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Asma Jahangir was Pakistan’s leading human rights lawyer. She showed incredible courage in defending the most vulnerable Pakistanis- women, children, minorities and poor. She was also a social activist who...
Muslim women are also coming ahead of men today when it comes to education. Talking about the entrepreneur arena, Muslim women are never behind. Though they face many difficulties and...
Talking about the self, it is important to clarify the role of media in portraying the stereotypical image of Muslims. The issue further goes beyond the Muslims living in abroad,...
Sameera Moussa was the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist in 1935. She held a doctorate in atomic radiation. She dedicated her life to making medical nuclear power affordable to all. She got scholarship from the Fulbright...
Talking about the hijab (veil, covering of head), for many Muslim women, it is a symbol of modesty. Islamic dress and the veil, function as a strong statement of identity....
Uzra Jafari is the first female mayor in Afghanistan and the current mayor of Nili town. She is an afghan politician and author. She was editor of Chief Afghan’s social...
Masoumeh Ebtekar is the current Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs. She became the first female member in the cabinet of Iran and third in history, when...
Mariam Mirzakhani an Iranian-born, Harvard-educated mathematician, and served as a professor of mathematics at Stanford University in California. She was privileged and honored in Popular Science’s fourth annual “Brilliant 10”...
Halimah Yacob is currently serving as the eighth president of Singapore since 2017. She is the first female president of the country. She is also the second Muslim to rule...
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian political activist, a lawyer, a former judge, a writer and human rights activist. Ebadi is also a founder of Defenders of Human Rights Centre in...