adwa was born in jeddah, saudi arabia on 27 january 1992. she started writing poems and playing guitar at the age of 8. al-dakheel won first prize in the poetry competition at the world poetry forum in washington. watching the bloomberg channel on tv taught her how to analyze the stock exchange markets. after working on stock exchange markets as an analyst, she wrote her debut book “proven billionaire formula” (arabic: کتاب الزبدة). she also was the kingdom’s squash champion for 2008 and 2009.