Who’s Who: Nada Ahmad Al-Mashat, Saudi karate judge

Nada Ahmad Al-Mashat. (Supplied)

Nada Al-Mashat became the first Saudi woman to qualify as an international karate judge in February.
Al-Mashat passed the kata and kumite tests on the international referee’s course scoring the highest rank.
She has practiced karate for more than nine years and has been working as an instructor in a female institute in Jeddah since 2018.
In 2019 Al-Mashat participated in the first ladies’ karate tournament in Saudi Arabia and won first place in the kata category.
Al-Mashat also is a resident doctor, working in the Saudi Ministry of Health since December 2014.
She has been the chief resident of the psychiatry department at King Fahad General Hospital since 2021.
In 2016 she worked as a psychiatry resident at King Fahd General Hospital.
From 2014 to 2016 she worked in emergency medicine at King Fahd General Hospital.
She is a member of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committee for general hospital psychiatric departments at the Directorate of Health Affairs in Jeddah. She is also a member of the Scientific Research Accreditation Committee.
In 2012 she earned her bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery from Batterjee Medical College for Science and Technology in Jeddah.
From 2013 to 2016 she did her master’s in psychiatry at Cardiff University, UK.
In 2019 she received a Level 3 Diploma in Professional Interior Design from the National Design Academy in the UK.
Al-Mashat speaks four languages: Arabic, English, Japanese, and German.
Besides her educational and career achievements, she has enjoyed crochet since 2017 and photography — she won first place in Macro Photography, Bab Rizq Jameel Photography Contest in 2011.