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U Shwe Yoe (a Burmese Muslim named U Ba Ga Lay. He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.) He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.) Sikdar Aminul Haq (Bangladeshi)
Author of O, My Muslim Sisters, Weep [55] Susan Carland: Australia: 1978 – academic [56] Kamala Chandrakirana: Indonesia – human rights activist [57] Shirin Ebadi: Iran: 1947 –; activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts for the rights of women and children [58] Sineb El Masrar: Germany 1981 – Moroccan-German author and magazine ...
A traditionally-trained female scholar is referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha. [1] The inclusion of women in university settings has increased the presence of women scholars. [ 2 ] Akram Nadwi authored the largest compilation on female Islamic scholars, titled Al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa , spanning over two decades and containing a repository of ...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali [a] (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born 13 November 1969) [1] is a Somalian-born Dutch-American writer, activist, conservative thinker and former politician. [2] [3] [4] She is a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, opposing forced marriage, honour killing, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. [5]
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, author, entrepreneur and Olympic medalist.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, the first American Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal, [1] and the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the sabre event, when she won bronze in the women’s saber team event.
Set in 2010, the book also tackles the theme of life as a Muslim in the post-9/11 era. [26] Bird Summons: Published in 2019, Bird Summons is a story of three Muslim women who travel to the Scottish Highlands to visit the grave of Lady Evelyn Cobbold, the first British woman to complete the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. [27]
A. Ihsan Abdel Quddous; Randa Abdel-Fattah; Achmed Abdullah; Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé; Abu al-Faḍl Jaʻfar ibn ʻAli al-Dimashqi; Abu al-Khattab; Mirza Adeeb
Samina Ali is an American author and activist born in India. [2] Her debut novel , Madras on Rainy Days , won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction.