Mawiyya
Mavia (r. c. 375-c. 425 CE) was a warrior-queen of the semi-nomadic Tanukhid Arab tribe of Syria and Jordan who led a successful insurrection against Rome in 378 CE.
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Fatima bint Muhammad
The youngest daughter of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and his first wife Khadija. Taking up after her father, Fatimah became highly spiritual and devoted to Islam.
Kubaba
Kubaba, according to the Sumerian King List (circa 2112 – circa 2004 BCE), was a tavern keeper (alewife) before becoming Queen of Kish.
Banu Khorramdin
In the 800s CE, Banu fought against the occupying forces of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Ama-e
Ama-e was a successful Sumerian businesswoman of the city of Umma who, though married, ran her own business under her own name.
Atossa
Daughter of Cyrus the Great, wife of three kings and mother of Xerxes I, who operated her own business and maintained her own court and military.
Azarmiduxt
Boran (r. 630, 631-632) and Azarmiduxt (r. 630-631) were the only queens of the Sassanian Empire who ruled with the power of absolute monarchs.
Googoosh
Iranian megastar who catapulted to stardom in Iran during the 1970s, only to be silenced by the Islamist regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution
Leila Alloush
Leila Alloush’s focus on social justice for all ethnic groups has helped give women a greater voice in the community in Victoria, Australia.
Maha Sukkar
In 2004, Maha Sukkar became the first Muslim policewoman in Victoria, Australia to wear a hijab, challenging stereotypes and setting a trailblazing example for police forces around the world.