argentina) and the first Arab woman to hold this post since the foundation of the association in 1896; after having successfully served previously as the Vice-President since 2018.

Her appointment comes after many years of fostering development in the publishing industry and boosting the prospects of publishers in the UAE, across the GCC, and in the wider Arab region.

While also launching several regional and international initiatives that have enabled the regional and global publishing sectors to enhance the quality of their output and service delivery.

She is also the founder of Kalimat Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Sharjah, UAE. The foundation is dedicated to providing Arabic books and reading material to Arab children in underprivileged communities- such as rural areas, hospitals, orphanages, and schools; Arab children that are affected by war and are living in refugee camps, shelters, or have migrated to a foreign country.