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Dorrit Moussaieff, (born 12 January 1950 in Jerusalem) is a jewellery designer and businesswoman and the second and current wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland. She is the daughter of Shlomo Moussaieff and Aliza Moussaieff and is Iceland's second foreign-born first lady, as the first president, Sveinn Björnsson, had a Danish wife. She was young when she moved to London. She suffered from dyslexia so she didn't attend ordinary schools but was taught at home. Moussaieff has been very active in British and American cultural life. Moussaieff is also active as a business woman and is rumoured to have made a 45m£ profit on a realestate deal in London Canary Wharf. In recent years she has helped present Icelandic culture abroad.

In May 2006, while visiting Israel, Moussaieff was detained at Ben-Gurion airport. According to reports she got into an argument with security personnel who refused to acknowledge her British passport. During the incident, she stated "this is why everyone hates the Jews." Part of the incident was captured on film and shown on Israeli television. This caused a minor international incident since it involved the first lady of Iceland. This event prompted Moussaieff to say that she will be applying for an Icelandic citizenship and that she will not be visiting her country of birth again. The Israeli goverment later released an apology and said it regretted the incident.

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