Dr. Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi is a Kuwaiti National, President of World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Region (WCC-APR).

She has a Ph.D. in the History of Islamic Art and Architecture from Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A. and a Master degree in Arabic Literature from the American University of Beirut. Her dissertation for the Ph.D. Degree was published by the Harvard University Press, and in 2004, she was invited by the same university for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2004-2006).

She is the first Arab to become President of WCC-APR, elected in October 2012 by the Regional Assembly of the World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Region for the term (2013-2016) and re-elected for a second term (2017-2020) as President of WCC-Asia Pacific Region (WCC-APR).  She is the first Asia Pacific President to hold the Presidency of WCC-APR for two consecutive terms (8 years) – (2013-2020). Dr Ghada was the Founder and Director of the Department of Research and Cultural Studies at the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters in Kuwait (2001-2002). A Deputy Director for Cultural Affairs in the Department of Antiquities & Museums at the Kuwait National Museum (1996-1999), a researcher at the Kuwait National Museum – Department of Antiquities and Museums, Ministry of Information, Kuwait (1991-1994) and prior to that, she was the Curator of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyya, The Islamic Art Museum, Kuwait (1983-1990).