Famous and Notable Women in Islam
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (Business woman & 1st convert to Islam after Muhammad).
Aisha bint Abu Bakr (Islamic Scholar).
Hafsa bint Umar (Hafiz).
Hind bint Abi Umayya (Well educated in Islamic Law).
Nusaybah bint Ka'ab (Soldier and Teacher).
Sumayyah bint Khayyat (1st martyr in Islam).
Khawlah bint al-Azwar (Mastered Swordsmanship & Poetry).
Fatimah bint Muhammad (Social Activist).
Rufaida Al-Aslamia (First nurse).
Hammanah bint Jahsh (Nurse).
Ashifa bint Abdullah (Market Inspector).
Amra bint Abdurrahman (Scholar, Jurist & Hadith specialist).
Aisha bint Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqass (Jurist, Scholar & Teacher of Imam Malik).
Sayyida Nafisa (Teacher in Islamic jurisprudence & Teacher of Imam Shafi'i).
Aisha bint Muhammad ibn Abdel Hadi (Hadith specialist & Teacher of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani).
Umm Darda (Scholar & Teacher of Caliph Abdul Malik ibn Marwan).
Shuhadah bint Ahmad al-Ibrii (Scholar & Jurist).
Nana Asma’u (Poet, Teacher & Scholar).
Queen Zubaidah bint Ja`far (Many contributions).
Fatima al-Fihri (founded University of al-Karaouine)
Maryam Ijliya Al-Astrolabiya (Astronomer).
Dayfa Khatun (Regent).
Roxelana (Politics).
Kosem Sultan (Politics).
Turhan Hatice (Regent).
Samira Ibrahim Islam (Professor).
Anousheh Ansari (First Muslim woman in Space).
Tawakkol Karman (Human rights activist + Noble Peace Prize).
Ingrid Mattson (Professor).
Dr. Bina Shaheen Siddiqui (Medicine & Agriculture).
Sameena Shah (Computing Scientist).
Myriam Francois-Cerrah (Journalist).
Aminah Assilmi (Journalist).
Lisa Killinger (Professor).
Janaan Hashim (Professor).
Yvonne Ridley (Journalist).
Lauren Booth (Journalist & Broadcaster).
Sarah Joseph (Writer & Broadcaster).
Dr. Zainab Alwani (Professor).
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