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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 ...
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.
Leila Ahmed (Arabic: لیلى أحمد; born 29 May 1940) [1] is an Egyptian-American scholar of women's studies and religion. [2] In 1992 she published her book Women and Gender in Islam, which is regarded as a pioneering historical analysis of the position of women in Arab Muslim societies.
Umera Ahmad (born 1976), short story writer, novelist, playwright, author of Pir-e-Kamil; Annie Ali Khan (1980 – 21 July 2018), Pakistani writer and journalist; Shaila Abdullah (born 1971), Pakistani-American short story writer, novelist; Ishrat Afreen (born 1956), Pakistani-American poet, women's rights activist, educator
U.S.-based RASA Film Group is launching a film collective at the Sundance Film Festival. The collective is actively exploring projects featuring strong female protagonists, narratives centered ...
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