Muslim Archives - Page 2 of 11

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.

Benazir Bhutto

Pakistan’s first female prime minister

Ayesha Malik

Pakistani judge

Fatima Meer

South African activist and academic

Feroza Adam

South African anti-apartheid activist

Tuanku Zara Salim

Tuanku Zara Salim is married to the reigning Sultan of Perak in Malaysia. Before her marriage to the Sultan she was heading an oil and gas consultancy firm based in Kuala Lumpur.

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).