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Zuhra Karim

Pakistani-British journalist and magazine founder/editor

Arfa Karim

Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004 at age 10.

Shazia Mirza is an English stand-up comedian, actress, and writer . In addition to her stand up comedy (including The Kardashians Made Me Do It), she is known for her columns and articles in British newspapers The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph as well as New Statesman magazine, Dawn newspaper, FT Magazine and the Chicago Tribune. She has also made guest appearances on a variety of television and radio shows.

Sana Amanat

Sana Amanat is an American comic book editor whose credits include Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, and Captain Marvel. She is best known for co-creating Marvel’s first solo series featuring a Muslim female superhero, Ms. Marvel.

Malala Yousafzai

Malala is a Pakistani activist for girls’ education and the youngest winner of a Nobel Prize (the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize). She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become “the most prominent citizen” of the country