remarkable muslim women of the 20th century
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I came across a Photobook titled Remarkable women of the 20th century and I thought, why not do something similar for Muslim women. I did a lot of research but I am sure there are many names that should be there but I don't know off. Feel free to comment and add their namesTRANSCRIPT
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Sabiha Gökçen World's first female fighter pilot and first Turkish female combat pilot, aged 23
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Madhubala (Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi) first female Indian Muslim
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Meena Keshwar Kamal women’s rights activist founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of
Afghanistan in 1977.
Photo Credit: Creative Commons/RAWA.
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Betty Shabazz Wife of Malcolm X and early Muslim activist
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Umm Kulthum: widely regarded as the greatest female Arabic singer in history
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Ingrid Mattson: First female president of Islamic Society of North America
(ISNA)
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Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi: First Muslim to serve as a minister in the United Kingdom
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Tahmineh Milani: first prolific Persian film director/writer
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Afghan Girl: Sharbat Gula: June 1985
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Rabia Z: Fashion Designer First brand to produce prêt-a-couture ranges catering to niche needs of the ever evolving 96 Billion US$
Islamic Wear Market
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Benazir Bhutto In 1988: first woman elected to lead a Muslim state & Pakistan’s first female prime minister.
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Mehreen Faruqi: First Muslim woman to serve in an Australia parliament.
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Nawal al-Moutawakel International Olympic Committee’s vice-president, and first Moroccan, African, Arab, Muslim
woman athlete to win a gold Olympic medal. president. (AFP)
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Merve Kavakci Turkish-American lawmaker: First time in 1999 a woman
arrived in parliament wearing a headscarf for her swearing-in ceremony (and then forced out)
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Shirin Ebadi: 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for human rights and founder of Defenders of
Human Rights Center in Iran. She was the first ever Iranian to receive the prize.
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Anousheh Ansari: first Muslim Woman in space in 2006
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Ruqaya Al-Ghasara from Bahrain: First Muslim athlete to participate in
Olympics with Hijab
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Mecca Laalaa, Australia's first female Muslim surf lifesaver
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Wafaa Yaakoub, crowned as Miss Arab World 2007
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Tawakkul Karman: Co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2011
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Donna Eljammal: Sweden’s first veiled police recruit, 2011
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Dalia Mogahed: First Muslim woman appointed to a position in President Barack Obama’s administration
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Hadia Tajik: First Muslim woman to become Minister (of Culture) in Norway, 2012
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy first Oscar for a Pakistani Director, 2012
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Zahra Lari: First Hijab Wearing Muslim Woman Figure Skater to compete in an
international competition, 2012
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Amina El Sergany is the first ever Muslim referee, Olympics 2012
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Malala Yousafzai: Pakistani teenage activist for girls education, 2012
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Samina Baig: First Pakistani and youngest Muslim woman to climb
Everest, 2013
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Barbara Muhammad Sharief: Broward County's diversity, commissioners in 2013 selected as the new county mayor a black woman raised in
the Muslim faith
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Ibtihaj Muhammad: First African-American Muslim female fencer in the history of the sport
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Sadia Saifuddin (BA ’14) 40th student regent to sit on the
University of California Board of Regents and first Muslim to join the board 2013
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Shehneela Ahmed: Lawyer becomes Britain’s first female Muslim football agent in 2014
Photo: ROCHDALE ONLINE
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