Mona Eltahawy

Mona Eltahawy

female
Feminist, international herald tribune, miami herald, american university in cairo, Women's rightsintheMiddleEast, Christian Science Monitor…the guardian, middle east
Mona Eltahawy is an award-winning New York-based journalist and commentator and an international lecturer on Arab and Muslim issues. Her opinion...
Mehrangiz Kar

Mehrangiz Kar

female, 65 years old
Iranian women writer, Harvard University, Iranian women's rights activist, from Ahvaz, Women's rightsintheMiddleEast, feminist movement…Human rights activist, Harvard Law School Human Rights Program
Mehrangiz Kar is a prominent Iranian lawyer, human right activist and author. Mehrangiz Kar is one of the most celebrated activists in the history...
Nawal el Saadawi

Nawal el Saadawi

female, 78 years old
women in Islam, women and Islam, Egyptian women's rights activist, Islamic feminist, Women's rightsintheMiddleEast, arab
Nawal El Saadawi is an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She was born in Kafr Ta hla village on the banks of the Nile. She has...
Hoda Shaarawi

Hoda Shaarawi

female, deceased (1947)
Alexandria, Waft, forced marriage, married to her cousin, women and Islam, cousin couple…Women's rightsintheMiddleEast
Hoda Shaarawi was a pioneer Egyptian feminist leader and nationalist. Born in Al Minya, she was a daughter of Muhammad Sultan, the first president...
Atefah Sahaaleh

Atefah Sahaaleh

female, deceased (2004)
feminist icon, feminism, death sentence, hanged, hijab, Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh…Women's rightsintheMiddleEast
Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh (1988 - August 15, 2004) was a 16-year-old schoolgirl who was executed in Iran after being sentenced to death by an Iranian...
Golbarg Bashi

Golbarg Bashi

female
Iranian-Swede, Iranian women writer, Green Party politician, writer, Feminist, swedish…Human rights activist, Women's rightsintheMiddleEast, Human Rights, Iranian women's rights activist, Elections in Sweden
Golbarg Bashi is a Swedish feminist academic and human rights activist of Iranian origin. She was born in Ahvaz, Iran, raised in Sweden and...
Faezeh Hashemi

Faezeh Hashemi

female, 47 years old
Iranian Majlis Representative, iranian, tehran, journalist, majlis, Women's rightsintheMiddleEast
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani is an Iranian politician and the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, currently studying in London for...