Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi

female, 62 years old
Human Rights, Islamic feminist, University of Tehran faculty, humanitarian, Islamandwomen, From tehran…islam
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support Association in Iran. On December 10, 2003, Ebadi...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

female, 40 years old
Human Rights, Leiden University alumni, Atheist activist, Feminist, Former Muslim, writer…Islam-related controversy, Islamandwomen, Islam in the Netherlands, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, renounced Islam
This individual dismissed Warraq's unique and important collection on apostasy in Islam, because Warraq (and by extension, all Muslim apostates)...
Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie

female
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, gay rights, Islam-related controversy, iranian, Muhammad cartoons controversy, Worker-communist Party of Iran…Political aspects of Islam, political Islam, Islam-related controversies, Islamandwomen
Maryam Namazie is a Communist activist of Iranian descent. She is mainly known for her activities for women's rights, asylum seeker's rights, gay...
Asra Nomani

Asra Nomani

female
From Mumbai, Muslim reform, Asra Q. Nomani, American University alumni, liberal movements within Islam, West Virginia University alumni…Islamandwomen, Militant Islam, Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque, Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Bedroom
Asra Q. Nomani , a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal for 15 years, is the author of "Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the...
Asma Barlas

Asma Barlas

female
women and Islam, Islamic feminism, Islamic feminist, University of Amsterdam, Qur’an, gender equality…islam, Islamandwomen, Professor and Program Director
Asma Barlas is an academic educated in Pakistan and the United States. She is the Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and...
Aisha

Aisha

female, deceased (678)
Muslim, Wives of Muhammad, Turkish given names, arab, ayesha, `ā'isha…Islamandwomen, islam, Shia Islam, Islam-related controversies
Aisha bint Abi Bakr (Arabic "`ā'isha", "she who lives", also transcribed as A'ishah, Ayesha, 'A'isha, or 'Aisha, Turkish Ayşe, Ottoman Turkish Âi...
Shahina Siddiqui

Shahina Siddiqui

female
Muslim, writer, Feminist, Canadian, activist, Islamandwomen
Shahina Siddiqui is Executive Director of The Islamic Social Services Association of the United States and Canada (ISSA). She is the principal...
Deeyah

Deeyah

female, 32 years old
Deepika Thathaal, Women's rights activist, sunni, Islam-related controversy, pashto, pakistani music…Islamandwomen
Deeyah (born Deepika Thathaal) (born August 7, 1977 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, composer and human rights activist of Pakistani Pashtun...
Rabia Basri

Rabia Basri

female, deceased (801)
From Basra, medieval woman, Women writer, sufi, Sufism, Islamandwomen
Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Quaysiyya or simply Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) was a female Sufi saint.
Shadi Ghadirian

Shadi Ghadirian

female, 35 years old
photographer, iranian, Teheran, Islamandwomen, Shinin Neshat
Shadi Ghadirian (born 1974 in Teheran) is an Iranian photographer. Ghadirian works at the Museum of Photography. Her work is intimately linked to...