Muslim Archives - Page 2 of 11

Faize Fatma Shevket

Faize Fatma Shevket (b. 1913) may have been Asia’s first woman to qualify as a chemical engineer.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Oscar-winning Pakistani documentary filmmaker

Naaz Joshi

Naaz Joshi is India’s first transgender model and an international beauty queen, as well as a transgender rights activist

Leila Ahmed

Egyptian scholar, writer and women’s rights activist

Doria Shafik

Eminent Egyptian feminist

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.