Middle Eastern Descent Archives - Page 2 of 12

Nadia Murad

Nobel-winning Iraqi human rights activist and survivor of ISIS

Narges Mohammadi

Nobel-winning Iranian human rights activist and writer

Khadija bint Khuwaylid

As the first wife of Muhammad, Khadija bint Khuwaylid is honored by Muslims as one of the “Mothers of Believers” and is credited as the first convert to Islam following her husband’s first vision.

Dr Shaheen Aziz

Pakistani chemical engineer

Vociferous in the fight for equality, she remains a feminist role model and inspiration through the ages, planting the seeds for an end to traditionalism and the birth of female liberation in India and Bangladesh.

Ayesha Malik

Pakistani judge

Sara Akbar

Kuwaiti chemical petroleum engineer, and women’s rights campaigner who is considered a national hero for her role coordinating the firefighting to extinguish the 700 oilwell fires started by the Iraqi regime (1991).