Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
She won 51.9% of the vote against her opponent Anthony Dolcefino and is the first Muslim to be elected to Houston City Council. [1] [2] She was sworn in on January 2, 2020 to represent At-Large Position 4 of Houston City Council succeeding Amanda Edwards, [3] [1] who ran for Senate. Plummer is affiliated with the Democratic Party. [4]
In response to the genocidal rape against Muslims in the Bosnian genocide, Al-Adawiya founded Women in Islam in 1992, [8] which was the "first national women’s organization founded by and on behalf of Muslim women". al-Adawiya formed a national campaign to advocate for the creation of women-friendly mosques, urging mosques to welcome women ...
A charismatic and capable leader, published records testify that Rufaida Al-Aslamia, who practiced at the time of Muhammad, was the first Muslim nurse. [7] While there is slight controversy in who is "technically" the first surgeon and nurse in history, Middle Eastern countries attribute the status of the first-ever nurse to Rufaida, a Muslim ...
Dentist Year of graduation Year of starting practice Burkina Faso: Véronique Kyelem [1] 1972 1987 Ghana: Hilda Ayensu [2] Kenya: Muthoni Gitata [3] Liberia: Rachael Hill Townsend [4] Namibia: Sarti Mwatilifange [5] and another woman 1994 Nigeria: Simi Johnson [6] and Grace Guobadia [7] 1957 South Africa: Jane Nathan [8] [9] [10] 1917 Sudan ...
The Muslim community is often criticized for not providing an equal opportunity for education for females. According to an analytical study [81] on women's education in the Muslim world, it shows that a country's wealth – not its laws or culture – is the most important factor in determining a woman's educational fate. [82]
Maryam Afifa Ansari (born 1992, Hindi: मरियम अफीफा अंसारी, Urdu: مریم عفیفہ انصاری, Romanized: Maryam 'Afīfa Anṣāri) is an Indian neurosurgeon who is the first female Muslim neurosurgeon in India.
1890: Ida Rollins became the first African-American woman to earn a dental degree in the United States, which she earned from the University of Michigan. [15] [23] 1892: The Women's Dental Association of the U.S. was founded in 1892 by Mary Stillwell-Kuesel with 12 charter members. [24]
Other Muslim-majority states with notably more women university students than men include Kuwait, where 41% of females attend university compared with 18% of males; [151] Bahrain, where the ratio of women to men in tertiary education is 2.18:1; [151] Brunei Darussalam, where 33% of women enroll at university vis à vis 18% of men; [151] Tunisia ...