Middle Eastern Descent Archives - Page 12 of 15

Ruled Egypt as regent 1021-1025

Egyptian writer and women’s rights activist

Baranamtarra was an ancient Mesopotamia businesswoman.

Babylonian high-priestess of the Moon God at Ur and founder of the world’s first museum.

Pakistani-British journalist and magazine founder/editor

Astronomer and writer

Sudanese singer-songwriter and recording artist Nancy Agag combines songs from older Sudanese musicians with her own compositions.

Queen Soraya Tarzi of Afghanistan pushed to modernise the country from the 1920s onward, promoting freedoms and rights for women.

Mah Chuchak Begum was a wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun who took over Kabul and rode into battle with her troops.

Libyan-Canadian photographer