Career
The New York Times reported incorrectly that Bitar was "Bahrain's first female Olympic swimmer". In fact, Fatema Gerashi had represented Bahrain in swimming at the Sydney Olympics four years earlier. Her time of 30.32 was well ahead of second-place finisher in her heat, Benin's Gloria Koussihouede (at 3709), but nonetheless insufficient to advance to the next round.
She recently graduated from The George Washington University School of Business, where she majored in Finance and Sports Management. Represented Bahrain in two Olympics (Athens, 2004. Beijing, 2008), four World Championships (Barcelona, 2003.
Montreal, 2005; Melbourne, 2007. Rome, 2009), and the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.