Al-Awlaqi is from the Shabwah Governorate in Yemen. She received a Bachelor of Legal Sciences, Master of Law and Doctor of Laws degrees from Mohammed V University in Morocco.[7] She speaks Arabic, English, and French.[8]
Al-Awlaqi became an assistant law professor at the University of Aden, where she worked on research and training on the status of women. In 2013-14 she was a member of the State-Building Working Group of the National Dialogue Conference.[7] In March 2014 she was appointed a member of the constitution drafting committee (CDC),[9] and was subsequently elected deputy chair of the CDC.[10] She was a member of the government negotiating team in Geneva.[7]
In January 2016 she was announced as Minister of Legal Affairs.[2] On September 9, 2016, Yemen President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi officially appointed al-Awlaqi, then 39 years old, as Minister of Legal Affairs ( وزيراً للشؤون القانونية ).[11][12][13] She retained this role until 17 December 2020.
^ abCharles Schmitz; Robert D. Burrowes (2017). "Al-Awlaqi, Nihal". Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 69–70. ISBN978-1-5381-0233-6.
